Alabama Statutes
§ 29-2-157 — Evidence of Innocence
Alabama·Title 29 Legislature·Ch. 2 Permanent Legislative Committees·Art. 9 Committee on Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration
For purposes of determination of eligibility for compensation for wrongful incarceration, innocence shall be evidenced by at least one of the following:
(1)The conviction vacated or reversed and the accusatory instrument dismissed on grounds of innocence; or
(2)The accusatory instrument dismissed on a ground consistent with innocence.
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Legislative History
(Act 2001-659, p. 1359, §8.)