There is a problem with Connecticut's wrongful incarceration compensation statute, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-102uu, that undermines the legislature's intent to compensate promptly the wrongly incarcerated, thereby causing them additional and unnecessary harm. When the legislature enacted § 54-102uu in 2008, it directed the claims commissioner to make "immediate payment" to exonerees. This reflects the legislature's interest in making such claims a priority. The current commissioner, Robert Shea, has expressly stated his interest in acting in accordance with the legislature's directive.