Any person whose wrongful conviction was overturned on grounds not inconsistent with innocence is eligible for $50,000 for each year of wrongful incarceration with a maximum of $500,000, available within three years of pardon. Effective: 2009

Read the Statute: MS Comp SB 3024 (PDF) 

DNA Exonerations Nationwide

Evidence Proves that Innocent Men Were Wrongfully Convicted in Two Mississippi Murder Cases; Hearing Set for Friday

Mississippi and South Dakota Adopt DNA Access Laws

Levon Brooks Exonerated in Mississippi, Forensic Reforms Underway

Two Innocent Men Cleared Today in Separate Murder Cases in Mississippi, 15 Years after Wrongful Convictions

Innocence Project Issues Formal Records Requests To Determine How Much Hayne Uses State Labs for Autopsy Misconduct

Mississippi Takes ‘Huge First Steps’ Against Unprecedented Autopsy Misconduct but Must Take Further Action, Innocence Project Says

Compensating The Wrongly Convicted

A life stolen, a long road back

Compensating the Wrongfully Convicted

After Exoneration

81% of Exonerated People Who Have Been Compensated Under State Laws Received Less Than the Federal Standard, New Innocence Project Report Shows