$6.5 million for wrongful conviction

[Goofball]

Cases like this are the main reason I am against the death penalty:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080707.wtruscott0707/BNStory/National/home

Enjoy your money, my friend. Sorry about the little misunderstanding.

~:cheers:

[ICantSpellDawg]

Cases like this are the main reason I am against the death penalty:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080707.wtruscott0707/BNStory/National/home

Enjoy your money, my friend. Sorry about the little misunderstanding.

~:cheers:

I'm not for the death penalty either. This is an example of a fortunate correction.

[Beirut]

Exactly!

Until the police and the judicial system can be trusted, and right now they most certainly cannot, there can be no death penalty.

[KukriKhan]

And then we have to case of Steve Foley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Foley_%28football_player%29) (grain o'salt time: link is a Wiki article, with much more detail than current news stories), who was convicted of DUI, after being shot by a rookie cop, and subsequently settled with the city that employed the cop for $5.5 million.

He was a promising Linebacker for the San Diego Chargers football team, so the comp was figured on what he might have earned over a 8-10 year career.

No to the death penalty, I agree, until all convictees are DNA-tested to confirm.

Also "no" to huge civil settlements when the wrong you did to start the chain of events, gets ignored in favor of "lost" future wages.

And "no" also to the city of Coronado for specifying, in writing, that a CPD officer is on-duty 24/7, WILL always carry a weapon, and enforce law wherever he finds himself - then bailing on their employee/cop when he follows instruction.

Justice. It ain't just for breakfast anymore.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Until the police and the judicial system can be trusted, and right now they most certainly cannot, there can be no death penalty.

I generally trust the police around here. My main problem with the death penalty is that you can never be one hundred percent sure. I look at it in the way that some people deserve to die, but do we always know for sure? No.

[Goofball]

I heard on the radio this morning that the surviving family of the girl who was murdered have retained a lawyer and are trying to block this guy from receiving the money.

Quite petty and spiteful. I think their time and money would be better spent hiring investigators to try to figure out who actually did kill her.

[atheotes]

Exactly!

Until the police and the judicial system can be trusted, and right now they most certainly cannot, there can be no death penalty.

yup... i am not against the death penalty per say... but just find it difficult to trust the judiciary.