deziloooooo
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Post by deziloooooo on Feb 16, 2011 20:59:43 GMT -5
Only in Texas some would say...but to think this couldn't be taken care of in thirty minutes , ten minutes , and the mistake fixed doesn't spreak much for a country that once went to the moon, beat Natzi German to a pulp and brought the world "twitter " ---------------------------------------------------------------------- news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110216/ts_yblog_thelookout/texas-man-wrongly-put-away-for-decades-denied-compensation-after-legal-glitch-------------------------------------------------------------- Texas man wrongly put away for 18 years denied compensation after legal glitch By Liz Goodwin A courtroom technicality has cost a wrongly convicted Texas man the compensation that would otherwise be due him for the 18 years he'd served in Texas prison--14 of which he spent on Death Row. Anthony Graves would have received $1.4 million in compensation if only the words "actual innocence" had been included in the judge's order that secured Graves's release from prison. The Comptroller's office decided the omission means Graves gets zero dollars, writes Harvey Rice at the Houston Chronicle, even though the prosecutor, judge, and defense all agreed at trial he is innocent. ------------------------------------------------------------------ {click on link to go to the article} |
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Tennesseer
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Post by Tennesseer on Feb 16, 2011 22:34:27 GMT -5
Hopefully the Texas justice system will rectify this problem.
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pappyjohn99
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The driveway needs a little work.
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Post by pappyjohn99 on Feb 16, 2011 22:51:03 GMT -5
Even Mubarak didn't resort to this...
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