[Graybeard58]

Aslong as the trial was fair Mr. Washington shouldn't get a dime.

How fair was it with fabricated evidence?

Washington shouldn't get a dime.

You art right there, he should get $25 million, instead of the 2.5 that he got. How much would 18 years of your life stolen from you be worth?

[stentorian conservative]

I agree wholeheartedly. I usually cringe at these large awards, but in this case I feel that not only was justice served it could have been served in a bigger portion.

Eighteen years gone. I can't even begin to imagine.

[MaDeuce]

"Aslong as the trial was fair Mr. Washington shouldn't get a dime.
How fair was it with fabricated evidence?

Washington shouldn't get a dime.

You art right there, he should get $25 million, instead of the 2.5 that he got. How much would 18 years of your life stolen from you be worth?"

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I agree completely ... cases like this will bring a call for new trials for people who are about to get the hot seat if their original convictions were in the pre-DNA era.

[diverteach]

don't forget the mental anguish from coming within 9 days f execution knowing that your innocent.

What isn't fair is that for all this guy has been through, he's getting less money than the woman who spilled hot coffee on her lap at the McDonalds drive thru.

[DB]

I have mixed feelings about this result.

First, I do think the wrongly convicted person should be rewarded for the loss of 18 years of his life. The cop that manufactured the confession was an agent of the state. That makes the state have some responsibility for this. In addition the state should have required that any confession be video taped so that it is clear the suspect wasn't lead.

Suing the estate of the bad cop doesn't punish the bad cop - he's dead. It punishes the innocent family of the bad cop. Well after the fact. If he does have a family then I have mixed feelings about that.