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S 2772 117th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement

Conviction Integrity Act of 2021

Introduced: September 21, 2021 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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Sep 21, 2021
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Conviction Integrity Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of Justice to administer grant programs within the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to encourage the review of possible cases of wrongful conviction and facilitate post-conviction relief.

Specifically, the bill directs the BJA to make grants to create state and local conviction integrity units or entities that receive petitions for or review wrongful convictions and wrongful sentences.

Additionally, the BJA must make grants to support high-quality post-conviction legal representation for defendants who make post-conviction claims of innocence.

What's happening now September 21, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Cornyn, John
Texas · Sep 21, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2772: Conviction Integrity Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2772/
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"S. 2772: Conviction Integrity Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2772/.
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S. 2772, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2772/.
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