Innocence Project: ‘Admitting there is a wrong’ — Advocates push for passage of wrongful conviction compensation bill
For the fifth year in a row, the Kentucky Innocence Project (KIP) is working to get a bill through the legislature that they hope will correct one of the injustices that follows a wrongful conviction.
Senate Bill 131 is moving through the legislature in the final days of the 2026 session, looking to create a framework for compensation for those who have been convicted of a crime and later exonerated. The 2026 version is the fifth iteration of the bill, after failing to get to the governor’s desk in previous sessions.
Mike Vonallmen has been working with KIP to advocate for the bill. Vonallmen’s story began in 1981, when he was charged with rape, robbery and sodomy for an attack on a Louisville woman outside of a bar. He maintained his innocence, but was convicted by a jury in 1983. He served 11 years before being awarded parole. In 2010, KIP attorneys took his case, looking to exonerate him of all charges.
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