Bill > SB617

This bill repeals the Missouri Incarceration Reimbursement Act, which previously allowed the state to seek reimbursement from incarcerated individuals for their cost of care. Instead, the bill focuses on providing restitution to individuals who have been found actually innocent of a felony crime through DNA testing. Under the new provisions, an exonerated individual can receive $100 per day for each day of postconviction incarceration, with certain qualifying conditions. To be considered "actually innocent," a person must have received a final order of release, exhausted all appeals, not be serving sentences for other concurrent crimes, and have their innocence demonstrated through specific types of DNA testing. The bill caps annual restitution at $36,500 per individual and prohibits recipients from seeking additional civil action against the state. Additionally, the bill mandates an automatic expungement of all records related to the overturned conviction, effectively restoring the individual to their status prior to the arrest and conviction. The restitution is non-transferable and ceases upon the individual's death, and the state will pay restitution on a pro-rata basis if insufficient funds are appropriated in a given fiscal year.

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