I am not convinced that this is appropriate.
As a taxpayer, I resent mistakes I had NO part in and tired of subsidizing others for ANY reason beyond my control.
So how much do you think 26 years in prison is worth?
‘As a taxpayer, I resent mistakes I had NO part in and tired of subsidizing others for ANY reason beyond my control. ‘
Sure, but locking someone away[Innocent], depriving them of their freedoms and liberty is tyranny. What, should happen? Nothing?
What was your income 20+ years ago? Less than it is now? It should be. You've had 20+ years to develop your job skills and work your way up the income ladder. These guys didn't and after wrongfully spending 20+ years behind bars, they've been institutionalized and are all but unemployable in everything but entry-level jobs.
They deserve it. And they're receiving these generous payoffs because Texas realizes that a jury in any wrongful punishment suit would likely be even more generous. Pay a little now or a lot later.
I suspect if you were wrongfully incarcerated for a few years, you'd be convinced.
Has nothing to do with what they might have earned, it's about loss of freedom. How much do you think 26 years of your life behind bars would be worth - for something you didn't do.
As in insurance cases settled in court, shouldn’t the person jailed incorrectly have to pay his room and board like hospitalized accident patients have to pay with insurance settlements?
So what do you think it’s worth to be locked in a small bathroom for 20 years because of something you did NOT do?? HMMMM???? It is so easy to be indignant about someone’s fortunate when you think they don’t deserve it — until you think outside your little small world to the reality of being wrongfully convicted and locked up for a huge chunk of your life. That stigma upon release goes with these guys forever, regardless of being exonerated.
What is YOUR personal freedom worth? It’s impossible to put a price tag on it. We are not “worth” the sum total of our earning potential. We are human beings, with rights under God. How can you possibly say that one million dollars per ANYTHING is too much to pay to these men?
I personally know someone serving a life sentence for crimes he 100% did not commit. We’re working hard on his release through The Innocence Project. He has lost 20 years of his life, and yet remains hopeful and joyful as a human being in the face of injustice beyond what most of us can even fathom. He deserves every penny he can get when he’s released.