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Friday Roundup: Compensation and the Prosecution’s role in Overturned Wrongful Convictions
Posted: April 8, 2011 2:24 pm
Florida compensation law prevents recently released Derrick Williams from petitioning the state for compensation.
Evidence shows the Supreme Court protects prosecutors in wrongful convictions cases.
A Massachusetts District Attorney said prosecutors don’t get credit when they vacate convictions based on post-conviction DNA testing.