A legislative path may have been cleared for Alan Crotzer to receive compensation for his wrongful conviction in 1981.
Senate President Ken Pruitt recently said he will support a compensation bill for Crotzer and will make it a priority for the Senate.
Last year, the House agreed to pay Crotzer $1.25 million for the nearly 25 years he spent in prison for rapes, kidnappings and robberies he did not commit. In 2006, he was freed after DNA evidence proved he was innocent.
Though the House passed the bill, the Senate leadership refused to bring it to a floor for a vote. Now that Pruitt supports the bill, it has a better chance of passing.