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Texas Now Requires D.A.'s Approval For Wrongful Conviction Compensation

by Matthew T. Clarke

An amendment to the 2001 Texas law allowing compensation of the wrongly convicted requires that people applying for compensation present a letter from the district attorney who convicted them certifying the person's innocence.

In 2001, State Senator Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, introduced a bill to allow people ...

 

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