Exoneree Compensation in Massachusetts

A wrongfully convicted person shall receive a maximum of $1 million, as well as the potential for physical and emotional services, educational services at any state or community college, and expungement of the record of conviction. Any person is eligible within two years of exoneration so long as they did not plead guilty (unless such plea was withdrawn, vacated, or nullified). Effective: 2004; Amended: 2018.

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