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HB394 Alabama 2020 Session

Updated Mar 5, 2020
HB394 Alabama 2020 Session
House Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2020
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2020
Title
Wrongful Incarceration, compensation, provided further, Secs. 29-2-156, 29-2-159 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, eligibility for compensation for wrongful incarceration requires an individual's conviction to be overturned on grounds of innocence.

This bill would provide compensation for wrongful incarceration when a conviction is reversed and the state declines to reprosecute and would provide for an amount of compensation.

Subjects
Compensation

Bill Actions

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature