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Wrongly Convicted Must Pay for Prison

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    Wrongly Convicted Must Pay for Prison

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/w...ds/6449495.stm

    I am stunned that such a ruling can be made.
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    #2
    Quote: Michael Hickey was awarded £990,000 in compensation and Vincent Hickey £506,220, subject to the deductions.

    Michael O'Brien spent 11 years in prison after being wrongly convicted in 1988 of the murder of a Cardiff newsagent.

    He was awarded £670,000 subject to similar deductions.

    Must say when I first read it I was shocked, though looking at what they have gotten in compensation I don't think any of them will complain. Had they had no compensation then I would be totally outraged.
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      #3
      £670,000 for 11 years of your life!?!? You could add another 0 to that and I'd still say no.
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        #4
        Originally posted by snaw
        £670,000 for 11 years of your life!?!? You could add another 0 to that and I'd still say no.
        Got to admit getting hammered in the showers by hairy blokes isn’t my idea of fun either! ….. AtW?
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          #5
          They have been deducted 25% of their payments and those figures are post deduction so thats 330,000 for 11 years in jail which comes out at about 80 quid a night.

          Not sure HMPs star ratings would command that kind of price.

          This whole thing is a disgrace. Wrongly convicted, falsely imprisoned and then charged for the privilage.

          How much of the compensation is for loss of earnings during that time, let alone the lost freedom and life.
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            #6
            When you put it that way, not e-bloody-nough.
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              #7
              Originally posted by Swiss Tony
              Got to admit getting hammered in the showers by hairy blokes isn’t my idea of fun either! ….. AtW?
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                #8
                Originally posted by snaw
                £670,000 for 11 years of your life!?!? You could add another 0 to that and I'd still say no.
                Indeed. The real monetary value of something is the amount of money that you would swap it for.
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Spacecadet
                  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/w...ds/6449495.stm

                  I am stunned that such a ruling can be made.
                  On a little reflection, I am especially stunned that only innocent men have to pay their board and lodging, and guilty men do not.
                  God made men. Sam Colt made them equal.

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                    #10
                    I wonder if they will also be charged backdated council tax, as they are not 'deemed' prisoners...? Retrospectively, of course...
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