People who are compensated by the state for being wrongly convicted aren't entitled to collect cash for time spent in jail before trial. That's the decision of the Michigan Supreme Court. Since the compensation program began in 2017, lower courts have rejected requests for money for pretrial detention, saying the law doesn't mention it. The Supreme Court agreed. The case centered on Davontae Sanford, whose murder convictions in Wayne County were thrown out. He was paid $408,000 for his time in prison, but he was also seeking $27,000 for about 200 days spent in a detention center for teens.
