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Compensation for Unjust Convictions in Texas

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That's the title of an Austin American-Statesman editorial with the subhead, "Timothy Cole Act would honor signature victim of wrongful conviction who died in prison."It's rightly being named the Timothy Cole Act. And if it's passed by the Legislature, which it should be, it will be the influence of Cole ? who died a decade ago while in prison ? that gave it the momentum to become law. Under the measure, compensation for people who were wrongfully imprisoned would increase to a lump sum payment of $80,000 per year of incarceration, up from the current $50,000. It would direct payments to the next of kin in cases in which those who were wrongfully jailed die before they were exonerated. This is a good bill that the House passed last week...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 28, 2009 (boomark / email).