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Wrongful Convictions
Topic Started: Aug 20 2004, 03:13 PM (174 Views)
TexasShadow
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/08/20/wrongful...n.ap/index.html

"Wrongfully convicted man free after 40 years behind bars"

What do you think we should do in a case like this? Shouldn't the state have to recompense the man without him having to bring a lawsuit?
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pentax
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Yes, although I dont know how you set 40 years to right again.

One more reason I can't support the death penalty.


ohboy - I hope that doesnt start up that old argument.... :rolleyes:
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karmasasha
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I would hope a lot of money for the little time he has to enjoy it.
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jackd
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I think this guys would be much more happy if he received a public appology and excuses by the highest ranking justice man of the nation, co-signed by whoever convicted him.
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pulsar
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Texas has a wrongful conviction compensation law. Compensation is capped at $500,000. I don't know what formula they use. Here in NC, the compensation is based on the number of years in prison.

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olstuf
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We recently had a case here in Wisconsin that a man was released after 15 or so years for being wrongly convicted. State policy was only a few thousand dollars. As I remember it was less than a thousand a year. To add this to Chris's dislike of taxes, where would the money come from?
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roscoe
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If I spent 40 years in jail for no reason I'd go for the money, tax free of course. Shove your apoligies.

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TexasShadow
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well, I don't know where the money would come from, but in this particular case, the man is old enough for social security. he ought to get a hefty check instead of the pittance he will get because he didn't pay much into it.
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Gershon Ben Daniel
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Happens all the time! How about the famous conviction of Joseph Salvati, by a completely corrupted FBI and that creap J. Edgar Hoover!

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rednecker
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I hope he lives to 110 and gets the money.

Prior to DNA I absolutely supported capital punishment, not anymore! And that was prior to the 'teens' previously found guility in the New York Park jogger case being proved innocent by DNA.

As much as I believe it is okay to administor capital punishment on those guilty, I no longer believe our justice system capable of gauranteeing that one found guilty and sentenced to death is actually guilty.

IMHO
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Too much pressure on DA's to punish 'someone ' for the committed crime. Reminds me of what used to happen after a shark attack; killing any handy shark made everyone feel like something had been done.
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Fr. Mike
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Unfortunate expense for living in a society of laws that are ruled upon by humans.

I don't know how many more years this person has to live and I'm sure all of his friends and close relatives have probably passed on.

I believe that all society can do at this point is continue to provide for those such wronged and review the case so that where the errors were made--they aren't repeated.

We humans can't give anybody more time.

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Peralko
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On the surface, anyone who is convicted for a crime they did not commit, should be compensated.
But pardon me for being skeptical: He got life in prison for a robbery? Sounds harsh--did he have other previous convictions? Confession was wrongfully obtained--I understand that part, but the article does not say he was innocent, only that he claims that it was someone else. Was his confession the only evidence used in the case?
How about parole? He escaped numerous times--hardly a good candidate for parole!
We hear about wrongful conviction a lot. Sometimes it is a case of evidence being throw out of court on a technicality rather than the person being innocent.
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Hmmm, so there are facts not being considered here. Like so many social issues.
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As much as I believe it is okay to administor capital punishment on those guilty, I no longer believe our justice system capable of gauranteeing that one found guilty and sentenced to death is actually guilty.


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Exactly why I no longer support the death penalty, look at what happened in IL where during one 12-18 month period 13 of 16 scheduled for execution were released based on DNA, or new evidence often that was know by but suppressed by the police because it did not “fit” their version of things.

On edit I am quoting the statistics from memory and they could be off a little but not much.
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