Doug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoIndiana man with mental disabilities, framed by police for murder, gets $11.7 million settlement1ft.ioexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1192arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1187arrow-down1external-linkIndiana man with mental disabilities, framed by police for murder, gets $11.7 million settlement1ft.ioDoug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarer_13@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 months agoQuite a disparity between this outcome and the guy who got $175k compensation for spending 50 years in prison wrongly convicted. I wonder if that guy will sue for millions too.
minus-squarestolid_agnostic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoStates have laws that cap what damages you can receive.
Quite a disparity between this outcome and the guy who got $175k compensation for spending 50 years in prison wrongly convicted. I wonder if that guy will sue for millions too.
States have laws that cap what damages you can receive.