Criminal
Feb. 22, 2021
Bill aims to allow factual innocence finding without retrial
SB 446 would allow a wrongfully convicted person to show that a reasonable jury would find them not guilty based on the evidence that exonerated them.
Wrongly convicted people seeking to wipe a felony conviction from their record through a finding of factual innocence and be compensated by the state would have a lower standard to prove they did not commit the underlying crime under a proposed measure introduced in the Legislature.
And new restrictions on who is eligible for early release from prison under California's Elderly Parole Program would be imposed under a separate propo...
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