Lawmaker Says Missouri Should Pay Wrongfully Convicted Prisoners
February 18, 2022 5:57AM CST
Representatives Ron Hicks (left) and Shamed Dogan (Photo: Tim Bommel, Missouri House Communications)
(Missourinet) Missouri Representative Ron Hicks wants the state to pay up when someone is wrongfully imprisoned.
He and fellow-Republican Shamed Dogan have bills that would expand eligibility for payments to inmates when they’re exonerated by the state.
As it is now, only prisoners exonerated by specific DNA test can qualify to receive money.
Representative Hicks says it would make a big difference a case like Kevin Strickland, who was released from prison after more than 40-years for a triple murder he did not commit.
