Sentences with phrase «wrongful conviction compensation»
In 2002, Gray was finally pardoned by Governor George Ryan and received $ 120,300 in wrongful conviction compensation from Illinois, and in 2008 $ 4 million from the Cook County Board civil lawsuit settlement.
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It is inching toward the June 8 deadline to qualify for state compensation for the 12 years he lost behind bars due to a wrongful murder conviction.
(application to European Court of Human Rights; whether violation of presumption of innocence; challenge to refusal of the Secretary of State to grant F compensation under s. 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 arising from his wrongful conviction in 2004 for various sexual offences).
The state paid him $ 500,000 in compensation, the maximum under Nebraska's Wrongful Conviction Act.
The goal of the #RightTheWrong campaign is to ensure compensation for the lives shattered by the wrongful convictions that stole their livelihood and freedom.
Take to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and spread the word that it is time for Pennsylvania to #RightTheWrong through some form of compensation for victims of wrongful convictions.
Thirty - one states in America provide some level of compensation for the victims of wrongful convictions.
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At the time of Halbach's death, Avery was suing local authorities for compensation due to his wrongful conviction in a 1985 rape case.
[35] While the allegations against the Settling Defendants and non-settling defendants were based upon different allegations of fault, the relief sought was essentially the same: compensation for a wrongful conviction and some 27 years of incarceration.