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Statesman: Compensation for unjust convictions in Texas

By "Persian Cowboy"

The following is the Austin American-Statesman's editorial in support of the Timothy Cole Act, which passed the House last week and is waiting for the Senate's vote.Compensation for unjust convictions in TexasTimothy Cole Act would honor signature victim of wrongful conviction who diedin prison.It's rightly being named the Timothy Cole Act. And if it's passed by theLegislature, which it should be, it will be the influence of Cole ? who died adecade ago while in prison ? that gave it the momentum to become law.Under the measure, compensation for people who were wrongfully imprisonedwould increase to a lump sum payment of $80,000 per year of incarceration, upfrom the current $50,000. It would direct payments to the next of kin in casesin which those who were wrongfully jailed die before they were exonerated...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on April 30, 2009 (boomark / email).