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Wrongful imprisonment compensation

HOUSTON — A Texas man claims the state owes him more than $1.5 million for wrongful imprisonment under the Tim Cole Act after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a part of the law requiring a finding of actual innocence before compensation.

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