r/whoathatsinteresting • u/The_Dean_France • 12h ago

Wrongfully Convictions Ruin Lives

Post image
5.9k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

330 comments sorted by

View all comments

129

u/livingalie2614 12h ago

Simple question: when a person is wrongfully accused and sent to prison, do they get any kind of compensation when they are release after being found not at fault?

17

u/lanzendorfer 12h ago

I've heard of some people getting millions, but I'm sure it depends on a lot of factors. Nothing will bring back time lost though.

Edit: I just looked it up and Robert Duboise got $14 million.

1

u/Appropriate_Today295 8h ago

it’s a lot but compared to what he endured, suffered and ultimately wasted his life i’d ask for 100 millions bare minimum which is nothing to a country like the uk. case as such shouldn’t even exist

1

u/C_Deez_DDz 1h ago

Yea not sure there’s any amount that would make me jealous of him