Rep. Maxine Waters Introduces Bill to Increase Exoneree Payouts


Charles Blow discusses Rebecca Brown, policy director of The Innocence Project, about Rep. Maxine Waters introducing legislation that would better compensate the exonerated by providing them $70,000 for each year spent behind bars.

β€œSince 1989, there have been almost 3,000 individuals exonerated who have collectively lost 25,000 years of their lives serving time for crimes they did not commit,” Blow says.

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