Restitution for wrongly imprisoned people
Thirty-six states and Washington, DC, have laws on the books that offer compensation for exonerees. The federal standard to compensate those who are wrongfully convicted is a minimum of $50,000 per year of incarceration, plus an additional amount for each year spent on death row.
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