Louisiana Advances Bill Denying Compensation For Exonerees

Louisiana Advances Bill Denying Compensation For Exonerees

Source: zrfphoto / Getty One of the cruelest things a government body can do to a person is lock them up for years and even decades for a crime they did not commit. And for the victims of these egregious miscarriages of justice, the second cruelest thing officials can do is deny them compensation for the life that was stolen from them. In Louisiana, where exonorees have already complained that they have been consistently denied the compensation …

Louisiana House Committee Advances Measure Denying Financial Compensation To Wrongly Convicted Prisoners

Source: zrfphoto / Getty One of the cruelest things a government body can do to a person is lock them up for years and even decades for a crime they did not commit. And for the victims of these egregious miscarriages of justice, the second cruelest thing officials can do is deny them compensation for the life that was stolen from them. In Louisiana, where exonorees have already complained that they have been consistently denied the compensation …