Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act

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Ionia man to receive $1.3 million under wrongful conviction compensation law

Cheyna Roth

A 61-year-old Ionia man will receive 1.3 million dollars from the state. In 1986, David Gavitt was sentenced to life without parole for three counts of…

Politics & Government

Gov. Whitmer line-item vetoes money for wrongfully convicted fund

Steve Carmody

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is defending her decision to line-item veto legislation removing $10 million to compensate people wrongfully convicted. The money is…

Richard Phillips, longest-serving exoneree in United States history, and David Moran, an attorney from the University of Michigan's Innocence Clinic who worked on his case.

Politics & Government

Longest-serving exoneree still awaiting compensation promised by state government

In late 2016, former Governor Rick Snyder signed the Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act, which went into effect the following March.The law…

California inmates will be housed in a Baldwin prison beginning in 2011

Politics & Government

State will soon run out of money for wrongfully convicted fund

Cheyna Roth

The state will soon need more money to pay for potential awards to those who were wrongfully convicted.A state law says people who meet certain criteria…

Criminal Justice & Legal System

Advocates for exonerated former inmates outraged over compensation case dismissals

Lawyers for wrongfully convicted ex-prisoners are crying foul over the dismissal of their clients claims on the grounds of a missed deadline that they…