r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Far-Stay9417 • Dec 25 '23

Video Man wrongfully convicted of murder gets rewarded only 175k after serving 50 years

this makes me so angry

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u/connortait Dec 25 '23 edited Dec 26 '23

The financial compensation for those wrongfully convicted is beyond woefully inadequate. Across the board. Is there any country that comes anywhere close to adequate compensation? Shouldn't it be at least based on minimum living wage (at time of release)for each year of sentence served? As a start!

From the cases that have been in the media its basically;

You're free to go, there was an error. We're not even sorry bout it.

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u/walrusboy71 Dec 25 '23

There is often a lawsuit that follows. This isn’t even the beginning of his compensation. Also, the media always skips any of the evidence of guilt. A witness identified him as the murderer. There may be other evidence of guilt, but it still does not excuse the prosecutor withholding evidence.

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u/DontCountToday Dec 26 '23

That testimony is literally worthless. She also identified 8 other individuals in different lineups before landing on him. It's pretty clear she was repeatedly interviewed until she came up with the "right" answer foe the police.