The city of Naperville must pay $22.5 million in damages for the wrongful conviction of a Naperville man who spent 22 years in prison for the 1995 murder of his mother-in-law, a crime he was later …
On one hand as a working citizen they would have never earned that amount in that time most definitely. But all the memories and joys of life gone for money is a tragedy in and of itself. Wrongful convictions happen all the time. Its a cruel unfair world. Prison reform is so underrated. Some of the smartest people one could ever meet are in prison. Sure their legitimate crazies. We need rehabilitation which can take many forms as life isn’t black and white as we like to think.
On one hand as a working citizen they would have never earned that amount in that time most definitely. But all the memories and joys of life gone for money is a tragedy in and of itself. Wrongful convictions happen all the time. Its a cruel unfair world. Prison reform is so underrated. Some of the smartest people one could ever meet are in prison. Sure their legitimate crazies. We need rehabilitation which can take many forms as life isn’t black and white as we like to think.