# Wrongly-imprisoned man gets $5m

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrongly-imprisoned-man-gets-5m/404453>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 17, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrongly-imprisoned-man-gets-5m/404453 "2007-05-17T15:05:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrongly-imprisoned-man-gets-5m/404453/1 "2007-05-17T15:05:54Z")

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An amazing story. Not sure I’d be nearly so magnanimous as he, after 18 years lost in prison… but $5m would probably make me feel a _little_ better.

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**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrongly-imprisoned-man-gets-5m/404453/2 "2007-05-17T15:36:56Z")

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On [a related note](http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2007/05/02/trotta-bail.html).

So this asshole, and his pride, led to the conviction of 13 likely innocent people. And as the linked story recounts, one poor guy has spent 9 years in jail. What isn’t mentioned is the stigma and guilt faced by all these folks - “hey, look, there’s the child beater!”. How much compensation is that worth?

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**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrongly-imprisoned-man-gets-5m/404453/3 "2007-05-17T16:14:26Z")

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[QUOTE=linked article]  
“I think we all wonder, could we be so kind and gentle and humble as we find this person,” said Rep. Kenneth Green, D-Hartford. “He did not deserve to be incarcerated for 18 years. Five million dollars is the least that we can do.”  
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I’m sure he is comforted by the least they can do.

I know it is just a phrase. Really, I do.

I hope the money does make him comfy and allow him to have a decent “rest of his life.” I can’t imagine how to make up to someone taking such a huge portion of their life away.