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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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On Wrongful Conviction Day, exonerees push Mass lawmakers to act

People who've been wrongfully convicted in Massachusetts leave prison with their freedom, but without any money or support from the state.

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

Exonerees press to lift $1M cap on compensation for the wrongfully convicted
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Mass bills aim to help wrongfully convicted

Finding ways to help those residents wrongfully adjudicated aim of a trio of legislative bills

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

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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