Hopefully he can seek some type of civil action.

You should at least get you yearly salary. yikes.

"$5,000 plus $18,240 in attorney fees"

That's terrible. He should take that $5,000 and move out of Wisconsin as fast as he can.

If I were falsely accused, I'd settle for $5000 if the accuser, cops, and prosecutor who railroaded me served the same sentence I did.

If the state convicted him in good faith, the real financial burden should go on the accuser. TFA doesn't give a lot of details about the case though.

move out of Wisconsin as fast as he can

More like leave the country. Money cant fix reputation. Wrongly convicted or not, that 'false' charge will haunt him the rest of his life.

5000$ seems like a strange and random number, but I think the accusers family (as accuser was presumably a minor by definition) should be responsible for lost wages, slander/lible (I tend to forget the line between the two) and like. Maybe the state should be responsible for kicking down whatever would be necessary to get the guy back on his feet (help with the bank if he lost his house, help him get an apartment if he rented, that sort of thing) until the money started coming in from the family at which point the family would have to pay the state back.

/thinking off the top of my as-yet-uncaffeinated head...

$5000 is too low as is, but when you take into consideration how child molesters tend to be treated behind bars, it is WAY too low.

Godscrack: More like leave the country. Money cant fix reputation. Wrongly convicted or not, that 'false' charge will haunt him the rest of his life.

You know that line in the job applications, and professional license applications, "have you ever been convicted of a crime"? For him the answer will always be "yes." The explanation after that will for for some, not for others. He is forever disadvantaged and should be compensated.

aimtastic: If I were falsely accused, I'd settle for $5000 if the accuser, cops, and prosecutor who railroaded me served the same sentence I did.

Are you kidding? The damage to one's reputation alone on a wrongful arrest/conviction/imprisonment has got to be worth more than $5,000, even if the asshats responsible serve the time you did. Not to mention the psychological trauma of realizing that the legal system failed you in the worst possible way.

Kome: The damage to one's reputation alone on a wrongful arrest/conviction/imprisonment has got to be worth more than $5,000, even if the asshats responsible serve the time you did. Not to mention the psychological trauma of realizing that the legal system failed you in the worst possible way.

5,000 times THIS.

Kome: Are you kidding? The damage to one's reputation alone on a wrongful arrest/conviction/imprisonment has got to be worth more than $5,000, even if the asshats responsible serve the time you did. Not to mention the psychological trauma of realizing that the legal system failed you in the worst possible way.

Oh for fark's sake, yes I was kidding. Yes, $5000 is a laughable sun to make up for the horrors of being falsely accused of such a heinous crime. I was simply making the point that those who make false accusations and those who zealously prosecute on false accusations should suffer at least as much as their victim. Jesus.

Tomorrow he'll get a $6000 bill charging for room & board.

$5,000 would buy a lot of guns and ammunition for deer hunting.

$5K seems a tad low. He should receive whatever his annual salary was from his last job.

Not to mention the psychological trauma of realizing that the legal system failed you in the worst possible way.
How about the psychological and physical trauma that he no doubt suffered while in prison? You ever hear what they do to "short eyes" in the can?

/yes, they do it in the can
//how many ass pillows does $5000 buy?

From Fark one year ago:

SomeFrothingNancy: Cut his penis off!

InternetToughGuy6969: SomeFrothingNancy: Cut his penis off!

That's too good for him! He should get gangraped every night in jail so he suffers like that poor innocent victimized girl!

PsychoDad: Well, I like to pretend that I'm an intelligent human being, but I too accidentally launched a load of spunk into a fertile baby-maker, so I say if he's found guilty then he deserves everything that happens to him. If it was my daughter I'd have blah blah blah blah blah...

I'm surprised only AntiNorm pointed out that he didn't just serve time, he served time for child molestation. Going to prison for some things certainly works out worst than other offenses, and this is one of them. Holy shiat.

aimtastic:
If I were falsely accused, I'd settle for $5000 if the accuser, cops, and prosecutor who railroaded me served the same sentence I did.

intrigued, newsletter, etc.

