Kamala Harris’s Offices Fought Payments to Wrongly Convicted individuals. Advocates criticize Harris’ record resisting innocence claims of wrongly convicted people. Prosecutors used technical arguments to block compensation for people who were wrongly arrested.

Criminal justice advocates are critical of her handling of wrongful conviction cases, in particular, saying her offices resisted at least five such claims despite compelling evidence of innocence. For more information, please go to this link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-14/kamala-harris-offices-fought-payments-to-wrongly-convicted