Bill Text: IN HB1052 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Monetary awards for exonerated prisoners. Provides that a person whose conviction is vacated on the basis of DNA evidence is entitled to compensation in the amount of $25,000 for each year that the person was wrongfully incarcerated in the department of correction. Establishes the DNA exoneration fund, appropriates $200,000 to the fund, and specifies that the attorney general shall administer the fund and receive and investigate claims for compensation from the fund.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code [HB1052 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2018-HB1052-Introduced.pdf