From the Atlanta Tribune:

Georgia has begun issuing payments to people whose criminal convictions were overturned, following the creation and funding of a new statewide compensation program.combined wro But the problem is that while of the 56 exonorees filing claims for more than 600 combined years of being wrongfully incarcerated the cost of full compensation is in the multi-millions, […]The post Georgia begins payouts for wrongful convictions under new law appeared first on Atlanta Tribune.

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