Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The state Supreme Court has ruled Mississippi's program that provides compensation to inmates wrongfully convicted of crimes covers not only time behind bars but also house arrest.
Thursday's 5-4 ruling reversed a decision entered by the Supreme Court in March that denied extra compensation to Frank Sanders Tipton for the two years he served under house arrest. The justices ruled then that Tipton was due $41,097 for the 300 days he was locked up.
The new ruling means Tipton would eligible for an additional $100,000.
Tipton was convicted in 2007 in Jackson County on extortion charges. He was sentenced to one year in prison and two years' house arrest.
In 2010, the Supreme Court threw out Tipton's conviction. He applied for and was found qualified for money from the compensation fund.
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