LA HB101

Shifts payment responsibility for wrongful conviction compensation from the state Innocence Compensation Fund to the parish where the conviction occurred, while shielding state agencies and employees from liability

Tightens evidence requirements by requiring new evidence that was not known or discoverable at trial and must be either scientific/forensic/physical evidence or testimony corroborated by such evidence

Reduces the filing deadline for compensation petitions from two years to one year after conviction is reversed or vacated

Makes wrongful conviction compensation the exclusive remedy, barring petitioners from filing or maintaining any related lawsuits against the state, political subdivisions, or government employees

Transfers state representation in these cases from the attorney general to the district attorney of the parish where conviction occurred (unless the attorney general prosecuted the original case)