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2006 Alabama Code - Section 29-2-157 — Evidence of innocence.
For purposes of determination of eligibility for compensation for wrongful incarceration, innocence shall be evidenced by at least one of the following:
(1) The conviction vacated or reversed and the accusatory instrument dismissed on grounds of innocence; or
(2) The accusatory instrument dismissed on a ground consistent with innocence.
(Act 2001-659, p. 1359, §8.)
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