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Originally posted by lurkette
When you look at how many things went wrong with this poor man's trial, it makes me seriously question our justice system. 27 years!?! This is what's wrong with the adversarial system. Sigh. I'm glad that he got an official apology and will get some compensation. I can't imagine trying to put a life together after having spent almost three decades in prison.
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I believe (at least I hope) that the justice system is a lot better now than it was 27 years ago.
With the way Lawyers defend clients, it seems to be harder and harder to prosecute the guilty, let alone innocent men and women.
They need to figure out how much that man would ahve made working in 27 years, incorporate interest and inflation to that, then add a couple zeros to the end of that figure to make up for what he lost in life.