California wrongful conviction compensation

Ra­fael Mad­rig­al was sen­tenced to 53 years to life for at­temp­ted murder. It took three years be­fore he found an at­tor­ney will­ing to ap­peal, three more years be­fore they could con­vince a judge that Mad­rig­al’s ori­gin­al at­tor­ney de­fen­ded him in­ef­fect­ively.