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The Common Sense is Finally and Completely F*cked!!

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    The Common Sense is Finally and Completely F*cked!!

    Innocent man to pay for jail time
    A 37-year-old man jailed for a crime he did not commit is being charged almost £7,000 for his time in prison.
    Warren Blackwell from Woodford Halse, Northamptonshire, has been told the sum will be deducted from compensation to cover savings on rent and food.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/n...re/6702519.stm


    Stories like this make my ******' blood boil.

    #2
    The purpose of the compensation is to put an individual back into the financial position they would have been in but for the miscarriage of justice, but not to a better position."

    Mr Blackwell said there was no chance of that happening in his case because his legal bills were huge.

    "My parents contributed tens of thousands of pounds and friends added to the fighting fund."

    The amount of Mr Blackwell's compensation is yet to be decided, although he said he thought it would be in the region of £100,000.


    So basically he's freed, no worse off except he spent 3 years in jail FFS!!
    The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

    But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

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      #3
      Only fair etc. etc.
      How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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        #4
        Originally posted by Bagpuss
        So basically he's freed, no worse off except he spent 3 years in jail FFS!!
        Oh do come on! 3 years in jail! You make it sound like he's been on holiday for 3 years.

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          #5
          Where is the compensation for the "Freedoms" that were withdrawn during his incarceration?

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            #6
            Don't see what the problem is, it's just a way of calculating a figure. The award will be made up of X due to stress, loss of quality of quality of life etc. plus Y to compensate for actual financial losses. The latter part will inevitably take all factors into account. The real question to consider is, is the final amount adequate compensation for what he has gone through?

            PS I am assuming of course there is an X. Not totally sure from the article.
            Last edited by xoggoth; 30 May 2007, 16:58.
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              #7
              Is there compensation for bum hole violation from big bubba included in the compensation calculation?

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                #8
                Nah, there is a charge for good sex like that.
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by xoggoth
                  Don't see what the problem is, it's just a way of calculating a figure. The award will be made up of X due to stress, loss of quality of quality of life etc. plus Y to compensate for actual financial losses. The latter part will inevitably take all factors into account. The real question to consider is, is the final amount adequate compensation for what he has gone through?

                  PS I am assuming of course there is an X. Not totally sure from the article.
                  There is no 'X', and the 'Y' is a very stingy little 'y'. From what I've read he's done really well, for someone who's not a lawyer, only about 100k out of pocket.

                  The thing to remember, in all these things is: never leave a witness, and the lawyers always win.
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