A wrongfully convicted person is eligible to receive $40,330 per year (or amount determined by state auditor) in addition to lost wages, costs, and attorney's fees as long as claimant did not plead guilty. The claim must be filed within 2 years of of exoneration. In 2010, Ohio amended its compensation structure to allow claimants to recover 50% of the per year amount owed under the statute within sixty days of the entry of a determination that claimant was wrongfully imprisoned. Effective: 1989; Amended most recently: 2010.

Read the statutes: Ohio Rev Code Ann. § 2305.02 / § 2743.48

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