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**Andara Bledin** · 07-09-2013, 07:05 PM

It's not a matter of being found innocent or not, unfortunately.

In such a case, there requires a "miscarriage of justice," to such a degree that it "so undermined that no conviction could possibly be based upon it."

In this case, it has been determined that what went did not meet the standard to be considered a legally-defined miscarriage of justice for the purposes of compensation.

It most definitely sucks for him to be in that position, but it is not unlikely that he might have been in that same position without the evidence disallowed at the retrial (particularly considering his prior convictions and his condition at the time of arrest), and thus the denial of compensation.

**D_Yeti_Esquire** · 07-09-2013, 08:08 PM

Honestly that's what the law is, but I do disagree with it.

My general opinion is if you go to court you understand that everything is geared to make both sides play fair. You can win or lose depending on the strength of your case, but in the end you trust that the system will make it right more often than not.

I would prefer to see the law changed where if the public (which is what the court represents) makes a mistake then the public pays the cost for both taking a person out of the work force and getting him back on his feet. Just saying, "we were wrong, bye" leaves a person in an extremely vulnerable state. At least the guy has family. Were he someone else, he would be totally lost at this point. In other words, I'd like to see the system recognize the reality of what a mistake does. It is not a societal good if you release someone who may or may not be innocent AND not assist them financially thus causing a high likelihood of recidivism.

**Panacea** · 07-10-2013, 12:48 AM

I think my brain just broke.

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