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April 17, 2006

Hornoff to join in push tonight for compensation bill

PROVIDENCE -- State politicians and human rights activists will join Jeffrey Scott Hornoff at a press conference tonight to push legislation that would compensate people who, like Hornoff, were wrongly convicted and sent to prison.

Hornoff, a former police detective, was convicted of murder in 1996 and served more than six years at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston before the real killer came forward and exonerated him.

Senate Bill 2323, sponsored by state Sen. Charles Levesque, of Portsmouth, is entitled “An Act Relating To Criminal Procedure -- Establishing Compensation For Those Wrongfully Convicted."

This pending legislation coincides with the release of an award-winning documentary, After Innocence, which is currently playing at the Cable Car Cinema on North Main Street.

The press conference will be held at the Cable Car at 6:30 p.m.

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 4:48 PM | Permalink

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