What should be the compensation for being wrongfully put in jail
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1 release,
2 a high income payed for with tax money and
3 having your name cleared with public apologies made, if so desired.
Enough money could make up for time lost in jail, since the innocent person may then spend his lost free time all at once, without having to work in between, so he or she may eventually keep up with the rest of us.
Duration should be something like D = jailtime * (168 - 40 - 56)/168, assuming 40 hrs/week on the job and 8 hours of sleep per day.
The amount each month should be enough to stay in luxury hotels and eat in good restaurants, etc. Education should also be payed for.
I suppose some of the expenses could be deducted from the judges, officers, etc, but only to a limited extent, because you don't want every accused to always walk free.
2 a high income payed for with tax money and
3 having your name cleared with public apologies made, if so desired.
Enough money could make up for time lost in jail, since the innocent person may then spend his lost free time all at once, without having to work in between, so he or she may eventually keep up with the rest of us.
Duration should be something like D = jailtime * (168 - 40 - 56)/168, assuming 40 hrs/week on the job and 8 hours of sleep per day.
The amount each month should be enough to stay in luxury hotels and eat in good restaurants, etc. Education should also be payed for.
I suppose some of the expenses could be deducted from the judges, officers, etc, but only to a limited extent, because you don't want every accused to always walk free.
The problem I have is the notion of how do you compensate time lost and respect lost with individuals? They're intangible objects that can not be touched, the closest we can come to what we can consider valid compensation for that is materialistic things like money. I'd probably say a wipe of the criminal record of the crime you were falsely accused of, compensation based on double the minimum wage (or the wage of the previous job before sentencing, depending which is higher) 30 hours a week for all the time you were jailed. You should also have a story asserting people that you were wrong accused in every newspaper that published anything about your sentencing, your crime or your time in prison, especially if it was negative. I'd also be tempted that the chief of police (or whatever the highest rank you can be in the police force in specific areas) of the area that arrested you should make a public speech apologising for how much time you lost, the respect lost by the population and humiliation of being jailed for a crime you didn't commit. Oh, and the ability to consult a psychiatrist for any psychological damage caused by being in prison which is government funded.
Then again, I may be pushing it too far. It depends on the rate of how many people get jailed falsely yearly.
Then again, I may be pushing it too far. It depends on the rate of how many people get jailed falsely yearly.
Just a nice check to get you back on your toes
Really, its not the systems fault if you look guilty.
Really, its not the systems fault if you look guilty.
FixedMalicious said:
OT: Double the amount that they would have earned at their previous job for the time in prison (including inflation, a public apology and a lifetime supply of ice cream.
Huh... I did not know that.ace_of_something said:
OT: I'd also go with he sues the arresting agency, this shouldn't happen in this day and age but it does.
The arresting officer, all of the people that came to the conclusion that he was guilty, and the one truly responsible for the crime will be put into a room together completely tied up, only to be raped by rabid badgers for as long as the badgers are alive.
Money is always a good way to start. Maybe a car and house, and a career,
To be honest, there's no way to really compensate for it. Jail sucks, and it sucks the life out of you.
To be honest, there's no way to really compensate for it. Jail sucks, and it sucks the life out of you.
He should get a fuck-load of money, be exempt from paying takes from the rest of his life, his kids educations must be fully covered, he is automatically allowed to commit any crime that fills up the amount of time he was in prison and get a "Time Served" sentence, and the prosecutor who put him away should give him a public apology and a blowjob, and he should have to swallow.
