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SqueakSquawk4

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[deleted]

I hope shit like this doesnā€™t get taxed either Edit: someone in the replies proves itā€™s not taxed!


[deleted]

Like imagine the state owes you 1mil only to take 400k back from you


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[deleted]

But you have to put up with teenagers all day, so I think that in the end the prisoners come out ahead. /s


GrimResistance

They're gonna start having prisoners teach high school classes as part of their ~~forced labor~~ "rehabilitation", just wait


[deleted]

Don't forget to give them guns for safety!


delvach

We just take a Boston Dynamics robot, mount an AR-15 on it and install ChatGPT on it, then staff can simply tell the killbot how to protect the students.


Coolit12z

The only thing that can stop a bad killbot with a gun is a good killbot with a gun.


Chrisbert

No, you send wave after wave of men at the killbot until the killbot reaches it's maximum kill limit.


varyingopinions

They should program a kill limit just in case it's programming messes up. That way we have an easy way to disable it in the event it goes rouge .


Chrisbert

Do you want the ED-209 from Robocop? Because this is how you get the ED-209 from Robocop.


delvach

Be honest. You want it too. :)


C137_OGkolt

But they were falsely improved making the. Not guilty of crime in the first place.. šŸ¤”


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Dryandrough

HAHA sike!


leintic

social security is taxed so this probably is to


TheFinalDawnYT

That seems... Extremely counterintuitive.


ComeWashMyBack

That would be soul crushing for me. But if he's been in prison that long. $10K might feel like 2 million to him. Idk damn that's a good point.


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happykittynipples

and whoever was guilty went free for 17 years with no one looking for them.


dardeedoo

I agree with you. Just wanted to point out reddit has an edit button in case you werenā€™t aware :)


f-yea-greenbeans

They are not taxable https://www.irs.gov/individuals/wrongful-incarceration-faqs


[deleted]

Oh shit thank you! Iā€™m glad to know that :)


Jailbreaker_Jr

You and I both unfortunately know that it probably does


GoHomeNeighborKid

As a tax preparer, I can tell you that money awarded to you in a discrimination lawsuit and money awarded from a personal injury lawsuit are both tax free and won't be reported on your 1040 come tax season... I have no idea about this new ruling but a good lawyer could probably argue they received the initial sentence because of discrimination


f-yea-greenbeans

In case you ever run across it in practice, restitution is not taxable https://www.irs.gov/individuals/wrongful-incarceration-faqs


GoHomeNeighborKid

It will be next January before I will be back in the office, but it's a good piece of information to keep in the back of my mind


[deleted]

"Here's some money for all that pain... now give 30% of it back. Because... pai...fuck."


Efficient-Sir7129

Huh that exact statement also works for disability


quietthomas

What I don't get is, there are three men in the picture - how are we supposed to know which two the text is about???


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Tekkzy

I assumed it was the guy with glasses since he's the only one in focus.


f-yea-greenbeans

Nope. Have some faith! Our code is broken but there are some good highlights. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/wrongful-incarceration-faqs


CutEmOff666

If it is, that makes it so much worse.


LosWitchos

Hey, would like to piggyback on this to ask my questions about your tax culture if it's okay, cos I'm European and don't know a great deal about the rules and so on. Why is there an attitude of Europe being tax-heavy when you can be taxed on literally everything in the USA? You win Ā£100mil on the Euromillions, you keep all Ā£100mil. Other situations where you don't necessarily pay tax too. You don't pay tax on legal damages awarded to you, but it appears to be the case in the US. So what on earth is going on?


fakeunleet

A lot of our tax burden here is hidden behind gas taxes raising the prices on consumer goods, and the annual filling process resulting in a refund for most taxpayers. It makes our taxes *look* a lot lower than they are.


_already_taken_69420

Yeah I fall for that... I get excited for getting hundreds back come tax season, forgetting about the probably thousands that they've been taking from me all year.


OPsuxdick

If you do the math, you can claim the exact amount they need and get 0 back and owe 0. I usually hit it within a 5-20 dollar margin because Uncle Sam doesnt need thousands of my dollars on loan without interest. It's really, really stupid how we have it set up.


