WA SB5520

Increases compensation for wrongly convicted persons from $50,000 to $70,000 per year of actual confinement and from $25,000 to $35,000 per year on parole or community custody

Extends the statute of limitations for filing compensation claims from three years to six years after release, pardon, or judicial relief

Eliminates the $75,000 cap on attorneys' fees and allows reasonable fees to be awarded pursuant to standard civil procedures under chapter 4.84 RCW

Requires claimants who receive compensation judgments to receive an advance payment from the state general fund within 30 days, equal to one year of compensation or the full award (whichever is less)

Expands qualifying criteria to include pardons, amnesty, commutation, or reprieve on grounds consistent with innocence, and clarifies that guilty pleas to crimes not committed or illegally obtained confessions do not constitute perjury or fabricated evidence