HJR123 Summary

• Recognizes the wrongful conviction and incarceration of Anthony Ray Hinton, who was arrested in 1985 for murder despite lack of fingerprints or eyewitness testimony and despite testimony from his boss placing him at work at the time of the murders.

• Acknowledges that Hinton spent nearly three decades on death row in solitary confinement before his conviction was overturned following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on March 11, 2015, and he was released on April 3, 2015.

• Extends the legislature's deepest apologies to Hinton for his wrongful conviction and the decades he spent incarcerated for a conviction that was overturned and for which the state declined to reprosecute.

• Commits the legislature to review existing compensation laws for wrongfully incarcerated individuals to identify necessary improvements ensuring fairness and equality in the compensation process.