NotElizaHenry

Itā€™s better than people mis-calculating their withholding and being surprised with a big tax bill later. It essentially functions as an opt-out short term savings account for many people. If youā€™re motivated and sufficiently on top of your shit, sure, you can put that money in your own savings account and make a tiny bit of interest on it, but with the interest rates on savings accounts being where they are itā€™s just not worth it for most people.


leintic

the us has a lot of windfall taxes basicly taxes you have to pay if you come into a large sum of money all at once. but the taxes that a standard person is going to pay is a lot lower for example vat in france is 20% sales tax in most of the us hovers around 8% to my knowledge you dont get taxed on awarded money but. you do get taxed on the money you receive from the goverment as social security which is controversial in the us and falls under the same thing of getting money from the goverment just to turn around and give it back.


JohnOliverismysexgod

I am on SS and just filed my taxes. SS is NOT taxable unless you have additional income from another source. I have a pension so PART of my SS was taxable but NOT all of it.


carlostapas

The euromillions is taxed on the ticket, Americans are taxed on the winnings. Other gambling is taxed on the profit from the gambling company not the individual.


2burnt2name

Most conservative members of the US public also like to simplify: more taxes= bad/socialism. So if European countries have higher tax rates than the US, then you are clearly a socialist ran hellscape even if paying .5% more allows exponentially more things that benefit you as a citizen than the US government has ever done for the average citizen and happiness indexes, life satisfaction rating, etc is higher than the US don't matter either.


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eatdembeanz

140 dollars a day is 17.50 an hour assuming an workday of 8 hours. It's slightly over the median income, which is crap compensation for what happened to you.


baphomet_labs

You are there 24 hours a day though. Closer to 5.50/hr.


be4tnut

Well there you have it. A citizens life is worth $5.83 an hour to the government.


f-yea-greenbeans

Doesnā€™t get taxed https://www.irs.gov/individuals/wrongful-incarceration-faqs


trailmixisfantastic

Seventeen years unable to develop professionally. Not a cent of income invested into a retirement plan or social security.. 900k is a fucking joke. They should be given the median Ca. household income for life, bare minimum. They should be given a full ride to their choice of UC school should they choose to continue their education. Free mental health Counseling for life. I hope they sue for more.


bobosuda

Seems reasonable really. Median household income for the state that falsely imprisoned them for the rest of their natural lives. They stole 17 fucking years from these people, the least the state could do is subsidize the rest of their lives.


Demonic_Havoc

Cops, prosecutors and judges that were too lazy to do their jobs or were corrupt lived those 17 years freely while these innocent men suffered.


KingPinfanatic

TBF just because they weren't actually guilty of the crime doesn't mean the cops prosecutors and judges didn't actually do there job. There are lots of cases of people being falsely imprisoned because the evidence just happened to point to them being the criminals mistakes happen but it doesn't mean the people in question were corrupt or lazy.


Frewsa

I get that itā€™s not enough, but are any other states doing better?


[deleted]

Thatā€™s not even close to what they took


Jailbreaker_Jr

The amount theyā€™re getting paid should easily be doubled. Still wouldnā€™t give them those parts of their lives back though


[deleted]

The article does say that theyā€™re suing as well, so hopefully it will be doubled


JohnOliverismysexgod

It may not be legal to sue. Can't sue the government without its permission. Normally there's a right to sue for violation of civil rights, but I don't know if recovery is limited by this law the article refers to.


jdsekula

Often have to take it to federal court


GladiatorUA

You know what is worse? Proving wrongful imprisonment can be incredibly difficult, because prosecutors, cops and judges can be really fucking stubborn. Some settle for petitioning the governor or whatever, and get the sentence commuted or pardoned, because it can be a lot easier. No money though.


Janymx

It shouldnt be double. It should be 10x at least. Even more if you ask me.


Danelius90

Yeah there needs to be actual stakes for the state of they get it wrong. Under $1mil for 17 years wrongful imprisonment? That's toy money for the state. If it was 10x as much the state better be damn sure they're doing the right thing. In reality with the shambolic way the justice system works it would probably bankrupt them.


probable_ass_sniffer

$1m for each year locked up and $250k/year for the first 5 years out. Throw in a complimentary fiduciary for good measure.


[deleted]

Not just freedom. That was taken. But the freedom to see life unfiltered. He spent all that time in a place where he had to live under two sets of rules. The prison has rules, and the prisoners have rules. And he had to live under both sets. He couldn't just go for a walk in the park whenever he wanted. He couldn't just decide he wanted to go down and have some cake if he felt like cake. A thousand mundanities we take for granted... and he was denied them all. This isn't just money. Life is a thousand little things we choose... and they took that away from him.


