MO HB1927

Allows individuals wrongfully convicted and imprisoned to apply for compensation through the state attorney general's office and a committee on compensation for wrongful conviction.

Claimants must be eligible based on criteria including gubernatorial pardon, conviction vacation/reversal on innocence grounds, acquittal at retrial, government refusal to retry, or other judicial/executive orders indicating innocence.

State caseworker coordinates emergency assistance for 30 days upon release, then completes loss assessment and community integration plan within 30 days with claimant input.

Compensation covers reasonable and necessary expenses for societal reintegration as determined by assessment and plan, with no cap on compensation amount, plus reasonable attorney fees.

Claimants ineligible if the sentence for the crime of wrongful conviction was served concurrently with a sentence for conviction of another crime.