Acacia Lyn-Darr, a Colorado woman who was wrongly convicted of murder in 2009, is seeking over $830,000 from the state under a rarely used law that allows payments to people exonerated of crimes. The law allows for up to $70,000 for every year spent behind bars for felony crimes they did not commit, and also allows for a tuition waiver at state universities and payments for legal fees. Lyn Darr spent 11 years and 10 months in prison before her conviction was overturned in 2025. Her then-boyfriend, Matthew Barnes, falsely confessed to the crime and claimed he was involved in the attack. If successful, Lyn-darr would become the fourth person to receive exoneration compensation from the Colorado Exoneration Act since the state passed 13 years ago.