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Statutes > Alabama > Title29 > Chapter2 > 29-2-156Section 29-2-156
Eligibility for compensation.
In order to be eligible to receive compensation for wrongful incarceration a person must:
(1) Have been convicted by the state of one or more felony offenses, all of which the person was innocent, and have served time in prison as a result of the conviction or convictions; or
(2) Have been incarcerated pretrial on a state felony charge, for at least two years through no fault of his or her own, before having charges dismissed based on innocence.
(Act 2001-659, p. 1359, §7.)