The Associated Press reported on February 3, 2013 on the wide variation in compensation for exonerees from wrongful convictions. Close to the low end is New Hampshire with a total cap of $20,000, regardless of the number of years an exoneree had spent in prison.
Matt Stroud, a national freelance writer, would like some help from experts on restortative justice in researching the issue of private prisons. It's fair to say this timely subject could use a hundred people like him.