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Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Pugnate on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 01:01:56 PM

Title: 16 years of wrongful imprisonment, and they send him packing with $45.
Post by: Pugnate on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 01:01:56 PM

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/24/north.carolina.freed.inmate/index.html?hpt=P1

Title: Re: 16 years of wrongful imprisonment, and they send him packing with $45.
Post by: Cobra951 on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 01:15:23 PM

I don't know what the tort laws are like in North Carolina.  Unless the state institutions have legal immunity, a good law firm might get him a few hundred-thousand times that amount.

Title: Re: 16 years of wrongful imprisonment, and they send him packing with $45.
Post by: Ghandi on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 02:22:40 PM

"Hey, remember the last 16 years you spent in prison? Our bad. HERE'S 45 BUCKS. "

Ridiculous.

Title: Re: 16 years of wrongful imprisonment, and they send him packing with $45.
Post by: Pugnate on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 02:48:31 PM

I hear AngryKeebler tells something similar to those locked in his cellar.

Title: Re: 16 years of wrongful imprisonment, and they send him packing with $45.
Post by: Ghandi on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 03:04:20 PM

I'm just shocked to learn that killing a hooker is a crime. When did this happen?

Title: Re: 16 years of wrongful imprisonment, and they send him packing with $45.
Post by: Pugnate on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 03:07:10 PM

It isn't as long as you pay her for her services first.

And if that doesn't make sense... then I don't know what does.