Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 2009

Abstract

In response to the failure of the tort and civil rights laws to provide a consistent remedy for exonerees, and in light of the obvious fact that the criminal justice system can never be completely error-proof, some states have enacted statutes to compensate exonerees. Ideally, compensation statutes should provide generous, rapid, and certain damage awards, accompanied by education and social services, for all those who have been wrongly convicted and later exonerated. This Article will address the need for such statutes and examine some of the differences among them.

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Symposium
Boston University Public Interest Law Journal, Vol. 18, Issue 2 (Spring 2009), pp. 403-426

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