Who Pays for Unlawful Imprisonment?

Los Angeles Daily Journal, Thursday, September 9, 2010

1 Pages Posted: 24 Oct 2010

Date Written: September 9, 2010

Abstract

The mere thought of being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned is disturbing. So the dramatic increase in wrongfully convicted persons gaining their freedom is simultaneously comforting and distressing. Often these exonerees bring suit against the cities, states and officials whose actions precipitated their wrongful conviction. Under federal and state civil rights and compensation statutes or the common law of false imprisonment, such individuals are receiving increasingly large settlements. The biggest payouts usually involve burying witnesses and destroying evidence.

Suggested Citation

Wood, Robert W. and Karachale, Christopher A., Who Pays for Unlawful Imprisonment? (September 9, 2010). Los Angeles Daily Journal, Thursday, September 9, 2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1696154

Robert W. Wood (Contact Author)

Wood LLP ( email )

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Wood LLP ( email )

333 Sacramento Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
United States
415-834-1800 (Phone)
415-834-1888 (Fax)

HOME PAGE: http://www.WoodLLP.com

Christopher A. Karachale

Hanson Bridgett LLP ( email )

425 Market Street, 26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
United States
(415) 995-5863 Direct (Phone)
(415) 995-3407 Fax (Fax)

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