Elgie Sims
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 17
Primary
Amends the Court of Claims Act. Deletes language regarding the amount a court shall award to a person for time unjustly served in prison when the person imprisoned received a pardon on the ground of innocence of the crime for which he or she was imprisoned or he or she received a certificate of innocence. Provides instead that the court shall award $50,000 per year during which the person was wrongfully imprisoned and shall prorate that amount for a fraction of a year that the person was wrongfully imprisoned, including the number of years the person was awaiting trial.
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Andy Manar
Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
First Reading
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