Three men who spent 36 years in prison for a murder they did not commit — they were wrongly arrested as teenagers by Baltimore police and wrongly convicted by a jury — will receive $48 million from the city after a vote Wednesday by the Baltimore City Board of Estimates.
The $48 million payout is the highest ever awarded in Maryland and one of the highest multi-plaintiff settlements nationally, according to Jeffrey S. Gutman, director of the Public Justice Advocacy Clinic at George Washington University Law School, who tracks wrongful-conviction settlements.
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reversebananimals@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 2y
Put the judge and police in jail for 36 years.
QHC@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y
Let's not forget the prosecutors!
Illuminostro@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 2y
You know, no amount of money can buy back the best years of your life.
acupofcoffee@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
It won’t, but they can now live the rest of their lives to the absolute fullest - and they deserve to on the taxpayers dime.
perviouslyiner@lemm.ee · 20 pts · 2y
Move out of America quick, before a police stop that they haven't quite decided the reason for.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
Might as well be a death sentence now that they're out where the cops can find them.
RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 2y
So how long until they're murdered by police?
theoware@feddit.de · 5 pts · 2y
So that's about $37,037 per month and person
jeffw@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I think you’re getting downvoted because in the USA, we’d write it as $37,037. What you wrote translates to $37
xylogx@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
So the tax payers have to pay for this miscarriage of justice and no police or prosecutors are held accountable? Why are they not facing a life sentence?
FreeFacts@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Why the police and prosecution and not the jury? It's their duty to determine guilt, isn't it?
thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 2y
No, cities have insurance for this kind of thing. The premiums might go up, but the tax payer isn't footing the whole bill.
xylogx@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
The fact that the burden on tax payers is lower, does not change the fact that there is zero accountability here.
thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 2y
I didn't argue otherwise. I was just dispelling the notion that the $48m comes out of the city budget. Which, may be part of the problem.