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Quote by: Gods_Mercenary  First of all, if it's a simple wrong conviction, then it's the jury's fault, and not the state's, but if the legal system itself obstructed justice, then he should be payed generously. |
And, the payments should not come from direct government payments. The payments should come from those who committed the obstruction, or otherwise lead to the failure of the system. The prosecutor, the judge, the investigators, even the defense lawyers if it can be shown that they acted in a negligent manner. (the reason I specify "direct government payments" is that most of these people are paid by the government. If we garnishee their wages, that's still government payments, but I don't see any other way.)
Of course, our government will never directly hold their own agents responsible for malfeasance. If they did we would see the system cleaned up very quickly, though.
Keith