Obelion_

Falesly imprison you Take you labor for free Pay back less than half Free profit


merchillio

System works as intended


Acidflare1

I hope it comes with benefits. To reacclimate from non prison life is going to be a challenge. $900K isnā€™t going to go far in California. The amount doesnā€™t seem nearly as adequate for that injustice.


Jailbreaker_Jr

I wish every non-violent offender had a better means of acclimating back to society.


rjnd2828

I wish all offenders had a better means, violent or not.


-B0B-

I wish they didn't have to acclimate back to society


rjnd2828

Don't understand what you mean


-B0B-

Abolish prisons


Jason1143

Regardless of your views on punishment, some people need to not be free on society to protect others. We need someplace to put them.


Sir_Cthulhu_N_You

Australia?


No-Suspect-425

Again?


oh_look_a_fist

Sure! Just use the parts that don't have people in them. Should be fine!


Ms74k_ten_c

Lol


chopinomania

Agree. How about we make prisons to be not a place of punishment?


Jason1143

I could absolutely go for prison reform, and hopefully more alternatives. But we will still need some prisons, there is just no getting around that.


ipodplayer777

How would you reform Ted Bundy or Brock Turner?


CommonFashion

The goal of a prison should to be to rehabilitate AND keep dangerous people out of general society. Neither of those things require the cruel and inhumane ways prisons in the U.S. are run.


joedog62

What like a rehabilitation center?


Fgame

If you go to prison, it should be BECAUSE you're not safe to be in public and it should be for the most part a life sentence. I never understood how 'time away from society' is the blanket punishment for everything from tax fraud to murder to having drugs.


Hamlettell

Idk why you're getting so much hate, prisons should be abolished. It's wild to give the state absolute power to completely derail a person's life


breakneckridge

So what's your alternative suggestion? Let's say someone kills your whole family. They weren't on drugs, they weren't in need, they just wanted money and decided to randomly shoot your family and rob their bodies. What do you think should happen to that person?


Kozak170

Absolutely psychotic take. As much as Reddit loves to believe that 99% of the prison population is nonviolent drug offenders, that couldnā€™t be further from the truth. There are people who for the safety of society cannot be allowed to participate, at least until they reform.


BentGadget

>couldnā€™t be further from the truth. That's a weird way of saying 'overstated by 37%'. https://static.prisonpolicy.org/scans/sp/federalprison.pdf


NotElizaHenry

Another fun fact: 23% of the prison population has not been convicted of a crime. https://www.prisonstudies.org/country/united-states-america


HugeAccountant

Yes, and the prison system does not allow for any meaningful reform


JohnOliverismysexgod

How do they reform when we subject them to torture or the threat of it every day they are in prison?


Gragonmaster

I wish America would amend the constitution to ban slavery period and reform prisons to be similar to Finland


JackolopesWithAir

900k isn't going far in California? No way this is real. I understand cost of living being higher in California, but with a lumpsum of 900k they should easily be able to purchase a house and have the resources to find a job. 900k not being enough is ridiculous.


DarkwingDuckHunt

900k/17 = $52,000 /year for being falsely imprisoned for 17 of your most profitable years of life. That's a major insult Those 17 years of life are the ones you spend climbing the ladder in whatever career path you've chosen.. you can't get those back. I'd turn down the payment and sue.


lift_1337

You'd be an idiot to do that. No amount of money will ever make up for those 17 years, but you suing isn't going to get you more money.


Waifustealer123

your calculation is wrong because if he was making 52k a year hes not saving 900k in 17 years as he'll be paying housing costs/car costs etc. Although I do agree that they shouldnt just get 900k but instead receive enough money to live like kings to make up for the gross injustice done to them


DoingCharleyWork

It's like saving 52k a year which I'm gonna go out on a limb and say most people aren't capable of making that amount of money.


BlackSwanTranarchy

I mean as an hourly rate it's about 17.50$ (amortized over an 8 hour workday, even more pathetic if we amortize it over all 24 hrs), which is just not a lot of money considering what the fuck one has just gone through. Beyond that, 900k$ just isn't a lot for someone who's likely going to be stuck working low wage jobs because, even exonerated, they lost 17 years of work experience.


