Life after wrongful conviction I recently read this article : http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/opinion/sunday/life-after-wrongful-conviction.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=image&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region And found it really interesting -- here's my summary of the article. As DNA evidences have increased the number of exonerations, restitution laws of each state have became an issue. Each state has a different range of restitution budget and compensation. In some states, the wrongly convicted individuals have to prove their innocence and some states do not even provide any financial compensation for the time the exonerations spent in the prison. To help the people who wasted the time in prison without being guilty, every state should pass compensation laws and expand ones that already exist. Although these changes in law cannot turn back time, it can help the exonerations to go forward in life.