Baltimore to pay $48 million to 3 men wrongly imprisoned for 36 years

3 years ago by jeffw to c/news

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.

reversebananimals 48 points 3 years ago

Put the judge and police in jail for 36 years.

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QHC 18 points 3 years ago

Let's not forget the prosecutors!

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Illuminostro 37 points 3 years ago

You know, no amount of money can buy back the best years of your life.

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acupofcoffee 16 points 3 years ago

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.

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perviouslyiner 20 points 3 years ago

Move out of America quick, before a police stop that they haven't quite decided the reason for.

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SpaceNoodle 15 points 3 years ago

Might as well be a death sentence now that they're out where the cops can find them.

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RickyRigatoni 13 points 3 years ago

So how long until they're murdered by police?

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theoware 5 points 3 years ago

So that's about $37,037 per month and person

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jeffw 5 points 3 years ago

I think you’re getting downvoted because in the USA, we’d write it as $37,037. What you wrote translates to $37

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xylogx 5 points 3 years ago

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?

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FreeFacts 5 points 3 years ago

Why the police and prosecution and not the jury? It's their duty to determine guilt, isn't it?

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thepianistfroggollum 1 point 3 years ago

No, cities have insurance for this kind of thing. The premiums might go up, but the tax payer isn't footing the whole bill.

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xylogx 5 points 3 years ago

The fact that the burden on tax payers is lower, does not change the fact that there is zero accountability here.

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thepianistfroggollum 1 point 3 years ago

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.

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