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Texas DNA exonerees will soon receive compensation

I was pleased to notice this AP report about Texas' new law improving compensation for falsely convicted men who've been proven innocence by DNA evidence. This was an issue I spent alot of time on this spring at the Lege on behalf of the Innocence Project of Texas. Here's how the article opens:Thomas McGowan's journey from prison to prosperity is about to culminate in $1.8 million, and he knows just how to spend it: on a house with three bedrooms, stainless steel kitchen appliances and a washer and dryer."I'll let my girlfriend pick out the rest," said McGowan, who was exonerated last year based on DNA evidence after spending nearly 23 years in prison for rape and robbery.He and other exonerees in Texas, which leads the nation in freeing the wrongly convicted, soon will become instant millionaires under a new state law that took effect this week...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on September 04, 2009 (boomark / email).