Comments on: House approves $700K for man cleared of rape charge http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/2009/03/20/house-approves-700k-for-man-cleared-of-rape-charge/ The AJC has Georgia's largest Capitol reporting team, with political and government updates Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:48:28 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: online http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/2009/03/20/house-approves-700k-for-man-cleared-of-rape-charge/comment-page-1/#comment-7670 online Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:54:49 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/?p=173#comment-7670 Ya, mungkin karena itu Ya, mungkin karena itu

]]> By: Tanya http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/2009/03/20/house-approves-700k-for-man-cleared-of-rape-charge/comment-page-1/#comment-1154 Tanya Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:38:11 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/?p=173#comment-1154 I understand that he was proven not guilty by the DNA test. What I don't understand is why the state has to pay for him being wrongly convicted when the test that proved it wasn't him wasn't available. Wasn't he convicted using the evidence that was available? If DNA testing wasn't avaialable why is it Georgia fault? I understand that he was proven not guilty by the DNA test. What I don’t understand is why the state has to pay for him being wrongly convicted when the test that proved it wasn’t him wasn’t available. Wasn’t he convicted using the evidence that was available? If DNA testing wasn’t avaialable why is it Georgia fault?

]]> By: KJ http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/2009/03/20/house-approves-700k-for-man-cleared-of-rape-charge/comment-page-1/#comment-1051 KJ Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:55:03 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/?p=173#comment-1051 OK, everyone who would be willing to spend 20 years in federal-pound-me-in-the-azz prison in exchange for 700K, raise your hand. Yeah, that's what I thought. OK, everyone who would be willing to spend 20 years in federal-pound-me-in-the-azz prison in exchange for 700K, raise your hand.

Yeah, that’s what I thought.

]]> By: Get Real http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/2009/03/20/house-approves-700k-for-man-cleared-of-rape-charge/comment-page-1/#comment-1050 Get Real Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:51:12 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/?p=173#comment-1050 All the people saying he shouldn't get anything, what would you want if you were in his shoes? All the people saying he shouldn’t get anything, what would you want if you were in his shoes?

]]> By: Ms. St. John http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/2009/03/20/house-approves-700k-for-man-cleared-of-rape-charge/comment-page-1/#comment-1049 Ms. St. John Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:43:24 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/?p=173#comment-1049 I think he should be given $1 million (tax free) as well as a State job working in Corrections/Pardons and Paroles or the Fulton County Jail/ I think he should be given $1 million (tax free) as well as a State job working in Corrections/Pardons and Paroles or the Fulton County Jail/

]]> By: Real LAWYER http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/2009/03/20/house-approves-700k-for-man-cleared-of-rape-charge/comment-page-1/#comment-1048 Real LAWYER Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:11:42 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/?p=173#comment-1048 Everybody else, do you realy think that a person who spends the best years of their life in prison for something you didn't do, shouldn't get anything? OR THAT $700,000 IS TOO MUCH? PLEASEEE Everybody else, do you realy think that a person who spends the best years of their life in prison for something you didn’t do, shouldn’t get anything? OR THAT $700,000 IS TOO MUCH? PLEASEEE

]]> By: Real LAWYER http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/2009/03/20/house-approves-700k-for-man-cleared-of-rape-charge/comment-page-1/#comment-1047 Real LAWYER Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:06:44 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/?p=173#comment-1047 Lawyer14, your just the kind of lawyer he had, one who doesn't know one issue from another and couldn't argue your way out of bed. His wrongful conviction has nothing to do with compensation for victims or people convicted one day and confessing the next. If you spent any time in a "real court" you would know that prosecutors only care about convictions (winning). You have to be a "fool" and a disgrace to the legal profession to attempt to argue such "stupidness", as if one thing has to do with the other. That's probably the same type of "ignorant logic" that got him convicted. Lawyer14, your just the kind of lawyer he had, one who doesn’t know one issue from another and couldn’t argue your way out of bed. His wrongful conviction has nothing to do with compensation for victims or people convicted one day and confessing the next. If you spent any time in a “real court” you would know that prosecutors only care about convictions (winning). You have to be a “fool” and a disgrace to the legal profession to attempt to argue such “stupidness”, as if one thing has to do with the other. That’s probably the same type of “ignorant logic” that got him convicted.

]]> By: AJ http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/2009/03/20/house-approves-700k-for-man-cleared-of-rape-charge/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 AJ Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:07:14 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/?p=173#comment-1028 Everyone is always looking for a handout! My tax money just went to a bunch of Execs at AIG and now some of it is going to go to this guy!! This country is in a lot of trouble and if the morons in DC don't wake up where going to be alot worse off then we are now! God help Us. Everyone is always looking for a handout! My tax money just went to a bunch of Execs at AIG and now some of it is going to go to this guy!! This country is in a lot of trouble and if the morons in DC don’t wake up where going to be alot worse off then we are now! God help Us.

]]> By: Rick http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/2009/03/20/house-approves-700k-for-man-cleared-of-rape-charge/comment-page-1/#comment-1027 Rick Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:05:54 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/?p=173#comment-1027 I find it funny that some people have tried to imply that blacks are treated differently than whites in this country. This is not true, we have a bro for prez, I never want to hear about racism again. It does not exist. I find it funny that some people have tried to imply that blacks are treated differently than whites in this country. This is not true, we have a bro for prez, I never want to hear about racism again. It does not exist.

]]> By: lawstudent http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/2009/03/20/house-approves-700k-for-man-cleared-of-rape-charge/comment-page-1/#comment-1026 lawstudent Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:00:37 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/?p=173#comment-1026 I am currently a law student who recently heard a man speak that was freed by the innocence project. What most people don't know is that when a convicted felon is released from prison he is given a bus fair, help with finding a job, and possibly even housing. Whereas, people that have spent many years in jail for a crime they have no committed only get released and are basically told to go away; they get no money, bo bus fair, and no help. It is about time that GA recognizes that there is a porblem with the system as it stands today. Though this man may only get 35k a year, he will at least have soe type of repayment and ackowledgement that the state made a mistake. I am currently a law student who recently heard a man speak that was freed by the innocence project. What most people don’t know is that when a convicted felon is released from prison he is given a bus fair, help with finding a job, and possibly even housing. Whereas, people that have spent many years in jail for a crime they have no committed only get released and are basically told to go away; they get no money, bo bus fair, and no help. It is about time that GA recognizes that there is a porblem with the system as it stands today. Though this man may only get 35k a year, he will at least have soe type of repayment and ackowledgement that the state made a mistake.

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