Idaho Will Pay People Wrongfully Convicted $62,000 For Each Year Spent In Jail

A bill signed into law by Republican Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Friday will pay thousands of dollars to individuals wrongfully convicted and sentenced to prison.

The law, passed unanimously by Idaho’s House and Senate, will compensate wrongfully convicted inmates for time spent on parole, in prison, and on death row. The testimony of Chris Tapp, an Idaho man who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1997, was a key driver of the legislation, according to the Idaho Falls Post Register.

“I’m grateful knowing that in the future when someone is exonerated this law will be in place to help them when they need it the most,” Tapp said. He had previously told the Idaho legislature that when he was released from prison, he had only the clothes on his back and the support of his family to help him get back on his feet. (RELATED: Netflix’s ‘Making A Murderer’ Shows Grim... (Read more)

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