$13,888 Per Year
From today's AP wire:
A man who spent 18 years behind bars for allegedly attacking a woman in her home has been released after DNA testing excluded him as the attacker."Up to $250,000."
"I don't know how to apologize. I don't know where to start, but I'll start with me and 'I'm sorry,'" District Judge John Creuzot said Monday as he released Gregory Wallis, now 47. Creuzot was not involved in the original trial. [...]
Wallis was a 29-year-old warehouse worker when he was convicted in 1988 of burglary with intent to commit sexual assault and sentenced to 50 years in prison. [...]
Like others wrongly convicted in Texas, Wallis is eligible for up to $250,000 in compensation for the years he spent behind bars. He said he was he looking forward to enjoying a steak dinner and going fishing.
So he's eligible for "up to" $13,888 per year for each of the 18 years he wrongly spent behind bars, interest-free. At least Wallis's current judge said he's sorry.
That better be one hell of a steak dinner.
posted by Detlef at 5:02 AM permalink
1 Comments:
It's obscene that the money he receives might be limited in this way. They should pay AT LEAST a good salary per year he was incarcerated--$25,000 per year behind bars would be more like it, as a start, to make sure he can get back on his feet.
2:21 AM
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