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Germany Plans Higher Pay for Wrongful Convictions

editor July 14, 2026

Overview: What Germany’s Reform Proposes Germany’s Federal Minister of Justice, Stefanie Hubig, has proposed a significant reform to compensation for people who were wrongfully convicted and imprisoned. The draft law raises the basic daily compensation rate (Tagessatz) for wrongful imprisonment

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