Compensating Wrongfully Convicted
… These men, and others released from Pennsylvania prisons for crimes they did not commit, receive absolutely no compensation. Pennsylvania is one of 28 states that does not compensate its wrongly-convicted citizens released from prison. These people often lose their children, financial resources to legal fees, possessions, reputation, and jobs while incarcerated. They receive less assistance with re-entry to society and their new-found freedom than prisoners who actually commit crimes and are paroled. Pennsylvania has just begun the process of exploring legislation that sprung from The Report of the Advisory Committee on Wrongful Conviction. The Senate is using that data to craft legislation for the compensation of wrongly convicted and repair of the criminal justice system so errors are less likely.
For the wrongly convicted in Pennsylvania, being released means the jail door is swung open for them to run through and then quickly bolted shut – lest they look back for aid. …
http://innocenceinstitute.org/blog/compensating-wrongfully-convicted/
PA not ready to pay wrongfully convicted
http://www.pointparknewsservice.com/2013/05/16/pa-not-ready-to-pay-wrongfully-convicted
Jimmy Dennis and Pennsylvania’s Grave Miscarriage of Justice (Oct. 3rd)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-a-love/jimmy-dennis-and-pennsylvia_b_4030838.html