Lawmakers Again Consider Giving Convicts More Time to Prove Their Innocence

NH lawmakers again consider giving convicts more time to prove their innocence

Jeffrey Scott Hornoff, a former Warwick, R.I., police officer who was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent over six years in prison, gives water to his Japanese Mastiff service dog in the halls of the New Hampshire State House after testifying in favor of House Bill 1422 on April 14, 2026. (Photo by William Skipworth/The Bulletin)CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire state law allows convicts three years to request a new trial. After that, they lose…

Lawmakers again consider giving convicts more time to prove their innocence

On Tuesday, Jeffrey Scott Hornoff, a former Rhode Island police officer who was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent over six years in prison, testified in favor of House Bill 1422, which proponents argue will help others wrongfully convicted prove their innocence. Here, he is shown feeding water to his Japanese Mastiff service dog in the halls of the State House after his testimony. (Photo by William Skipworth/The BulletinNew Hampshire stat…