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 * __Exoneree Compensation:__ **

 The majority of people exonerated after proving their innocence have not been compensated for the injustice they suffered and the time they spent incarcerated. With no money and a criminal record that is rarely cleared despite innocence, the punishment stays a long time after an innocent person is exonerated. States have a responsibility to restore innocent people’s lives.

1).  //Monetary Compensation- set amount of money that is given for each year that he/she served in jail// 2). //Provision of Immediate Services, Including://
 * __What it is and includes:__ **
 * //Financial support//  for basic necessities: food, transportation, clothes, etc
 * Help //afford housing//
 * Provide //medical/dental care, and if needed psychological and/or counseling services//
 * Help develop //workforce skills//
 * //Legal services to receive public benefits, erase criminal records, and help regain custody of their children// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__**Places that have exoneree compensation laws in the United States**:__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The United States federal government, the District of Columbia, and 27 states have compensation laws.

__** David Munchinski: **__ A case example that shows an innocent man stuck with the consequence for another man's actions is David Munchinski. David Munchinski was given two life sentence for the killing of James Alford and Raymond Gierke. The only witness in this case is Richard Bowen, and he claims that he saw David Munchinski and Scarglione kill James Alford and Raymond and Gierke. However, all the evidence in this case is flimsy and shows that Munchinski could be innocent.

1). On the night of the murder police say that a women called at 2:30 am saying she saw someone on the porch that was having a hard time breathing. When police got to the murder scene they saw that the man who was having difficulty breathing was Alford, he was lying 114 feet away. Bowen claims that both Alford and Gierke were killed and were dead in the house. Even though Alford’s body was found 114 feet away from the house. 2). Richard Bowen, who is the only “witness” in this case says he drove the getaway car. Bowen says the getaway car was a green Gran Torino that was Scaglione’s car. However, Scaglione didn’t purchase this car until after the murder. Plus Bowen didn’t claim he was the getaway driver until 1981, four years later. If he was apart of a killing wouldn’t one think he would have told police what he saw, seeing how he was the only witness in this case. Now there is evidence that Bowen wasn’t even in the state during the murder. 3). During trial Scaglione himself claimed that Munchinski had nothing to do with murders. Scaglione says that the other man who helped commit the deaths of Alford and Gierke was a man named Thomas Stewart. It was said that Alford and Gierke owed Stewart about $22,000. 4). Aside from having no witnesses to prove that Munchinski murdered Alford and Gierke the murder weapons were never found, no fingerprints, footprints, or any physical evidence shows that Munchinski committed the crime.