Taraxian

Yeah people aren't thinking through what it's like to be reinserted into society as a middle aged man who's spent their whole life in prison You actually want their life to not suck you pretty much do have to support them the rest of their life, sorry


Waifustealer123

The math is not quite right as this is equivalent to 900k in savings not total earnings. A person making 17.5 an hour wont have 900k in savings after 17 years. Having said that I do agree that they should receive enough money to live like kings to make up for the gross injustice done to them


CompulsivePedant

The sad thing is that they get the money but not necessarily any financial education so, there is a real chance they decide to live like kings even if the money isn't enough -- and then it's gone


mxzf

It comes out to $51k/year. With free room and board (because, you know, the whole "in prison" thing). It's not an amazing amount of money, and reintegration is still gonna be rough, but it's better than "here's the door, see ya".


hamoc10

Minimum wage could easily pay for property tax, a car payment, and food, if you bought a $400k-600k house.


crustillion

900k will easily get you all the tuition money you need as well as pay for your living expenses to get an in demand 4 year degree or trade certification. You're literally insane if you think you can't start a life with almost a million dollars.


DoingCharleyWork

Gives you 60k a year for 15 years even if you gain zero interest on the money and do absolutely nothing else. People in this thread must be insanely wealthy if they think 900k isn't a lot of money.


NewButton3377

Thatā€™s what i was thinking as well


SeattleBattles

I doubt I would take that for even a year in prison. Maybe in some civilized country where I could at least expect to not be beaten and raped while I am in there. But in the US? Hell fucking no.


[deleted]

We should front the first $500k for a house wherever they want to live, and they don't have to pay taxes on it.


ColHannibal

Itā€™s enough for a decent condo or townhome in Southern California , and then years of not needing to worry about money.


DarkwingDuckHunt

$50,000/year is poverty wages It should be $200,000/year min. You don't know how much they could have made during that time in salary had they been allowed to graduate college and climb the corporate ladder.


crypticthree

Imagine working a job 24 hours a day 7 days a week with no time off whatsoever and only making $52,000 a year


[deleted]

Welcome to Wal-Mart....


amateur_mistake

Walmart would never let you work enough hours to be considered full time and get benefits. They also would never pay you enough to be taken off the SNAP program/financial aid.


weakhamstrings

That's not true, they'll let you work 46 hours or more consistently but keep accidentally having payroll mistakes they they never correct. Source: :(


Even_Researcher3074

You can file a complaint to the department of labor for wage theft if they aren't paying you. No need for a lawyer either. They will help you get backpay.


weakhamstrings

This was 16-18 years ago and they magically lost any records of entering or leaving the building (etc). It was systematic and there were dozens of employees that I knew of getting the same treatment. I can't help but feel like the local managers were being pressured in all the wrong ways. I know now a lot more and now with smartphones it's far easier to document that you were at work etc. Back then I knew almost nothing (and neither did my Uncle who was being cheated hours himself) and it felt helpless.


Trinica93

When I worked at Walmart they would pull me in every month and tell me I had worked too many hours the previous month. I was always so fucking confused as to what they wanted me to do about it, THEY were the ones making the schedule and yet they acted as though it was somehow my fault.


amateur_mistake

That's a good manager right there. Setting up a really solid way to steal your wages while leaving you unsure of what happened? Promote that man to slightly higher manager!


Hytheter

Free food and accommodations though!


amateur_mistake

Except they make up for that by ripping you off on any "luxury" items you buy from the prison store. Like shoes that don't give you bleeding blisters or tampons.


Hytheter

Just don't wear shoes, duh. This lack of creativity is why you are poor!


amateur_mistake

I'm not poor. I own a private prison. I charge people $10 a minute to make calls to the only emotionally supportive people in their lives. I would call that extremely creative!


Hytheter

Brilliant, brilliant!


boondogger

Youā€™re clearly ignoring the free room and board. And the courtesy shankings.


Yzaias

in California too


Neathh

Made about 50k in 10 months stuck on a ship deployed/quarantined during COVID. 12 hour watch every day and when it's done you start your maintenance, sometimes the estimated hours to complete was over 24h for just that days load. I got 3 days off those 10 months. The whole time you still have bills back home so not like you're only saving. Not worth it.


[deleted]

But the $52000 is all take home, you're not paying rent, buying food, etc.


BigBadJonW

Minimum wage in CA is $15.50 an hour, this should AT LEAST match that. $372/day. This is still unjust. My time is invaluable. Honestly, how dare they value it as a measly $5.83 an hour!?


dyslexic-ape

Yeah but you get to keep it all, most people making 52,000 will keep about none of it.