How much worse would it be if he had never been cleared?

$5,000 for having your life and name ruined for at least 20 years?

Yeah, sounds fair.

If he can't file a civil case because of the $5000 limit maybe he can use the money as a down payment for a hit man.

LowbrowDeluxe: From Fark one year ago:

SomeFrothingNancy: Cut his penis off!

InternetToughGuy6969: SomeFrothingNancy: Cut his penis off!

That's too good for him! He should get gangraped every night in jail so he suffers like that poor innocent victimized girl!

PsychoDad: Well, I like to pretend that I'm an intelligent human being, but I too accidentally launched a load of spunk into a fertile baby-maker, so I say if he's found guilty then he deserves everything that happens to him. If it was my daughter I'd have blah blah blah blah blah...

Still waiting on people to show up and say, "well he might not have done this one but he might do the next one!".

/DRTFA

aimtastic: Oh for fark's sake, yes I was kidding. Yes, $5000 is a laughable sun to make up for the horrors of being falsely accused of such a heinous crime. I was simply making the point that those who make false accusations and those who zealously prosecute on false accusations should suffer at least as much as their victim. Jesus.

Ah. I figured you were kinda serious that you would be okay with any monetary settlement as long as the people who screwed the pooch got sent to jail. It's not really a bad posistion to be in, and I do encourage that kind of restitution. My focus was on the $5,000 more than the idiots being sent to jail to learn from their mistake.

Well, the $5000 is the law. That law sucks. Get the law changed, which I can't believe no one has tried to do yet.

Yeah, my fear is this poor guy will get arrested for not registering as a sex offender.
No officer I was exonerated.
Don't use your filthy big pervert Words on me.

How about 5,000 volts to the testicles/ovaries of everyone involved in convicting him?

/this is why there should be no death penalty, people

radioman_: Well, the $5000 is the law. That law sucks. Get the law changed, which I can't believe no one has tried to do yet.

what? and make gubberment officals responsible for their mistakes? My GOD man! Are you aware of what you're saying!?

BobtheFascist: $5K seems a tad low. He should receive whatever his annual salary was from his last job.

Your job includes possible assrape and beatings? Is it also 24x7 no vacations?

/He should get 3 times his annual salary at least

Godscrack: move out of Wisconsin as fast as he can

More like leave the country. Money cant fix reputation. Wrongly convicted or not, that 'false' charge will haunt him the rest of his life.

Congrats, we've successfully protected the children.

Throw whoever made the screw-up in jail for a while, if it was not in good faith. And add a zero or two onto the dude's compensation.

Wanted for questioning.

just kat: slander/lible (I tend to forget the line between the two)

Slander is fleeting, like someone got mad at you in the office and spread a rumor. Libel is persistent like a series of newspaper articles, or in this case testimony sufficient to put someone away.

Definitely libel here. Nobody goes to jail on slanderous statements. But those are crimes, not really relevant to a civil judgment.

I think there is a difference between a false allegation and a malicious and knowing false allegation. In this case, it's not clear that the victim made the false allegation knowingly.

The guy was 10 when it happened, he had already been abused by other members of his family, and it was ten to 15 years later when the trial happened.

It's presumably the state's responsibility, and our responsibility as citizens to know how to adequately judge the testimony of a ten year old witness made 10 to 15 years after the crime occurred.

I can't think of ANY compensation that would make up for something like that!!! However, they could at least START by giving this victim a completely new identity (including plastic surgery) and a few million dollars.

Ceph: $5,000 would buy a lot of guns and ammunition for deer hunting.


He should think a bit about black-powder rifles, too. Those are a fun hobby. And maybe a few tanks of propane. For grilling.

