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WHAT do you give someone who’s been proved innocent after spending the best part of their life behind bars, wrongfully convicted of a crime they didn’t commit? An apology, maybe? Counselling? Champagne? Compensation? Well, if you’re David Blunkett, the Labour Home Secretary, the choice is simple: you give them a big, fat bill for the cost of board and lodgings for the time they spent freeloading at Her Majesty’s Pleasure in British prisons. On Tuesday, Blunkett will fight in the Royal Courts of Justice in London for the right to charge victims of miscarriages of justice more than £3000 for...

Man Spent Months in Jail on False Charges Mon Mar 1, 2:53 PM ET http://www.ap.org/ By JEREMIAH MARQUEZ, Associated Press Writer GARDEN GROVE, Calif. - A homeless Eric Nordmark was baffled and terrified when police arrested him last May and accused him of attacking three 12-year-old girls in a park. The police were "high-fiving, calling me a creep, calling me a bum, calling me a wino," Nordmark said. "I've never been so freaked out in my life. I have no clue what's going on." The 37-year-old Nordmark was so scared of being sent away to prison — so afraid of...

February 27, 2004 Rick Stanley Constitutional Activist Phone: 303-329-0481 E-mail: rick@stanley2002.org MEDIA RELEASE Stanley Scoop 02/27/04 ** Special Edition ** ========================================================= THE STANLEY SCOOP ** ** Visit the website: http://www.stanley2002.org ** ** Like the Scoop? Forward it to everyone you know! ** ========================================================= SPECIAL EDITION: Subject: Rick Stanley and "The Empty Holster Gathering" Rick Stanley, Constitutional Activist, former U.S. Senate candidate, Enemy of the State, and self avowed extremist on the order of our forefathers of America, gave the following media release for your use: "With the Passion of Christ and God as my witness", Rick Stanley says "fill em...

Taxpayers could pay $165,000 to clear records in K-Mart raid Hundreds of people were arrested in August for trespassing on private property. By The Associated Press (12/31/02- Houston) — City council members are considering hiring a law firm to help clear the records of hundreds of people arrested at Kmart and other businesses over the summer, a move that could stick taxpayers with a bill of as much as $165,000. The council was scheduled Tuesday to consider whether to hire Winstead, Sechrest & Minick to help expunge the arrests from the records of nearly 300 people arrested during an ill-fated...

Raid went to 'hell in a handbasket' Officers say Kmart bust was flubbed By S.K. BARDWELL Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle Brandi Ratliff and Kyesa Scott, both 18, comfort each other after being released from police custody. Video: Weekend raid in Kmart parking lot. (Video courtesy of KHOU, Ch. 11) (Requires Real Player) Houston Police Chief C.O. Bradford ordered an investigation Monday into the weekend arrests of hundreds of people gathered peacefully at a westside parking lot by police who were assigned to stop illegal drag racing. Officers on the scene called the arrests "utterly, utterly senseless" on Monday, and said...