Cops Who Framed Mentally Challenged Man For Rape and Murder Ordered To Personally Pay Him $7,000,000

oneiorosgripwontstfu · 2015-02-05T17:51:30+00:00

More on this case: http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/Anthony_Caravella.php

The way I see this there's some win and some loss here: Officers are responsible for following the law, and these officers are responsible for what they did. I don't think the department or the state should get off the hook because there's definitely pressure on officers to get material from suspects that leads to conviction, but the people who did the deed are the most responsible. It is too bad the ruling does not include the prosecutor who handled the case.

There is of course also the fact that police officers, retired or still working, are never going to pay anyone millions of dollars. They may be garnished for an amount, but the real penalty against them is that they've been discredited and the debt will never go away. The ruling won't give back the years Mr. Caravella spent in the prison system, but the officers are at least facing a lifelong penalty for their abuse of him and falsification.

ThePigmanAgain · 2015-02-06T00:17:07+00:00

In some ways this is good as it shows the filth that they may have to pay a personal price for their evil ways, on the other hand it means the guy gets butkus -- how many pigs have 7 million lying around? A better result would have been to force the pigs to give him everything they own, except for a couple of large cardboard boxes which they are welcome to place over any heating grate as long is it's not near where i live, and to get the city to pay him 7 million. That would be justice.

PS

I would like to apologize to myself for using the word "pig" as a pejorative.

Njall · 2015-02-05T23:06:41+00:00

Sadly, I doubt either officer has the money to pay the liability. However, it would be nice to see them reduced to abject poverty and forced to live in card board boxes the rest of their lives for what they did.

OK, maybe not force them to live in card board boxes. Though some might argue otherwise, they appear to be human and deserving of that respect and support. Damn.

rocelot7 · 2015-02-06T02:31:26+00:00

The problem here is that it never specifies how much they framed Mr. Caravella. Did they push circumstantial evidence and relayed on false testimony to "solve" a most likely high profile case or quite literally fabricated evidence. I more willing to bet on the former than the latter. In that case to punish the two detectives exclusively when the blame would fall on the entire chain of command (most likely up to the governor,) and the prosecutes. This is a win for Mr. Caravella, but not for anyone else, lest of all anyone facing a similar situation toady because in no way does this acknowledge the broken system in place or the media scapegoating of blame. In the long run a real rape and murder walked free because we rather have a man locked up for rape than a raper locked up for the crimes they committed twenty years ago. Good to know things never change.

Tb0n3 · 2015-02-06T05:22:59+00:00

Why are they not in prison? Pay him money? How about they pay for their egregious crimes like anybody else?

warspite88 · 2015-02-05T19:54:11+00:00

wow... im not sure what to make of this. such a tragedy on every level. that poor woman who was raped... that her rapists go scott free when they should be hung by their fucking balls, that an innocent man is framed...that now two older men face penalty for their malice, their stupidity , their crime! everyone loses.... wtf is wrong with our justice! stop this shit from happening in the first place!

i know its not that easy... perfect world right... so sad the whole lot of it

Frittern · 2015-02-05T19:12:20+00:00

Employers are liable for what their employees do as part of their regular work duties...Those millions sound good but these cops will just declare bankruptcy and the man is not likely to see a single cent.. Municipalities need to be held liable for police otherwise their is little incentive to hold officers to high standards.

Imagine if a utility worker during his work dropped a high voltage power line on someones home burning it down..Can the the utility company throw up it hands and say it wasn't us, sue the lineman instead?

Dawkins20 · 2015-02-06T07:05:44+00:00

$7 million? They're never gonna pay this. Why aren't they going to prison?

remembz · 2015-02-06T14:02:10+00:00

This reminds me of Law & Order S03E16 Jurisdiction

I always wondered whether there is a real case behind this episode. Maybe Anthony Caravella is the one.

Title	Cops Who Framed Mentally Challenged Man For Rape and Murder Ordered To Personally Pay Him $7,000,000
Author	oneiorosgripwontstfu
Upvotes	456
Comments	37
Date	February 5, 2015 5:32 PM UTC (11 years ago)
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