DNA exonerates man who spent 25 years in prison??!!??

I have never read where they got anything but an apolagie(sp) Id like to know how the victum feels when they find out that the wrong man went to jail and the had felt safe all these years . Then to find out the real person could still be out there. Aint DNA wonderful? pun there

Well, thank God for DNA or those persons would have still been in prison till now. They should really be compensated, I don't know if there's a law about this but they should make a law that compensates those innocent persons in jail. I mean, it's their fault for jumping to conclusions too soon. We don't have that kind of law in our country--I think. I haven't really finished Law School yet. LOL.

There are going to get paid well, that is ashame to be a accused of something, and be in jail for all those years. and then they find out the peson is not guilty.

I am glad that he is out. I don't know what they could do to make it better. The crime will always be hanging over his head. People will find it hard to trust him. They should give him enough money to live on for a long while, as I am sure it will be hard for him to find work.

I saw it on local news yesterday...it is shame for society to convict innocent people....this man shouldn't work two jobs and he should be compensated for his lost of real life, income and reputation...

I live in Illinois, and we barely compensate exonerated inmates. It is a shame these people were wrongly convicted, and they could never be fully compensated for all that they have lost. I found an article i found interesting on this subject, and was amazed to find that most states don't offer any sort of compensation. I've included a link.. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/08/what_do_we_owe_exonerated_inma.html

I do not know how it would be possible to pay someone for loss of time,freedom and life.Mistakes are made and the governemnt should make retribution,but I have no idea in what form the retribution should be in.This is an example of 99.99% of the cases being right but the .01% will not be tollerated as acceptable.

That is absolutely amazing! That man lost almost his whole life and was changed irrevocably because of his conviction! That can never be given back to him! I am just glad that DNA testing and other new advances can help shed light on evidence. It used to be that the "lawyer who could talk the best" won the case!

I think they do compensate but how much depends on a lot of things including the state they were sentenced in. But how do you compensate someone for twenty five lost years? Jerry Miller was freed by the Innocence Project. They do amazing work. They are pushing for a DNA bank not only to free innocent people but also to incarcerate the guilty. They believe that there is a lot of uncovered serial crime. Mass murderers and serial rapists don't worry too much about getting into minor bar room brawls and if there was a DNA bank, a lot of minor crimes would cross with major cases. A DNA bank would cut both ways. It would free the innocent and incarcerate the guilty. That should satisfy both liberal and conservative. Problem is, it's expensive. The innocence project has from time to time accutually run out of money in the process of testing. (Sorry, didn't mean to get windy here but this is something I really believe should be supported)

You know what? i feel anyone that was wrongfully convicted should be generously compensated. i think compenation whould be based on the crime they were convicted of, lost wages, time spent, reputation damage, etc. i think this particualr man you mentioned should be set for life. He spent 25 years in prison for a rape he did NOT commit. The government should set him up for the rest of his life, regardless of whether he ever gets another job or not. It is going ot be incredibly hard for him to ever find another job becaus he will now have to disclose that he was convicted of a felony, even though he did not commit the crime.