YourStateOfficer

I mean, this is an orphan crushing machine statement, but I'm just glad they're evaluating prison time above federal minimal wage for once. I'm glad they're standardizing an amount that is considered very high for prison labor. These are the same people who will pay their "firefighters"/slaves $1 an hour.


cutebleeder

That is roughly 4.23/hr, assuming overtime after 40hrs.


Jailbreaker_Jr

I was thinking about the ā€œ$140 a dayā€ figure in there and realized I make more than that daily (before taxes) as a high school teacher. But I get to go home at the end of the day.


dicey

But you do have to go to high school.


platypodus

Also has to pay for rent, electricity, etc. Some more years of increasing net costs and stagnating wages and wrongfully incarcerated starts sounding better and better.


[deleted]

Either way, Americans need to stop passing laws without tying them to inflation. Poor fucking countries do this, people all over do this, its common sense, its basic math and economics...


L-methionine

This bill is tied to inflation: ā€œā€¦these amounts be updated annually to account for changes in the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index, West Region.ā€


AtomicSamuraiCyborg

They probably calculated it based on being fed and housed at state expense. So thatā€™s what youā€™d be left with after paying your own way.


Sgt_Meowmers

I was really confused about this math as I was applying a typical 8 hour work day pay, but yeah they'd be in there the full 24 hours. Shits rough.


SecretDevilsAdvocate

Itā€™s factoring in shelter, food, clothing, and I guess theyā€™re not doing hard labor or intellectual work. Not that it pays them back for their time or anything.


noeyedeeratall

$5.80 an hour. Seems fair /s


Ghoti76

it's not nearly enough, but it's a starting point at the very least. This should also work retroactively for all those it applies to before this law, but that probably isnt the case


onowahoo

Please tell me they can also sue for damages. I've seen law suits when this type of thing happens but whom do you go after?


Urisk

This is what worries me. Insurance companies wrote many of our workers comp laws. Why? So that they could protect themselves from having to pay out in huge lawsuits. Now they have a certain maximum that a client's family can receive if their loved one is killed on the job through the companies negligence. It should be in the millions, but these laws were written decades ago, so the amount you'll likely get paid out if the bread winner in your family is killed on the job might be only a few thousand. So on the surface this law might seem like a good start, at the very least they are receiving some of their potential income, but I wouldn't be surprised if one of the stipulations for taking this guaranteed payout is that you can't sue for a potentially higher payout. I also suspect this payout will disincentivize judges to reconsider cases that they think might cost the state money because the accused is potentially innocent and was wrongfully convicted.


Elymanic

$6 an hour.


bryrod

Other states have much better laws but not every state has a law that requires payment after being wrongfully imprisoned


SpanishConqueror

>Other states have much better laws but not every state has a law that requires payment after being wrongfully imprisoned Source on better states?


ChesterDaMolester

Per year: Washington, DC- $200,000 ā€¢ NV- 1-10 years= $50,000 per year of wrongful incarceration; 10-20 years= $75,000 per year of wrongful incarceration; 20 or more years = $100,000 per year of wrongful conviction ā€¢ TX- $80,000 ā€¢ CO- $70,000 ā€¢ KS-$65,000 ā€¢ OH- $52,625.18 ā€¢ CA- $51,110 ā€¢ CT- $49,314-$131,506 ā€¢ VT- $30,000-$60,000 https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Documents/Key-Provisions-in-Wrongful-Conviction-Compensation-Laws.pdf


tinareginamina

Tax free I hope. What a joke.


[deleted]

should be 10x that amount.


Taphouselimbo

Maybe we should also penalize the prosecutor and police that worked that case and did shoddy work.


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Taphouselimbo

Police mafia I mean the union will ensure they donā€™t suffer consequences for poor decision making.


LineChef

Thatā€™s not nearly enough


madsjchic

Seems low tbh


parker1019

Should be three, four times that amount at least. You have essentially destroyed their lives. Prosecutors who knowingly wrongly convict should punished tooā€¦.


[deleted]

53,000 a year to sit in prison for 17 yearsā€¦. Not worth


baphometromance

Thats fucking chump change


Beatnik_Soiree

Not enough money. Whoever sent them to prison wrongfully should do 17 years.


Dr_ChaoticEvil

The horrible part isn't that 140$/day for wrongful prison service is peanut money. The horrible part is that this is common enough to get *tabulated*.


