Pub. L. 108-405, tit. IV, subtit. C, sec. 431

INCREASED COMPENSATION IN FEDERAL CASES FOR THE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED.

EnactedYear: 2004Length: 59 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 431. INCREASED COMPENSATION IN FEDERAL CASES FOR THE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED. Section 2513(e) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking “exceed the sum of $5,000” and inserting “exceed $100,000 for each 12-month period of incarceration for any plaintiff who was unjustly sentenced to death and $50,000 for each 12-month period of incarceration for any other plaintiff”.