wrongful conviction

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 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…

Governor Rick Scott has signed a bill into law seeking to improve Florida's eyewitness ID system. In Florida, eyewitness misidentification has contributed…

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…

A bill creating a uniform procedure for law enforcement agencies when it comes to conducting eyewitness interviews is on its way to the House floor. In…

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 pair of bills backed by the Innocence Project have passed their first committee hearing. Today, when law enforcement officers question a person in their…

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