Bill on Pritzker’s desk would boost state payments to the wrongfully convicted – WBEZ (Chicago)

Since 2022, Court of Claims awards to wrongful conviction claimants have totaled $25.4 million, according to one analysis. The compensation per year of incarceration after conviction averaged about $17,000, the analysis found. But what the Court of Claims has paid to exonerees is far less than what Illinois cities and counties have shelled out under settlements and verdicts since 2022. That sum exceeds $810 million.
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Deb
1 month ago

Democrats always protecting criminals at the expense of taxpayers.

Free at Last
1 month ago

But not pensions. Sounds good to me. Keep up the good work. Idiots.

Fed Up Taxpayer
1 month ago

is there anyone that is convicted under the SAFE-T act? I would hope that people aren’t in jail if they are innocent, but something clearly is wrong here with Illinois paying an amount that is approaching a billion dollars in settlements.

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