Man wrongly imprisoned for 21 years gets compensation of $100 per day

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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060324-9999-7m24marsh.html

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. I'll bet they try to tax it, too.

[tsuki]

2. No, they'll try to charge him for room and board.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

6. why not both? end up having him owe them money?

[onenote]

8. I'll take your bet... and win

I'm always entertained by the posters here at DU that just spout off without bothering to check out the facts. California law specifically provides that awards for wrongful imprisonment are excluded from gross income. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cacodes/pen/4900-4906.html

California is neither the worst nor the best when it comes to compensating for wrongful imprisonment, although its better than most. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/burden/etc/chart.html


onenote

[ChairmanAgnostic]

10. tongue and cheek comments like mine should be so marked. sorry!

or better yet, I'll just bite it next time.

[mrcheerful]

3. Lucky that he lives in a state that does give money to those

wrongfully convicted. Most states have no such program and the person can not sue for wrongful imprisonment.

[Kingshakabobo]

5. He should be able to sue if he proves malice or negligence? No?

[BlueJazz]

7. Sadly..there are several states that just tell the Victim...

..Gee..Sorry about that..Have a good life..

[mrcheerful]

15. In some states its only perjury in the defense witnesses are proven to

lie. The prosecution witnesses are just said to have been mistaken and thats the end of it. Same goes for wrongful imprisonment, they released one guy who served 25 years of a life sentence after it was found out that the police pressured witnesses to say they saw him do the crime, through DNA the state found out they had the wrong guy. He got a suite and a hand shake for the 25 lost years. He also got $50 release pay. He went out to the golden arches and celebrated his freedom. Not one of the people who wrongfully accused him got a thing out of it except one cop got a reprimand the rest had retired by the time he got out.

[soothsayer]

4. So now you know what yer freedom's worth.

[Massacure]

9. Freedom is worth an infinite amount of money.

How can you adequately reimburse that though?

I wouldn't say that $870,000 is something to sneeze at. The interest from it sitting in the bank combined with the job will be enough to live on in most places.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

11. The bottom line is he is going to receive more than $700,000....

...I believe it should be MUCH more than that based on his 21 lost years, but I think most of us would agree that $700,000+ is a good start.

[LisaL]

12. Seem inadequate for that long a prison term.

But certainly nothing to sneeze at.

[NNN0LHI]

14. If I were the one falsely imprisoned you could add another Ø to that...

...figure and it still wouldn't be getting even close to fair compensation for taking 21 years of my life in prison. I don't think my mind would be right after being falsely imprisoned for 21 years to be honest. Might even have vengeance on my mind?

Don

[lpbk2713]

13. I'd try for time-and-a-half for holidays.

Why not?


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