Report: Wrongful convictions have stolen at least 20,000 years from innocent defendants
“Among the states that do have compensation statutes, Gutman ranks Mississippi as the most generous, though in order to receive payment, exonerees there must also forgo their right to sue the state for civil damages. But blue states on average pay out about 50 percent more to exonerees than red states.“
Washington Post
September 10, 2018