Bill Sponsors: NY S00729 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly

Bill Title: Establishes the actual innocence justice act of 2012; clarifies that convicted persons who can demonstrate a reasonable probability that they are innocent will have the right to challenge their convictions under the law, notwithstanding any other procedural or technical provisions of law that would have prevented them from doing so.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-12 - COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES [S00729 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Sponsors

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Senator Jose Peralta [D]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-013FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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