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Bills filed to limit compensation for wrongfully convicted, expand 'close relatives' definition

Ethan Brooks
Reporter · Saturday, November 14, 2026 at 1:30 PM · 1 min read
Bills filed to limit compensation for wrongfully convicted, expand 'close relatives' definition — El Paso Community news

Texas law requires compensation paid to those who a court rules were wrongfully convicted of a crime. To qualify, a person could have received a full pardon on the basis of innocence or a finding of actual innocence as part of a writ of habeas corpus.

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