SB426 Alabama 2019 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Wrongful incarcerated, Committee on Compensation for Wrongful incarceration, Legislature authorized to negotiate and appropriate lump sum payout in lieu of certified amount, Secs. 29-2-159, 29-2-165 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, when a person is wrongfully convicted of one or more felony offenses and has served time in prison as a result of the conviction, or when a person is incarcerated pretrial on a state felony charge for at least two years before having charges dismissed based on innocence, the Committee on Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration may certify the person as having been wrongfully convicted and may recommend an amount to the Legislature to be paid by the state for such wrongful conviction</p><p class="bill_description"> Also under existing law, when an amount is certified by the committee for a wrongful conviction, the Legislature may appropriate payments in installments to pay the certified amount</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would authorize the Legislature to negotiate a one-time lump sum payout in satisfaction of any amount of base and supplemental compensation certified by the committee</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to wrongful incarceration; to amend Sections 29-2-159 and 29-2-165, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the Legislature to negotiate a lump sum payout in satisfaction of an amount certified by the Committee on Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration. </p>

Subjects

Wrongful Incarceration