The bills would lift the state's $1 million cap on compensation for those who have wrongfully experienced significant periods of incarceration and providing an immediate $5,000 in assistance upon their release from prison.
Massachusetts residents who have been freed after a wrongful conviction are pressing lawmakers to overhaul what they describe as the state's inadequate laws addressing compensation for those who have been unjustly imprisoned.
They would also clarify that state services can be provided in addition to financial compensation and that compensation can be provided for people who can prove their innocence, even if their convictions were vacated on other grounds., a 49-year-old Boston man who spent more than 20 years in prison for the 1993 killing of a police officer before his murder conviction was overturned.
“These bills are so important because when I came home eight-and-a-half years ago almost, I came home to nothing,” he said. “If it wasn't for the kindness of family and friends I would have been left with nothing.”
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