Massachusetts exonerees press to lift $1M cap on compensation for the wrongfully convicted

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts residents who have been freed after a wrongful conviction are pressing lawmakers to overhaul what they describe as the state's inadequate laws addressing compensation for those who have been unjustly imprisoned.

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