Exonerated Prisoners Are Rarely Paid for Lost Time. / Richard Willing.
by Willing, Richard; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 79Institutions. Publisher: Gannett News Service (Syndicate), 2002ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Compensation for judicial error | Damages | False imprisonment | Indemnity | Judicial errorDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Ray Krone walked out of a state prison and into the Arizona sunshine in April, 10 years, three months and 9-1/2 days after his arrest for a murder that DNA tests later showed had been committed by another man. Krone got an apology from the prosecutor and $50, the usual exit payment to the state's convicts. He also got some bad news from his attorney: Despite the Phoenix prosecutor's admission that Krone was wrongly convicted, Arizona laws would make it nearly impossible for him to receive compensation from the state for the decade he lost in prison, including more than two years on death row." (USA TODAY) This article reveals exonerated prisoners are seldom paid for the time they have spent in prison "because of laws that encourage aggressive law enforcement by shielding cops and prosecutors from lawsuits.".
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Originally Published: Exonerated Prisoners Are Rarely Paid for Lost Time, June 17, 2002; pp. n.p..
"Ray Krone walked out of a state prison and into the Arizona sunshine in April, 10 years, three months and 9-1/2 days after his arrest for a murder that DNA tests later showed had been committed by another man. Krone got an apology from the prosecutor and $50, the usual exit payment to the state's convicts. He also got some bad news from his attorney: Despite the Phoenix prosecutor's admission that Krone was wrongly convicted, Arizona laws would make it nearly impossible for him to receive compensation from the state for the decade he lost in prison, including more than two years on death row." (USA TODAY) This article reveals exonerated prisoners are seldom paid for the time they have spent in prison "because of laws that encourage aggressive law enforcement by shielding cops and prosecutors from lawsuits.".
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