Gov. Wolf proposes paying anyone wrongly convicted $50K for every year spent in prison
Gov. Wolf proposes paying anyone wrongly convicted $50K for every year spent in prison Updated Feb 12, 2021; Posted Feb 12, 2021 Larry Trent Roberts leaves Dauphin County Prison in 2019 after a jury finds him not guilty of a 2005 Harrisgurg homicide for which he'd already served 13 years in prison. Facebook Share Tucked into Gov. Tom Wolf’s 2021-22 budget plan is a proposal for Pennsylvania to pay people who were wrongly convicted $50,000 for each year that they were held behind bars. Under Wolf’s plan, the funds would go to exonerees who have had convictions overturned on the grounds...
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