Media Summary: There is an effort underway at the State Capitol to compensate innocent people who have been Lamar Johnson has been a free man for just six days, and on Monday, he took his story of State Reps. Katie Dempsey and Scott Holcomb held a news conference Wednesday morning, alongside three exonerees who ...

Georgia Lawmakers Consider Compensation For Wrongfully Convicted - Detailed Analysis & Overview

There is an effort underway at the State Capitol to compensate innocent people who have been Lamar Johnson has been a free man for just six days, and on Monday, he took his story of State Reps. Katie Dempsey and Scott Holcomb held a news conference Wednesday morning, alongside three exonerees who ... A bill signed into law this month will help Georgians who spent years – sometimes decades – behind bars for crimes they didn't ... The new law allows anyone who has had, or will have, a criminal Million dollar compensation for wrongfully convicted Grundy County man

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