Victims of Wrongful Incarceration Compensation Act

A man wrongfully imprisoned for almost 43 years could soon get more than $2 million from the state. The proposal cleared the Florida House on Tuesday and…

A man wrongfully imprisoned for more than 40 years could be awarded about $2 million if his claim clears the Florida House and Senate. Two bills moving…

A change to the Victims of Wrongful Incarceration Act is now in effect. The updated Florida law seeks to make it easier for more exonerees to receive…

Governor Rick Scott has signed a bill into law that’s meant to be an update to the Victims of Wrongful Incarceration Act. The aim is to help exonerees…

A bill seeking to make it easier for more people wrongfully convicted of a crime to receive compensation is now heading to Governor Rick Scott for…

Florida is the only state in the nation that bars people with a prior felony record from receiving compensation after they were wrongfully incarcerated…

Florida lawmakers may be looking at getting rid of the state’s so-called “Clean Hands” provision. That provision stops those with a prior felony record…

A bipartisan effort to revamp the state’s wrongful incarceration compensation program is moving through the legislature. The proposal could make it easier…

More than four decades ago James Richardson was convicted of poisoning and killing his seven children.Richardson initially received the death penalty, but…

A bill seeking to compensate a man wrongfully convicted for killing his kids passed its first Senate hearing Tuesday.Last year, Orlando Democratic Senator…