Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
Title29 LEGISLATURE. |
Chapter2. PERMANENT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES. |
Article9. |
§29-2-156. Eligibility for compensation.
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In order to be eligible to receive compensation for wrongful incarceration a person must:
(1) Have been convicted by the state of one or more felony offenses, all of which the person was innocent, and have served time in prison as a result of the conviction or convictions; or
(2) Have been incarcerated pretrial on a state felony charge, for at least two years through no fault of his or her own, before having charges dismissed based on innocence.