April 20, 2022, 09:45 AM
Flash-LBINJUSTICE knows no bounds: Durham, NC refuses to compensate man who served 21 years for murders he did not commit
quote:
Originally posted by joel9507:
Other than the issue with prosecutorial malfeasance (which I deplore) and the attempt by the city not to pay the $6M jury award from a suit asking $48M (the 'I'm not paying' defense...does that work?) this is what struck me:
Timeline appears to be:
1) Convicted for rape in 1995
2) Freed and conviction vacated when DNA testing done on rape kit in 2016
Why the delay? Did they not have DNA testing before 2016? One would think that would be done on all rape cases where samples were available.
Someone has to pay for the DNA testing, something the prosecution undoubtedly didn't want to do, then there's a long line of people waiting for DNA results probably.
April 20, 2022, 09:52 AM
nhtagmemberI am hoping the judge takes the next step sooner rather than later.
It would be nice to see a collection of politicians behind bars just in time for Memorial Day.
April 20, 2022, 10:00 AM
LS1 GTOquote:
Originally posted by nhtagmember:
I am hoping the judge takes the next step sooner rather than later.
It would be nice to see a collection of politicians behind bars just in time for Memorial Day.
with the court standard of 10% interest. (oh, and more than few politicians being held accountable/incarcerated for their actions.
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April 20, 2022, 10:04 AM
slabsides45quote:
Originally posted by joel9507:
Other than the issue with prosecutorial malfeasance (which I deplore) and the attempt by the city not to pay the $6M jury award from a suit asking $48M (the 'I'm not paying' defense...does that work?) this is what struck me:
Timeline appears to be:
1) Convicted for rape in 1995
2) Freed and conviction vacated when DNA testing done on rape kit in 2016
Why the delay? Did they not have DNA testing before 2016? One would think that would be done on all rape cases where samples were available.
Obviously a much different scale, but I know that in Memphis they have wrangled with the costs of trying to do this with the volume of caseload they've had. Budget issue? City not wanting to out itself by pursuing diagnostics tests on cases they already "won" and have a warm body incarcerated for as a result? Outta sight, outta mind?