Wrongfully convicted man gets $175,000 for 13 years in prison

[fpro]

Per year that is even less than I make. What the hell?

[27X]

What an absolute crock of shit.

[zakededodead]

[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;51936639]Lost wages would be closer to 500k over 13 years but at least he got some compensation.

I see they are doing it based on minimum wage in the US, that sucks.
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Federal minimum wage is 7.25 an hour at 40 hours for 52 weeks is 15,080 so they're still fucking him even going by FEDERAL minimums

[Big Dumb Patriot]

[QUOTE=Sonador;51936049]Am I the only one that thinks 175k for 13 years in prison is lacking? Genuinely, my view might be skewed here.[/QUOTE]

That only comes out to about $13.5k/year, so yeah, I'd definitely say it's extremely lacking. He could have made more money with a part-time minimum wage job during that time. They destroyed his life, stole all of his opportunities, and very likely ruined his future. You don't come out of thirteen years in US prison a functional member of society -- you come out a broken person who has normalized violence and very likely has a drug problem. This compensation is nothing.

[Cronos]

should be at least 1 M

[Sims_doc]

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;51936089]This is the equivalent of if he was making $13k a year during those years. And that's not even considering how much of his life he essentially missed out on and the fact that he was, ya know, in prison.[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't ask for the money instead i'd ask for the job and the house and the rebuilding your life part for the wrongful convictions.

Ironically, even if it's removed from his record criminal databases kept by company's would still have him listed for his time.

[Duskien]

I hate hearing about people that are falsely imprisoned while the real person walks free. The thought of it is so sickening, it happens a lot more than you'd think.

[vprvajrarpv]

[QUOTE=Trebgarta;51936603]I would spend a semester in a Swiss prison to get 250k francs. Would pay for the rest of my education[/QUOTE]

I'm pretty sure that if you plead gulty for a crime you did not commit and some time latter say "lolz, I was innocent all along, now gimme me mah moneyz" they would fuck you up for perjury and what not.

Going a little offtopick, some foreign criminal not too long ago asked to remain in prison, and said that if they would free him he would go and break the law again, since staying in prison meant a "great improvment" to his previous life. Can you immagine prisons not beeing a deterrent anymore?:v:

[Sonador]

[QUOTE=Geikkamir;51936496]Well I mean, assuming your case is in the very, very small minority that actually goes to trial. Otherwise it is pretty much entirely the fault of the state.[/QUOTE]

Of course.
I believe this case did go to trial, no? I meant more cases where the crime is heinous enough that it would, in fact, require a jury to convict.