Several months ago I I had posted about an individual that had been wrongfully convicted of rape and served 18 years in prison for a crime he had not committed. DNA testing last year conclusively proved that he could not have committed the crime. Connecticut is one of 29 states that makes no provision to compensate individuals for false imprisonment. Initially the State offered him $500,000.00 for the 18 years he had served. Needless to say he turned it down. He succeeded in drawing the attention of two state legislators. Since Connecticut makes no provision for compensation, it was necessary for them to sponsor special legislation to compensate him. As a result the state will pay him $5,000,000.00 from the state's lottery fund. It is free of state income tax. The state got off lightly. In states that do provide compensation for false imprisonment...the usual compensation is $1,000,000.00 for each year of imprisonment.
He is working with youthful offenders to encourage them to avoid a life of crime that would result in imprisonment, and has begun a series of speaking engagements...the most recent of which is scheduled for one of Connecticut's State Universities.
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