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Originally posted by Cerek the Barbaric:
Those qualities do not apply to involuntary and wrongful interment by the state and the two are not comparable (IMHO  ).
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I don't think they are compatable either, that's way I was yanking your chain
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IF the compensation the state gives him actually does equal the Average Income he could have expected to have earned during the 17.5 years, that would be a step in the right direction. But I believe in most cases, the state compensation doesn't come close to that (I'll gladly concede that point if proven wrong, though). While I agree with MagiK that we shouldn't arbitrarily hand several million dollars to Mr. Washington, I feel he is actually entitled to MORE than he would have earned during the time period at a normal job. The traume, stress and mental duress of living in a prison for almost two decades is definitely deserving of punitive damages in my opinion. Again, the amount shouldn't be in the gazillions, but it should be high enough to force the state to be more careful in the prosecution of criminals.
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That's why I threw in the "Hookers"
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