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Senate Bill 1500: erroneous convictions; compensation

Bill summary:
Creates a legal process for people wrongfully convicted of serious crimes to receive state compensation and additional support like mental health counseling, educational help, and expungement of their criminal records. The law sets out who qualifies—such as those pardoned based on innocence or those whose convictions are overturned—and explains how the compensation is calculated based on the time spent in prison and the harms suffered.

In the news

PRESS RELEASE: Arizona Passes a New Law, Financial Compensation for Those Who Have Been Wrongly Convicted

NEWS RELEASE: Arizona Enacts Law to Provide Justice for the Wrongfully Convicted

KPNX-TV Phoenix: Arizona to compensate wrongfully convicted under new law

AZCapitolTimes: SB1500: Restoring dignity and lives after wrongful conviction

Arizona Agenda: Justice Delayed

12news: Arizona House unanimously passes bill that would compensate the wrongfully convicted and imprisoned

Currently, 39 states provide compensation for wrongful convictions, according to the Arizona Justice Project.

Contact your legislators and ask them to support SB 1500

Compensate the wrongfully convicted.
Eliminate Juvenile life without parole (JLWOP) sentences in Arizona.
Reinstate parole eligibility for lifers post-January 1994.
Expand compassionate release policies, procedures, and laws for prisoners who are terminally ill and/or incapacitated.
Implement best practices for eyewitness identification procedures across the State of Arizona.