Partly my point, based on what I've been able to read without digging in to the case or old news clippings, this is a case where the jury convicted. Wrongful Imprisonment implies that somebody is not given due process, which he was.
He was tried, convicted and sent to prison, this the imprisonment was not wrongful, regrettable, but it was at no fault of the city today. > -----Original Message----- > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 2:27 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Man seeking payment for "wrongful imprisonment" > > so why is it called civic duty if a juror is not acting as a > representative > of the city? Plus, how many more people would find ways to get out of > jury > duty if you were held financially accountable for verdicts? > > On 1/25/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Based on what we've read, he wasn't framed, or setup. the evidence > pointed > > to him and he was found guilty. The city didn't imprison him, the > jury did > > that, I don't think you can hold the city accountable in this case > unless > > they willfully sought to keep the DNA evidence out. > > > > If he wants to sue, sue the jury. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:225759 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
