HB284 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Jul 25, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Oliver Robinson
Democrat
Co-Sponsors: Mary Moore John W. Rogers Juandalynn Givan
Session: Regular Session 2012
Title: Relief, payment increase to wrongful incarcerated persons, Sec. 29-2-159 am'd
Description: Under existing law, a person who contends that he or she has been wrongly incarcerated in the state penal system for a felony offense may apply to the Committee on Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration for compensation for being wrongly incarcerated.
This bill would increase the maximum amount that may be awarded to a person who has been wrongly incarcerated.
Subjects: Relief Acts

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security