A winston salem man, who had been imprisoned for 18 years for some heinous crime (murder, I think) was exonerated a year or so again when DNA evidence became available that proved his innocense.
The state of North Carolina, under state law, paid him almost $360,000 for the wrongful imprisonment. He is now seeking $2.5 million from the city of Winston Salem. They've offered him $500,000. Now, if you ask me, he shouldn't get anything from the city. Yes, he has lost 18 years of his life for a crime he (apparently) did not commit. But he was convicted justly under the law with the evidence that was available at the time. A jury of his peers reviewed the evidence and felt that the evidence was strong enough to put him behind bars for a very long time. Why should the tax-payers be held responsible? I could understand if they'd been negligent or willfully withheld evidence or something.. but this is evidence that simply wasn't available in 1984. What do you think? -- I'm not certified, but I have been told that I'm certifiable... Visit http://www.opensourcecf.com today! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:225698 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
