New York has paid out the most of any state in the US to people wrongly incarcerated, according to a new study.The latest research was produced by High Rise Financial, a pre-settlement legal funding company...New York state has paid out a total of $322m to those wrongfully incarcerated. The state has awarded 237 claims for wrongful imprisonment out of 326 exonerated people. Such payouts cost New York taxpayers $15.97 per person, also the largest per capita payment out of any state, the study found.Texas, Connecticut, Maryland and Michigan were the other states in the top five that paid out the most to exonerated people.
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