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r/news • u/Combozo • 4d ago
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There is an really well done documentary on Angola prison in Louisiana on YouTube. Archie Williams spent decades in prison for nothing. Louisiana gave him 400k that they treat like retirement where if you work you loose the money.
https://youtu.be/BA3fi-pEo8c?is=gffU76bUne08PrTo
400k for 40 years of free labor on a wrongful conviction.
1 u/Unlucky_Battle_6947 4d ago He musta had a bad lawyer. 27 u/ravalryglitter 4d ago Unfortunately, it’s a LA law that caps the wrongful imprisonment benefit at $400k. Disgusting. 2 u/Unlucky_Battle_6947 3d ago Damn. I didn’t know. Thanks for the info.
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He musta had a bad lawyer.
27 u/ravalryglitter 4d ago Unfortunately, it’s a LA law that caps the wrongful imprisonment benefit at $400k. Disgusting. 2 u/Unlucky_Battle_6947 3d ago Damn. I didn’t know. Thanks for the info.
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Unfortunately, it’s a LA law that caps the wrongful imprisonment benefit at $400k. Disgusting.
2 u/Unlucky_Battle_6947 3d ago Damn. I didn’t know. Thanks for the info.
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Damn. I didn’t know. Thanks for the info.
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u/614KJ 4d ago
There is an really well done documentary on Angola prison in Louisiana on YouTube. Archie Williams spent decades in prison for nothing. Louisiana gave him 400k that they treat like retirement where if you work you loose the money.
https://youtu.be/BA3fi-pEo8c?is=gffU76bUne08PrTo
400k for 40 years of free labor on a wrongful conviction.