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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > A list of every Inmate Executed in Texas, and their last words.
 
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DarkSol
May 18, 2006

Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines.

Dalael posted:

Its funny how everyone who have wrongly punished for no reason ended up having to fight lenghty court battles in order to be compensated. We do not attempt to compensate them. We fight them tooth and nail and eventually accept to give them a modest sum as a settlement for the promise that they will shut up about their experience.

Also, for those who have been in prison unjustly, that experience is something they will never forget and will mess with them until they die. How many of those guys got bullied, beaten up or became someone's bitch? How much poo poo they they have to do not to be bullied, beaten up or become someone's bitch? How much crap have they seen in prison that might mess with their head.

What's even worse than the state not being willing to compensate those who were wrongly convicted of crimes they did not commit is that the state hardly ever goes after the crooked cops, prosecutors, witnesses, judges, etc. that put the innocent into that situation. Prosecutorial misconduct is treated like a slap on the wrist even though a person's life has been ruined. Ken Anderson only had to serve 5 days and was disbarred, while Michael Morton languished in prison for 25 years for a crime he didn't commit.

(Oh, and just as an added bonus on that poo poo sundae, Anderson had, originally, a 10 day sentence, but was released early for good behavior and can get his law license reinstated in 3 years.)

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