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Quote by: Apeman81  The relationship of the government and the governed is one of good faith. We trust our legal system to do all it can to bring out the facts and adjudicate them properly.
If no breach of that good faith is sighted, no remuneration should be given.
The idea being that if justice is blind, it can't help but make mistakes, in both directions. Some may be falsely imprisoned, and other will be released despite their guilt.
Such payments are a fools errand. |
Malpractice is malpractice; that is, it is preventable. If a surgeon leaves his scapel in your body, he owes the patient damages above and beyond "lost salary."
In this case, the state prosecutors screwed up. They are paid for competant work. When their incompetance puts an innocent citizen on death row, the prosecutor's employer--the state--is liable for big damages. That's fair.
$14 million for 19 years in a cage, awaiting death, is in my view on the low side.