Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed a bill that would’ve eliminated a three-year deadline for convicts to request a retrial based on new evidence.
House Bill 1422 was pushed by the New England Innocence Project, which works to overturn wrongful convictions, and supported by a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers. New Hampshire state law bars convicts from requesting a new trial three years after their conviction even if new evidence of their innocence emerges. HB 1422 would’ve removed that deadline for inmates with new evidence.
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