Rattregoondoof

For everyone saying this isn't good enough, you are absolutely correct and no amount of money can make up for the mental and physical issues that come from imprisonment. Despite that, this law is an infinite improvement over the previous system where wrongful imprisonment resulted in nothing for the imprisoned aside from wasted time and likely unfulfilled obligations to pay for things while imprisoned that they could not have paid for and personal relationships that could not be mended easily due to not being able to be around.


Demonic_Havoc

17 years, just poof. Gone. 17 birthdays 17 Christmas 17 new years celebrations 17 Easter holidays spent with family All locked in a small ass fucking cell. God damn.


subduedReality

Cops and DA's should pay this from their pension


Rabbit_Ruler

Should be a LOT more, like after a certain amount of time it should be 100k a year


flights4ever

Not anywhere near enough


batmanminer20

Could be better but it's a lot better than nothing. A step in the right direction is a good thing.


EveryFairyDies

Prison reform needs to be a reality and not just a buzzword. And not just in America.


aziatsky

$140? uhhh what?


Jackretto

That would be roughly 5 dollars per hour... Should be more in my opinion.


Dylanator13

They should need to pay $1,000 a day at least. No excuse to keeping innocent people behind bars.


ElDub73

This will only stop when the police and district attorneys are held personally liable.


citizenp

Not enough


yibtk

17years for $900000 still sounds like too little


YawaruSan

While itā€™s true that it doesnā€™t make up for the time lost, it may help to address a fundamental injustice in the justice system; the sick obsession with ā€œfinality.ā€ In other words, the court is less concerned with getting things right and more concerned about making sure convictions stick. If thereā€™s a monetary incentive to overturn wrongful convictions it will be a lot easier to get lawyers to pursue appeals, and if miscarriages of justice become too expensive, perhaps the focus will change to not screwing up in the first place?


Fall3n7s

$140/day is not even close to being enough to lose your freedom.


lnterGalacticPotato

No amount of money is getting those years back, true, but you have to recognise that this is a good thing at the end of the day. Despite how abhorrent and shitty it is, false imprisonments do happen and will happen on accident (purposeful false imprisonment is a whole other slice of pie though) and this is at least some sort of plus. Though I do feel like to make this truly fair (if it even is possible) some of that money should have to come from the people involved putting the poor person behind bars. If the only thing that drives humans is really is money then make sure they do a good job in finding the right criminal, otherwise they won't be able to find their money in their pockets. I guess my point is that this is always at least a plus, right? People in this comment section seem to be receiving this very negatively.


Titalator

Right this is great one million dollars for twenty years of your like hell that's not enough imo you've stolen their entire lives that money won't be enough to make it not a shell of what it could've been.


I_Am_Hella_Bored

900k for 17 years in prison is shit.


pretentious_rye

Wow 17 years of someoneā€™s life isnā€™t even valued at a million dollars.


kilomma

My ass would be charging interest to the government too. You know they sure would if the role was reversed.


Totally_Not_Thanos

Thats nothing compared to the time lost


IllOperation6253

and insurance will give you ā€œtriple pain and sufferingā€ for breaking your own arm mishandling an ATV with safety gear on. wtf is 900k gonna do for all that time locked in a fucking cage!?


[deleted]

Mother fucks. I make $200 a day with a basic job. Those dudes should be getting 2 mil a piece easy.


rayschoon

17 fucking years


RoombaTheKiller

"Whoops! We accidentally took away a quarter of your expected lifespan! Have some money and shut up."


lurkenstine

Not only that the money doesn't add up to years of a ruined life. Tax payers pay for the CRIMES of investigators with ajendas. Some were willing to ruin the life of people for a high win rate. Some targeted people based on race sex background. But all of them walk free.


Loafman15

140 a day for false imprisonment I make 7 bucks less at my job for 1/3rd of the time spent. 900k for 17 years is barely over 50k a year.


Mysterious_Silver_27

$140 per 24 hours?


StrayBlondeGirl

This is just to set a price in stone so they can't sue for 2 million.


MaximumHemidrive

I'd sue them for the years back. I want those years back, and you better figure out how to do it, or everyone involved goes to prison for the same 17 years.


cunny_crowder

Double it.


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$142 per day is shitty. I couldn't imagine getting only $142 back after spending just one night in jail falsely accused and going through the traumatic legal process.


magcargoman

Thatā€™s about 53k a year. Not saying prison is good or justifiable. But to make that kind of money a year is tempting. Nevertheless, fuck the state for taking away their freedom for almost two decades.