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Originally Posted by kennyc
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This report is from 2009. He's been free for a year now. $1.75 million seems very little for spending the 35 years from age 19 to age 54 in prison.
Here's a more recent case from Texas:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12115208
Cornelius Dupree Jr was in jail for 30 years. He was freed in July last year, and his conviction has now been officially overturned.
Two exceptional cases for the length of time served, but only two of many otherwise similar cases.
All reasons why I'm completely opposed to the death penalty.
[EDIT: I noticed (nine posts later) that this was my 4,000th post on Mobileread. Well, it could have been a lot more trivial, I suppose. I'm pleased with the last sentence.]