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New bills signed by Governor Rick Snyder on Wednesday will compensate wrongfully convicted people who served time in Michigan prisons.
Professor David Moran, founder of the Michigan Innocence Clinic run out of the University of Michigan says if their convictions are over-turned then they would be eligible.
Moran worked on the bills with others for eight years and says there are less than 30 people in the state currently who would be eligible for compensation.
He says the average time spent behind bars for the wrongfully convicted is 12 years.
