11-01-2003, 01:17 PM | #1 (permalink) | |
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Wrongfully Convicted Man Pardoned
Wrongfully Convicted Man Pardoned
Free After Serving 27 Years on Murder Charge By TOM STUCKEY, AP 11/01/03 01:22 EST Quote:
I've always wondered how I would handle this situation if it were to happen to me. I always just hope that no one will have a case of mistaken identity involving me in any brutal crime. |
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11-01-2003, 01:28 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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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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11-01-2003, 01:29 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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This is annoying. The eyewitness acount and his hieght were a difference of NINE INCHES. Then 27 years?.... ugh. When can we stop chasing after any black man available and just go after the one who did it? (I do realize this was 27 years ago, but its not like it still doesn't happen today )
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11-01-2003, 02:04 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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Sorry if this is a threadjack, but this acts as one of the main reasons why I'm against the death penalty... because it's inevitable that something like this will happen, only to have the wrongfully accused be dead when the truth is revealed.
And I definately think this guy should be compensated in a big way. The state should see to it that he's spoiled for the rest of his life and never has to work another day.
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11-01-2003, 05:27 PM | #7 (permalink) | |
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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. |
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11-01-2003, 06:07 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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It truly sucks when things like this happen. I couldn't even imagine how i would act if that happened to me personally. All I know is that I would be extremely pissed off. I'd probably go crazy. I mean, this is just insane. 27 years of his life down the drain. And then they talk about compensation. I don't know if any amount of money could make up for 27 years wasted.
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11-01-2003, 10:09 PM | #9 (permalink) | |
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The answer is probably toward the higher end of that range, but I still don't believe that people should die when there is any doubt, especially with racism and discrimination as alive and prosperous as they are. |
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11-02-2003, 12:24 PM | #12 (permalink) |
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"I'd sooner let a thousand guilty men go free than chase after them."
I remember the error of death penalties (after the execution) was found to be about 5 in any 100 cases that were re-examined with DNA evidence (some AE/Discovery special with one of OJ's lawyers, who's now doing DNA-Death row examinations for a living or something). |
11-03-2003, 05:58 AM | #13 (permalink) |
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It was a story scarily similar to this, that I'd read in Time magazine, that caused me to "about face" in my opinions on the death penalty.
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11-03-2003, 06:57 AM | #14 (permalink) |
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Even when a case like this occurs I still have a strong beleif in the death penalty -- as long as it is carried out when there is substantial physical and material evidence that the individual convicted is the individual who commited the crime -- i.e. -- The two jackasses on trial for the sniper shootings.
As for the compensation Mr. Austin should receive -- The state should provide him with an above average standard of living for the rest of his life. Nothing to crazy -- say $125,000 a year -- certainly better than what most make and unfortunately because of the amount of time he spent in prison -- more than he will ever be able to make, at least for a few years until he can at least get back on his feet.
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