A year after gaining freedom following wrongful conviction, Lamar Johnson sues St. Louis over his 28 years in prison
https://www.stlpr.org/law-order/2024-01-17/a-year-after-gaining-freedom-lamar-johnson-sues-over-his-time-in-prison
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Jaysyn@kbin.social · 23 pts · 2y
St. Louis owes that man nearly $28M
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
Tbh after being robbed of 28 years I'd want more.
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online · -1 pts · 2y
You really wouldn't need more if you put it into dividend stocks. You could live extremely comfortably on the dividends for the rest of your life.
Edit: The yearly payout would be around $3m.
Deceptichum@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
After being forced to live like shit and losing your best years of your life, I’d not settle for ”comfortably”.
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online · 1 pts · 2y
$28m in a high dividend portfolio could easily pay you upwards of $3m a year.
Remember, I said extremely comfortably, not just comfortably
stagnatetrain@programming.dev · 3 pts · 2y
Definitely needs more
appel@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 2y
Good. They stole this man's life. The evidence that exonerated him was available to the people involved with his protection 30 years ago. Insane that it took this long.