Ex-convict must still prove his innocence (to get due compensation)

This is interesting - most of the alleged victims have come forward and said that they were pressured to lie...So if he IS innocent, I think it sucks that he has to go through all this to try to make up for 20 years of his life. OTOH, if just ONE of the charges is true, well...that's another story.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - How much is freedom worth? According to the state of California, $100 a day.

John Stoll walked out of prison last year a free man at 62 after 20 years behind bars. His 1985 conviction on 17 child molestation counts was thrown out by a judge who said investigators coerced the witnesses.

Now Stoll wants some payback, under a state law that allows for vindicated prisoners to collect $100 for every day spent in prison. But first, he must prove to a state board he did not commit the crimes and did not contribute to his arrest.

"If he can do these two things, then he's entitled to the money" - about $730,000, said Deputy State Attorney General Michael Farrell.

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http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/12015258.htm