BEATRICE- Sen. Myron Dorn of Adams introduced LB103, a bill that would provide Gage County with state funds to pay toward the Beatrice 6 judgment. The bill is seeking $2 million a year to help pay off a federal court judgment won by the Beatrice 6.

$28.1 million in damages were awarded to six people who spent a combined 75 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of a murder in 1985. The county increased its property tax levy to the maximum level and imposed a sales tax to pay off the judgment, by the county still owes nearly $17 million. Sen. Steve Erdman of Bayard proposed increasing the $2 million to $5 million per year.

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