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Maximum of $100 per day of wrongful incarceration available within 6 months after acquittal, pardon, or release. Claimant must show he did not "contribute to the bringing about of his arrest or conviction for the crime with which he was charged."

Read the statute: Cal Penal Code 4900 to 4906

Facts on Post-Conviction DNA Exonerations

Compensating The Wrongly Convicted

A life stolen, a long road back

Compensating the Wrongfully Convicted

After Exoneration

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