Arizona Exoneration Fund to Go Belly up Under New State Budget

A year after creating it, lawmakers gut wrongful‑conviction fund

PHOENIX–Just a year ago state lawmakers and Gov. Katie Hobbs agreed that people who were wrongfully convicted deserve some compensation from the state.

Wrongful conviction fund to dry up with no funding set aside in new state budget

PHOENIX — Just a year ago state lawmakers and Gov. Katie Hobbs agreed that people who were wrongfully convicted deserve some compensation from the state.

Arizona exoneration fund to go belly up under new state budget

Key Points: Arizona’s Erroneous Convictions Fund has lost funding in the new state budget The fund’s $3 million allocation has been depleted by its 11 initial applicants The fund was designed to provide compensation and counseling to those wrongfully imprisoned Just a year ago, state lawmakers and Gov. Katie Hobbs agreed to establish a program to provide those wrongfully convicted of crimes with compensation.  Now that program is gone. Strict…