Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 22 - CORRECTIONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Part III - Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice
Subpart 8 - Innocence Compensation
Chapter 81 - Authority and Definitions
Section III-8103 - Definitions

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code III-8103

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. The following terms as used in these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires or unless redefined by a particular part hereof, shall have the following meanings.

Commission - the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement.

Court-the court ordering payment pursuant to R.S. 15:592.8.

Factual Innocence-the petitioner did not commit the crime for which he was convicted and incarcerated nor did he commit any crime based upon the same set of facts used in his original conviction.

Fund-the Innocence Compensation Fund.

Petitioner - one who has been convicted of and imprisoned for crimes of which they are factually innocent as determined by a court.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 15:572.8(S) et seq.

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