Mililani man first to be compensated under Hawaii’s wrongful conviction law

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – A man imprisoned for a crime he did not commit will become the first person in Hawaii to receive compensation under a 10-year-old law.

Roynes Dural will receive $420,833 from the state for the eight years and five months he spent in prison following a wrongful conviction.

The settlement makes him the first to benefit from legislation passed in 2015 that allows for $50,000 per year served…

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