Delaware Senate Bill 169

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-6)
Status: Engrossed on May 23 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-05-23 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #4) [HTML]

This Act creates the Delaware Wrongful Conviction Compensation and Service Act. The Act provides compensation and reintegration services to individuals who have served sentences of incarceration, wrongful incarceration in a psychiatric institution, parole, probation, and sex offender registration in the State for crimes that they did not commit. An individual claiming wrongful conviction or, if deceased, that individual's heirs, may bring a petition for compensation in Delaware Superior Court. A petitioner who makes the required showing is entitled to damages based on the type and period of wrongful incarceration, probation, parole, or registration, and other amounts, such as reasonable attorney fees in obtaining relief, subject to requirements of proof. However, a petitioner is not entitled to such compensation if the Department of Justice establishes that the petitioner was an accomplice in the commission of the crime or that the petitioner intentionally and voluntarily caused the conviction at issue by committing perjury or fabricating evidence at trial in order to prevent the conviction of the true perpetrator. In addition, an individual released from incarceration as the result of the reversal, overturning, or vacation of a conviction is entitled to emergency assistance and services.

An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Wrongful Conviction Compensation And Services.

Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]	Rep. William Bush [D]	Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Sen. Eric Buckson [R]
Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. Russ Huxtable [D]
Sen. David Lawson [R]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]
Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]
Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]
Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Sophie Phillips [D]

2024-05-23 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-05-23		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2024-05-20		was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 169

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