Washington SB5520 amends the wrongly convicted persons act to provide compensation and tuition waivers for wrongly convicted individuals and their.
Washington SB5520 amends the wrongly convicted persons act to provide compensation and tuition waivers for wrongly convicted individuals and their children. The act defines "wrongly convicted" as a person who was charged, convicted, and imprisoned for one or more felonies of which they are actually innocent. Compensation includes $70,000 for each year of actual confinement and $35,000 for each year served on parole, community custody, or conditional release.
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