Belaboring the obvious, at last
from the NY Times
After Exoneration, Then What?By EMILY BAZELON
NEW HAVEN
It's bad enough to be locked up for years for a crime you didn't commit. What's worse is to get out and find that you're on your own.
Yet when the wrongfully convicted gain their freedom, they're usually not entitled to the social services, like help with housing and jobs, that other released convicts receive. (They're not on probation or eligible for other ex-offender programs.) Just as troubling, they rarely get any money from state governments to make up for the years of lost freedom, livelihood and time with loved ones.
For what they've suffered, these victims deserve better. Since the state fractured their lives, it should help them put the pieces back together.
posted by Prometheus 6 at 5/9/2003 08:59:27 AM |
Posted by P6 at May 9, 2003 08:59 AM
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