Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) - The North Rhine-Westphalian judiciary had to pay almost 1.5 million euros for compensation for innocent people this year. This slightly exceeded the previous year's total of 1.4 million, as the North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry of Justice announced at the request of the German Press Agency.

The money is not only paid to people who have been unjustly imprisoned, but also to those who have unjustly endured searches, seizures, property seizures or seizures. The reference date for the statistics is not the calendar year, but October 31st.