TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – A bipartisan bill at the statehouse would change what happens when someone is wrongfully convicted and locked up.
Supporters of House Bill 501 say it would expand who qualifies for compensation, including some juveniles and people held in county jails, and require the state to repay certain fees charged while someone was behind bars.
House Bill 501, introduced by Representatives Joshua Williams (R-Sylvania Twp.) and Elgin Rogers (D-Toledo), updates Ohio’s wrongful-imprisonment compensation law…