Compensation for persons exonerated based on DNA evidence.

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FISCAL NOTE

 

 

The fiscal impact is indeterminable due to an unknown number of cases.

 

 

 

Source of Expenditure Increase:

Should it be determined that someone meets the criteria for compensation, the state (State Self Insurance Program) may be liable to pay up to $300,000 to them or their estate.

 

Assumptions:

Wyoming experiences qualifying exonerations.

 

Though there are no current measures that would allow for an accurate prediction of the number of individuals affected by the proposed legislation, it is assumed that the actual number of individuals affected would be very low. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepared by:   Matthew Sackett, LSO  Phone: 777-7881

(Information provided by: Jeffie Wiggins, Dept. of Corrections; Phone: 777-7470; Tammy Hooper, Administration and Information; Phone: 777-6796; Sharon Garland, Treasurer’s Office; Phone: 777-7475; and Kristi Racines, Supreme Court; Phone: 777-7502)