How Can They Charge Wrongly Convicted People for Being Locked Up?
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I read about this earlier. How can they do it?
It's like the ultimate mickey take.
Your thoughts please.
You'd think the Ministry of Justice would keep their heads down and just pay up quietly after the wrongful convictions.
But these bodies do not seem to be blessed with too much common sense or decency.
In the not too distant future I see suspected kidnappers being able to deduct rent from any financial compensation they are ordered to pay. They did, after all, house and feed their victims during their kidnapping.
It beggars belief.
I would imagine it is because he chose to remain in prison for 10 extra years because he wouldn't admit his 'guilt'. It is totally wrong and abhorrent whatever the reason. Had he admitted his guilt to get out his life would be marred by the conviction, but worse, they would not be looking for anyone else which they are apparently now doing.
TheChimp neither did I. In some cases I can see the benefit for GUILTY people i.e. a scammer/fraudster who has made mega bucks from crime should be made to pay keep as part of their punishment, but how on earth can they justify it for innocent people who are incarcerated. But then justice seems to be a dirty word these days.
I’m amazed by the huge compensation payouts. Michael Hickey was awarded £1.02m and Vincent Hickey received £550,000 but, in each case, a 25% deduction was made from the section of their compensation which reflected their loss of earnings while in prison.
. Good job they’ve not increased the deduction in line with inflation.
The house of lords is not elected, they have no right to make decisions. We need to move to a full democracy and not just a partial democracy. Any set of people that can come up with this policy are in my opinion not fit to make decisions.
Out of order but it doesn't surprise me at all. People of a certain standing in society (not necessarily earned) can wield their influence to make a profit.
Whilst wrongly imprisoned he was denied the right to earn a proper/decent wage and therefore also the right to pay into a pension, so how does he stand on having lost a potential private pension and possibly not having earned enough for a state pension either? (Or do they get state pension years for prison time?)
More than a mickey take..seems like a criminal offence to me! something like Fraud by false representation??
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