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A wrongfully convicted person is entitled to $80,000 per year of wrongful incarceration, an annuity, as well as $25,000 per year spent on parole or as a registered sex offender. The wrongfully convicted person is also entitled to compensation for child support payments, tuition for up to 120 hours at a career center or public institution of higher learning, and reentry and reintegration services. Effective: 2001; Amended most recently: 2009. Read the statutes:TX ST 9-8-108 & TX Civ. Prac. & Rem. 103.001
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