Played by the wisconsin Innocence Project in securiing Daryl Holloways release. Release. That organization has been working to help wrongfully convicted people go free since 1998. 1998. Cbs 58s bill walsh joins us with more on that organization and its work in this case. Now if you look closely at the video from Daryl Holloways press conference today, youll see a man standing to his right. Thats keith findley, a university of wisi of the wisconsin Innocence Project. Its that groups work that produced the dna evidence that led to holloways release. The groups website says theyve won the freedom of 20 wrongfully convicted people and that may not include this latest case. Keith findley released a Statement Today about Daryl Holloway. He says this case represents one example of the power of postconviction dna testing to help us achieve justice, and recognizing that power and working with Defense Attorneys to find the truth, rather than just protect old convictions, 3 its fascinating to loo
Holloway was greeted by members of the wisconsin Innocence Project who helped him regain his freedom. If you are wrongfully convicted and sent to prison. You do get compensated. But wisconsin has one of the lowest payout. With a cap of 25thousand dollars. A state lawmaker is working to change that. Cbs 58s Kristen Barbaresi joins us in the newsroom to break down those details, kristen . There is an effort to increase that cap from 25thousand to a million,but even if it became law, it might not benefit records show he had a prior felony conviction in 1986, which could limit his in eligible 3 i think we have a responsibility to help folks like that out. Representative Dale Kooyenga wants people, wrongfully convicted of crimes, to be eligible for up to 50thousand dollars for each year they spent in prison. A state legislator makes. The cap would be 1Million Dollars. Kooyenga proposed the legislation to make it happen and because exonerations dont happen a lot he says we arent talking abou
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