NewsWBEZ ChicagoJune 30, 2026United States
Proposed Law Would Increase Compensation for Wrongfully Convicted Individuals
A bill awaiting Governor JB Pritzker’s signature would raise the maximum state compensation for wrongfully incarcerated people to $50,000 per year and, for the first time, allow children who were wrongfully detained to qualify for payments. The legislation removes an existing inflation-adjusted cap that currently limits total payouts to less than $300,000 regardless of time served.
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If signed, this law changes the financial restitution available to s and juvenile detainees in Illinois, potentially increasing individual payouts and expanding eligibility to those previously excluded due to their age at the time of detention.
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