Exonerees push for wrongful conviction compensation fund in Kentucky
Kentucky is one of 13 states that doesn’t compensate people wrongfully convicted.
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Kentucky is one of 13 states that doesn’t compensate people wrongfully convicted.
Kentucky is one of 12 states that doesn't have a law to compensate those who are wrongly convicted of a crime.
In 2005 when Johnetta Carr was 16, her boyfriend was strangled to death outside of his Louisville apartment.
The Kentucky Innocence Project and The Chandler Project hold event to help people who have been wrongfully convicted and accused of crimes they did not commit make connections to improve their lives.
Thirty-eight states have laws requiring compensation to people who are wrongfully committed, but Kentucky isn't one of them.