The LAW is the LAW. Those who are convicted of breaking it should pay the price. We need to support and trust our brave policemen in their law enforcement duties; if we don't, we give free rein to the terrorists and the criminals.

radioman_: Well, the $5000 is the law. That law sucks. Get the law changed, which I can't believe no one has tried to do yet.

Change the law that forces the state to pay for its mistakes?

Hahaha, right. Did that come from an episode of Mayberry or something?

Earguy: Godscrack: More like leave the country. Money cant fix reputation. Wrongly convicted or not, that 'false' charge will haunt him the rest of his life.

You know that line in the job applications, and professional license applications, "have you ever been convicted of a crime"? For him the answer will always be "yes." The explanation after that will for for some, not for others. He is forever disadvantaged and should be compensated.

I would imagine that wouldn't be the case if the courts overturned his conviction. I wonder if any attorney farkers would care to input?

Earguy: Godscrack: More like leave the country. Money cant fix reputation. Wrongly convicted or not, that 'false' charge will haunt him the rest of his life.

You know that line in the job applications, and professional license applications, "have you ever been convicted of a crime"? For him the answer will always be "yes." The explanation after that will for for some, not for others. He is forever disadvantaged and should be compensated.

Well if the conviction is vacated (or something) then he doesn't have to report it. There are ways to have past trouble officially removed from your record. Of course, if someone googled you you'd have to tell the story, probably cough up some records showing what happened, etc...

I think in cases such as this, That the prosecuteors and the D.A. should be subjected to the same punishment.Let them have thier lives ruined as well. If they were made to do time,I am quite sure that they would be more carefull. They really dont care if you are innocent or not. Just look at how many cases of wrongly accused ther are in this country. Justice my arse.

Bob Ondeeznuts: "$5,000 plus $18,240 in attorney fees"

That's terrible. He should take that $5,000 and move out of Wisconsin as fast as he can.

That's a lot of money to a cheese-head.

liberalish: Earguy: Godscrack: More like leave the country. Money cant fix reputation. Wrongly convicted or not, that 'false' charge will haunt him the rest of his life.

You know that line in the job applications, and professional license applications, "have you ever been convicted of a crime"? For him the answer will always be "yes." The explanation after that will for for some, not for others. He is forever disadvantaged and should be compensated.

Well if the conviction is vacated (or something) then he doesn't have to report it. There are ways to have past trouble officially removed from your record. Of course, if someone googled you you'd have to tell the story, probably cough up some records showing what happened, etc...

And when it asks about your job for the past year, what do you put there?

Add 3 or 4 more zeros to the end of that, and you've got closer to what losing a year of life is worth. If he was raped in prison, and now has an incurable STD, all the money in the world would not be enough compensation.

it's ok, it's character forming

Godscrack: move out of Wisconsin as fast as he can

More like leave the country. Money cant fix reputation. Wrongly convicted or not, that 'false' charge will haunt him the rest of his life.

He could move to Canada, but as of Friday, his $5000 US would only be $4999 Canadian.

RoyBatty: I think there is a difference between a false allegation and a malicious and knowing false allegation. In this case, it's not clear that the victim made the false allegation knowingly.

That's an excellent point. There was a recent Texas case were a guy falsely convicted of rape was cleared after DNA tests. He spent at least 10 years in the slam. There were some people just flaming the woman who made the accusations, and very unfairly. She WAS raped, it's just that she picked the wrong guy out of the lineup. The guy wrongly convicted had the bad luck of living nearby and looking at lot like the guy who actually did commit the crime.

RoyBatty
I think there is a difference between a false allegation and a malicious and knowing false allegation. In this case, it's not clear that the victim made the false allegation knowingly

This is exactly what I was thinking as I read all these posts demanding that the accuser/accuser's family be held criminally liable for this.

TFA says that this guy was out when another person came forward and confessed. So it wasn't like someone made up some abuse story out of whole cloth- something happened here.

Looks like the investigation went wrong and the trial as well, but you can't really say from what we know that the victim was out to get this guy.