Why Delaware is one of the few states that doesn't compensate wrongfully incarcerated.

Written By Innocence Delaware

In the past 35 years, only four people in Delaware have successfully overturned their convictions. Delaware was one of the last states in the country to launch an innocence project until 2018, and is one of about a dozen states that has no mechanism to compensate the wrongfully convicted. This year, Delaware lawmakers want to create a compensation program to acknowledge the unfairness of being wrongfully incarcerated. Read more.

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