Compensation for Wrongful Imprisonment Clears State Senate Panel
The wrongfully incarcerated would receive compensation under new bill.
The state would compensate people who are wrongfully imprisoned under a bill that cleared a state Senate committee on Tuesday.
People found to be innocent after serving time would get $60,000 for every year they were incarcerated.
Senate Bill 291 now goes to the full state Senate.
Similar legislation cleared a state House panel earlier this year, but House Bill 4536 has since stalled on the House floor.
Here are links to the bills –
http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.
http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.
