200th exoneration granted in U.S. based on DNA evidence

[PICK3]

Wonder how much $$$ one gets after spending >than a decade locked up then proven innocent.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18274737/

 

[b0und]

I wonder how many wrongly convicted inmates got fried on the electric chair before they could be exonerated by DNA evidence.



b0und (I really do wonder)

 

[Arabian]

Thats a damn shame.. It all revolves around gun hoe DA's that will do anything or prove BS evidence against innocent people. The American Justice system sucks

 

[b0und]

Wonder how much $$$ one gets after spending >than a decade locked up then proven innocent.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18274737/

Note the map in the article shows Texas as leading the nation with 28 wrongly convicted cleared through DNA evidence.

I wonder how many wrongly convicted were executed under Governor GW Bush's reign?



b0und (wanna take a guess?)

 

[Subzeero]

Wonder how much $$$ one gets after spending >than a decade locked up then proven innocent.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18274737/

i willl ask for just one year of your life, at its prime and give you a billion dollars. Is it worth it?

 

[Arabian]

Unfortunatly , under a Federal Law they are not entitled to any monetary compensation.

 

[CENTURION44]

I recently heard about a NYC sanitation worker who spent like 20yrs in prison then got released on DNA info..they paid him 20yrs salary as if he never left..got his annual increases calculated in...stilll not bad..better than nothing...

 

[pintoca]

this is a repost of pick3s proportions

 

[manny78]

Unfortunatly , under a Federal Law they are not entitled to any monetary compensation.

And that's constitutionnal ? Wow....

Here it's usually $1-1.5M/year according to the Federal guidelines.

 

[heatherrae]

And that's constitutionnal ? Wow....

Here it's usually $1-1.5M/year according to the Federal guidelines.

I would get locked up on purpose for 3 years if that is true.

 

[manny78]

I would get locked up on purpose for 3 years if that is true.

But it's not that easy to get trust me. You only see 5-6 of these every year.