Rep. Kooyenga wants to pay up

March 17, 2014 2:47 pm Leave a comment

Rep. Dale Kooyenga said he is going to get the money owed to Robert Stinson one way or another, even if it means putting it in next year’s budget.

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Senator pulls claims board bill before vote

March 13, 2014 4:42 pm Leave a comment

A vote was canceled last-minute Thursday on a bill that would dramatically alter the way claims for the wrongfully incarcerated are processed.

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Lawmakers want to boost wrongful conviction compensation (UPDATE)

September 30, 2013 11:09 am Leave a comment

Robert Stinson smiles with his sister, Charlene Stinson, in New Lisbon after being released from prison on Jan. 30, 2009. Lawmakers are pushing for additional reimbursement for Stinson, who served 23 years in prison for a homicide he didn’t commit, and was awarded the maximum $25,000 in compensation by the Wisconsin Claims Board. (AP File Photo/Andy Manis)

Wisconsin lawmakers are working on a pair of bipartisan bills that would boost compensation for a man who spent more than two decades behind bars for a homicide he didn't commit as well as for all wrongful convictions.

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Assembly bill moves to pay wrongfully convicted man

August 20, 2013 4:03 pm Leave a comment

The Assembly version of a bill designed to pay thousands to a Milwaukee man who spent 23 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit was introduced Tuesday.

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Legislators again seek to reimburse wrongly convicted man

August 7, 2013 12:48 pm Leave a comment

Robert Lee Stinson smiles with his sister, Charlene Stinson, in New Lisbon after being released from prison on Jan. 30, 2009. Stinson served 23 years in prison for a homicide he didn't commit, and was awarded the maximum $25,000 in compensation by the Wisconsin Claims Board. Stinson and other activists are calling on states to raise the compensation limits allowed for exonerated plaintiffs. (AP File Photo/Andy Manis)

After last year’s failed attempt, a new Senate bill again seeks to take money from the state’s general fund to pay a Milwaukee man who spent 23 years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit.

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Low payout limits can hinder wrongfully convicted

February 4, 2013 10:40 am Leave a comment

In this Jan. 30, 2009 file photo, Robert Lee Stinson smiles with his sister Charlene Stinson in New Lisbon, Wis., after being released from prison. Stinson served 23 years in prison for a homicide he didn't commit, and was awarded the maximum $25,000 in compensation by the Wisconsin Claims Board. Stinson and other activists are calling on states to raise the compensation limits allowed for exonerated plaintiffs. (AP File Photo/Andy Manis)

An innocent Wisconsin man was convicted of homicide. He served 23 years in prison before he was exonerated by DNA tests. But a Wisconsin claims board awarded him just $25,000, the maximum allowed under state law.

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