Quote Originally Posted by nreggie454 View Post
I agree. While it completely sucks ass that they lost years of their lives, it only hurts the system more to be giving large sums of money to every guy that gets his conviction overturned. Maybe they could get exemption from taxes for X years or some other compensation that doesn't put a heavy burden on taxpayers and state budgets.
Tell that to the guy who had essentially his whole life taken away from him. You can say it puts a heavy burden on taxpayers but you won't actually notice the difference, and imo I wouldn't mind the money I'm already giving to go towards a situation like this. If you get locked up for 30 years, a gift basket from Bed Bath & Beyond isn't going to do shit for you, you're going to need a means to live. I can't imagine it would be easy to have to completely restart your life without any immediate funding.