Day 3: Exonerated Texans Receive Compensation
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Day 3: In light of the case of Anthony Graves, the terms for compensating wrongfully imprisoned individuals have been more clearly defined.
Anthony Graves re-entered society in October 201o, after spending 18 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. Under the 2009 Timothy Cole Compensation Act, the state owed Graves more than $1 million for the time ...
Comments (7)
Elizabeth Vernon via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Way to go Texas! That's $41 million that won't be going to education or other social services (like Child Protective Services or mental health services)
David Huang via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Good thing dead men tell no tales eh? Or else the state might end up paying even more.
Charlene Cheek via Texas Tribune on Facebook
David... 100% correct! Looks like we'll be killing more people, probably for that very reason.
Jill Meredith Bergene via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Factoring in how much it cost to prosecute them and to keep them imprisoned for the time they all spent locked up....
Charlene Cheek via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Elizabeth.... If we had a decent justice system, we wouldn't have this problem.
Ken Shanaberger via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Oopsy...
Suzy Hagar via Texas Tribune on Facebook
we better get it right...