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ELB wrote:

MasterOfNone wrote: .... The only people who suffer the judgement are the taxpayers of the jurisdiction. ...

While I have no problem with sticking the bill to judges, prosecutors, cops Senators, Representatives, Mayors, and any one else caught abusing their trust and positions, it is the taxpayers who hired these guys. It might be more instructive to send every taxpayer a separate bill for their share of a judgement, instead of burying it in the regular tax bills.

C-dub wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:

C-dub wrote:And probably nothing will be done to punish the prosecutor, DA, and judge of the first trial or appellate court for their part in this injustice.

Seems to me that if the Supreme Court overturns, that makes it a wrongful prosecution, not just a mistake, and the man spent 5 years of his life behind bars for it—a severe deprivation of his civil rights. I would sue if I were him, and I would name the prosecuting jurisdiction, and the DA and judge personally as co-defendants, and I would make it so expensive for the defendants that this type of travesty would not likely happen again.

I would too, but those that allowed this injustice won't pay anything that is awarded and they will keep their jobs.