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: Kentucky Law BlogPENDING: Senate Bill 139 (Allow wrongfully imprisoned people to sue the Commonwealth)
By Michael Stevens
Introduced by Sen. Gerald A. Neal on February 5, 2008, to allow people who are wrongfully imprisoned to sue the Commonwealth for $25,000 per year of imprisonment and attorneys fees incurred during the criminal prosecution and the civil suit for restitution. The bill allows two years from the time of a finding of wrongful imprisonment for an individual to sue. The provisions of this bill would be effective retroactive to January 1, 1980.
http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=58768
Full post as published by Kentucky Law Blog on February 10, 2008 (boomark / email).
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