Wrongly Convicted Missouri Man Ineligible for Compensation : Reason Magazine

thetrollking · 2010-11-14T06:04:08+00:00

"Oddly enough, if Kezer had been guilty but then paroled after 15 years, he'd be eligible for a variety of state assistance programs aimed at integrated freed inmates back into society. Because he's actually innocent, he doesn't get to participate in those, either."

Way to screw the man twice...stay classy Missouri.

2010-11-14T11:09:02+00:00

In his position, I would go fucking postal. 15 years of my life gone and all they say is 'Oops.'

2010-11-14T18:01:40+00:00

Yeaaah, this is the type of shit that gets to me. You took 15 years from a man and all you have to says is sorry you are no longer eligible for compensation due to magazine.

MitchPaige · 2010-11-14T07:19:24+00:00

I know what I would do if I were him.

Liverotto · 2010-11-14T08:28:44+00:00

Isn't it remarkable that with all these injustices and all these guns available in the US we only get one massacre suicide every two or three years.

RyanCoonan · 2010-11-15T01:33:22+00:00

I don't think this belongs in men's rights really. It isn't an issue about his gender.

Craysh · 2010-11-14T06:02:56+00:00

I'd still sue the hell out of the man.

BolshevikMuppet · 2010-11-14T09:35:39+00:00

He's shielded by prosecutorial immunity. Yes, it sucks, but what's the alternative? Let every person who was acquitted or eventually proved innocent sue the DA's office? Even if you say "well, they should only be able to collect if there was misconduct", the cost of dealing with those suits would reach into the millions.

not only will Hulshof never have to compensate the two men he wrongly convicted,

Prosecutors don't convict. They prosecute. The question of whether a given witness is believable is left to the finder of fact. That's how the bloody system works. It's kind of like how the defendant can put up a drug-addled vagrant in order to have him testify that the defendant has an alibi. Even if they should know that the testimony is false, it's up to the defendant to either object, or to show on cross why it's unreliable.

Blame the jury, not the prosecutor.

Title	Wrongly Convicted Missouri Man Ineligible for Compensation : Reason Magazine
Author	thetrollking
Upvotes	58
Comments	12
Date	November 14, 2010 3:06 AM UTC (15 years ago)
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