Florida House sends DeSantis bill easing rules for compensating wrongfully imprisoned

TALLAHASSEE — A years-long legislative effort to make it easier for people who have been wrongfully incarcerated to receive compensation from the state is headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis, after the House unanimously approved the bill on Tuesday.

Lawmakers passed a compensation program in 2008, but the law included what is known as a “clean hands” provision that makes exonerees who had been previously convicted of certain felonies ineligible for the compensation.