US EditionGeorgia bill would compensate the wrongfully convicted and let Trump recover costs of election case
- Georgia's legislature gave final approval to Senate Bill 244 on the last day of the session.
- Fulton County DA Fani Willis's disqualification from a case led to this bill's consideration.
- Senate Bill 244 allows defendants to recoup legal fees if a prosecutor is disqualified or a case dismissed.
- The bill includes compensation of $75,000 per year of incarceration for the wrongfully convicted.
- Governor Kemp may sign Senate Bill 244, potentially compensating Trump and codefendants and the wrongfully convicted.
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Marietta Daily Journal
capitol-beat.orgGeorgia lawmakers approve measure that could help Trump, prison inmates
ATLANTA — Georgia lawmakers approved legislation late Friday that would give innocent people who were convicted and sent to prison money for the time they spent behind bars, while also allowing defendants to recover legal costs when their prosecutor is…
Associated Press News
Georgia bill would compensate the wrongfully convicted and let Trump recover costs of election case
Georgia lawmakers passed a bill that would change how wrongfully convicted people are compensated. But that measure got tacked onto a bill that would also let President Donald Trump and his codefendants get compensated for attorneys' fees after being indicted for attempting to overturn his 2020 elec
Gwinnett Daily Post
Republicans deny bills are about Trump
(The Center Square) – The Georgia House of Representatives passed a bill that would put taxpayers on the hook for legal fees of defendants whose cases were dismissed because the district attorney was disqualified.
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