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.
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