Senate Bill sb0324
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Florida Senate - 2006 SB 324
By Senator Siplin
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to wrongful criminal
3 convictions; creating s. 914.145, F.S.;
4 providing for civil damages for certain
5 wrongful criminal convictions; providing for
6 joint and several liability; providing for a
7 statute of limitations; providing an effective
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10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12 Section 1. Section 914.145, Florida Statutes, is
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14 914.145 Wrongful convictions; civil damages.--
15 (1) Any person convicted of a crime whose conviction
16 was based upon evidence fabricated or deceptively manipulated
17 by any law enforcement agency or state attorney shall have a
18 civil cause of action against the law enforcement agency or
19 state attorney that fabricated or deceptively manipulated the
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21 (2) Liability under subsection (1) shall be joint and
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23 (3) The statute of limitations applicable to a cause
24 of action created by this section shall:
25 (a) Run from the time a person convicted as described
26 in subsection (1) is exonerated in a court of law.
27 (b) Be as provided under s. 95.11(3)(o).
28 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.
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3 Provides that a person whose conviction is based upon
fabricated or manipulated evidence has a civil cause of
4 action against the law enforcement agency or state
attorney that fabricated or manipulated the evidence.
5 Provides for joint and several liability.
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