Mondays Daily Topic

[samantha1303]

Victim to pay out.

The victim of a miscarriage of justice faces having to pay back a quarter of his likely £1million compensation – to pay for his upkeep during his 27 years in jail.

Sean Hodgson, 57, was wrongly convicted of a murder he did not commit.
Yet he has been told up to £250,000 may be deducted from his payout, to cover his food and board inside.

The maximum payout for this kind of thing is £1million but they then deduct your board and lodgings.

Instead of making it sound so ridiculous why don't they just award £750,000.
To tell someone who has had to spend 27 years in jail for no reason that you are charging them for been there is totally taking the mick.

[Win2Win]

I think a more important issue is why you are posting a new topic at 3am? :laugh

[vegyjones]

I can't believe that the maximum compensation for wrongful imprisonment is only £1 million.

You can't really put a price on taking away someone's freedom for 27 years wrongfully can you? That's 27 years they aren't going to get back!

[samantha1303]

I think a more important issue is why you are posting a new topic at 3am? :laugh

All in the name of research :wink

[samantha1303]

I can't believe that the maximum compensation for wrongful imprisonment is only £1 million.

You can't really put a price on taking away someone's freedom for 27 years wrongfully can you? That's 27 years they aren't going to get back!

It doesn't seem much really does it, even less if they were earning alot of money in their employment.
I don't know how they work it out, but as you say how can they put a price on taking someones life away from them for 27 years.

[CharlesBarkley]

Why do they spend so much money giving them all these luxuries then, computer games sky tv, three hot meals per day, money for doing jobs. It's ok for the real scumbags to get all this at our expense though

[samantha1303]

Why do they spend so much money giving them all these luxuries then, computer games sky tv, three hot meals per day, money for doing jobs. It's ok for the real scumbags to get all this at our expense though

Thats a very good question, I couldn't have put it better myself.