Texas has paid almost $100 million in lump-sum payments since 2009 to 95 men and women who were wrongfully convicted, according to state records requested by Michael & Associates, a criminal defense law firm based in Austin, Texas, under the state’s Public Information Act. The state also pays a monthly annuity to each qualified exoneree. …
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