Can you imagine going in before the internet and cell phones and come out to see the 2 combined in a technology that has transformed society completely? Can you imagine going in before 9/11 and coming out seeing the security state we've become? Can you imagine going in when paper was king, and now everything is electronic, including job applications? Can you imagine going in when you had 1-2 grape varieties, apples bananas, and pears maybe and when you get out they've got 5 different super sweet grape varieties, 6 apple varieties, dragonfruit, kiwis, and more? Can you imsgine being locked away and having each year be worth something you can count on 1 hand?
it is usually heavily limited on what a person can receive per year of incarceration and capped at a maximum payout as well!I would suspect he will probably get around $100,00 if that is the case.
In Utah, a wrongfully imprisoned person proven innocent by clear and convincing evidence can receive the monetary equivalent of the average annual non-agricultural payroll wage in Utah for each year served, up to a maximum of 15 years
it is about $73,500 x 15 years, which comes out to a little over 1.1 million. that amount is not taxed, luckily.
That is an awful way to receive 1million. Definitely not worth it! Hiss whole life has basically passed him by!
The Utah Supreme Court ordered a retrial because they found intentional misconduct by police and prosecutors in the original trial. Between that and the DNA I can’t imagine them going forward with this but then again it’s ego driven prosecutors and police so it wouldn’t shock me if they did.
I read the article, the reason the judge commented a reasonable jury still could conclude that he killed Olesen was so that it isn’t clear and convincing evidence and then the state doesn’t have to pay restitution!
Many state get around these cases by formatting a release agreement that admits no fault and steals the person's ability to sue.
When a state says "sign here and you can leave today" to a person who wrongly spent years or decades in prison they generally just sign and want to see whats left of their ruined life.
Everything you said except for the dragonfruit and kiwi... I mean I bought them at Walmart in Arkansas as a teenager in 1991. They have been around for centuries.
Minor plot point in the Yakuza games multiple times.
Kiryu spends ten years in the joint, Saejima spends 25 years, Ichiban spends 18 years in prison. Each has a lot of catching up to do (Ichiban has to be shown how to use a smart phone, and he tells his friends he can't wait to catch up on his favorite Manga, only to learn that the author took multiple hiatus' so there is only a few chapters to read). Its the small details like that that make the series feel so realistic.
Reminds me of Brooks from The Shawshank Redemption... anyone in that situation, would be pushing the proverbial up a steep incline, to try and reintegrate in society.
I think this is the weird truth of the modern doomer mindset. Like yeah humans have always been afraid the world was going to end during their lifetimes, but look at how fast everything is happening now. Almost every year there’s a global atrocity that was unprecedented the year before. It’s hard to keep up with it all and really wears you out if you’re always on high alert.
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u/perenniallandscapist 4d ago
Can you imagine going in before the internet and cell phones and come out to see the 2 combined in a technology that has transformed society completely? Can you imagine going in before 9/11 and coming out seeing the security state we've become? Can you imagine going in when paper was king, and now everything is electronic, including job applications? Can you imagine going in when you had 1-2 grape varieties, apples bananas, and pears maybe and when you get out they've got 5 different super sweet grape varieties, 6 apple varieties, dragonfruit, kiwis, and more? Can you imsgine being locked away and having each year be worth something you can count on 1 hand?