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Tags: innocence commission, wrongful convictions, Sandy D 'Alemberte, Mike Haridopolos, Greg Taylor, I. Beverly Lake

Little has been done by state leaders to deal with the disturbing fact that at least a dozen people since the 1980’s have spent hundreds of years between them falsely imprisoned for crimes they did not commit. But that could soon change, thanks in part to former American Bar Association President Sandy D’Alemberte and Republican Senator Mike Haridopolos.

In December, D’Alemberte [petitioned](http://blogs.tam...