Spain must pay €2.5 million to man who spent 15 years in jail for rapes he did not commit, Supreme Court ruled.

https://www.reuters.com/world/spain-must-pay-25m-man-who-spent-15-years-jail-rapes-he-did-not-commit-2026-06-20/

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TheTechnician27@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 48d (4 replies)

That's ~€19/hour, for those wondering.

alapakala@quokk.au · 7 pts · 47d (2 replies)

yep, cheap change.

Undvik@fedia.io · 1 pts · 47d (1 reply)

Not in Spain. Minimum wage is 17k, average 34k per year, but median income is 18.5k (Brutto). There's around 1750 working hours in a year, so he got an average salary, which is good for the country

alapakala@quokk.au · 1 pts · 47d

good for the country

I didn't stutter.

Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 47d
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