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Senate approves payment for wrongful conviction
A man wrongfully convicted of homicide would get more money from the state of Wisconsin under a bill passed by the Senate.
Assembly OKs conviction compensation (UPDATE)
The state Assembly passed a bill Tuesday giving additional compensation to a man who was wrongfully convicted of homicide.
Bills would change way Claims Board operates (UPDATE)
If a bill introduced this week had been law earlier this year, David Turnpaugh would be out $780.90.
Senate approves $136K for wrongful conviction (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Senate has approved a bill that would increase compensation for a wrongfully convicted man.
Lawmakers want to boost wrongful conviction compensation (UPDATE)
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.
Wrongly jailed man seeks $46K in compensation
A Wisconsin man whose conviction for soliciting a prostitute was overturned is asking the state to pay him $46,000.
Assembly bill moves to pay wrongfully convicted man
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.
Bill increases compensation for wrongly convicted
Legislation under debate at the Capitol would significantly increase compensation for those wrongly convicted and incarcerated.
New sentence for wrongfully convicted Madison man (UPDATE)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Madison man who spent six years in prison for a sexual assault he didn’t commit was sent back to prison this week, this time after being convicted of a gun-possession charge that he said evolved from the trauma of his wrongful sentence. Forest S. Shomberg, 47, was sentenced Thursday to […]
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