Man freed after 27 years in prison

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As one monster(Fritzl) looks forward to the remainder of his life in prison, another has been freed from one after being sentenced for rape and murder in 1979.

Apparently advances in forensics (DNA testing)Have concluded that he was not responsible for the murder at all.

1)Can anybody imagine what it must be like to be incarcerated for nearly 30 years as an innocent man.

2)What must the family of the murdered girl be thinking now that justice seems not to have been served.
 
One of the things I have seen at acquittal coverage or incorrect convictions is the family usually says that "We know he did it".  To me, this is terribly unfair, but it must be very hard to unhate someone after you spend 30 years hating them.
 
I'd kill the family, for start. Then i would bomb the whole courthouse.
 
Seems like I hear about a few cases like this every year - and I'm sure I only hear about a fraction of what's out there. But it's good to know that innocent people are being given their lives back.
 
Wow! I wouldn't say that Zare, at least without a smiley attached.
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Yes my friend, we all have morals, right and wrong etc...i feel guilty after shouting at someone, let alone doing physical harm. However, i'm speaking from a hypothetical perspective of myself in a scenario where i'm locked for 27 years for something i haven't done. So, probably, i'd go nutcase and...

..a briefcase of lunch and a man on the edge
each step gets closer to losing his head

No money compensation can compensate for 27 years of prison. On the other hand, one of my friends said that compensation will ensure two generations of his offspring (if he has any) or family a very nice life.
 
I'd say a pick of the hottest hookers, drugs and alcohol, a home, a car and a boat all paid for for the rest of his life..... plus cash would go a long way to mending the fences.
 
Without knowing the details of the case, I wonder what was going through his mind when he confessed to the crime. But I bet he's been wishing he hadn't for 27 years.
 
It seems that the guy has a mental illness and apart from confessing to this crime, he also confessed to 200 other crimes some  that did not exist, he was, as they say, a pathological liar, his defence stated this at the trial.

He could receive up to £1m, but may also sue the Forensic Science Service, because when his lawyers asked about DNA evidence in 1998, they were, wrongly, told it was lost. He was shafted twice.

As far as police pressure goes, the article I've read states that the Jury may have been influenced by the Judge.His Defence Lawyer says that "The Judge's extraordinary summing up gave us no chance." Apparrently The Defence was repeatedly interrupted by the Judge duing their closing speech.
 
LooseCannon said:
Police pressure?  It is hard to tell...Kop, do you have a news link for it?
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7950303.stm

SinisterMinisterX said:
Seems like I hear about a few cases like this every year...
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As the news link states above, advancements in DNA science have helped this man and will probably free more and more.
 
SinisterMinisterX said:
But it's good to know that innocent people are being given their lives back.
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Sorry, but how are these people being given their lives back? Are they going to be put in a time machine and sent back for the time they served, because that's the only way they would get them back. They're been released from prison, but that doesn't change the amount of time they had to spend in there, possibly a third of his life in this guy's case. They can give him money all they want, but that doesn't change anything about losing out on nearly 30 years of experiences, so I have to disagree with you statement SMX.
 
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