Tampa man wrongfully imprisoned for nearly four decades to receive $14m
Tampa man wrongfully imprisoned for nearly four decades to receive $14m
Robert DuBoise, sentenced over a 1983 rape and murder he did not commit, says he hopes others in his position now ‘get justice’
Robert DuBoise, sentenced over a 1983 rape and murder he did not commit, says he hopes others in his position now ‘get justice’
A Tampa, Florida, man who has been authorized to receive $14m for spending nearly four decades in prison over a rape and murder which he did not commit says he hopes his case makes it easier for the unjustly convicted to achieve justice before it’s too late for them.
“I’m just grateful,” Robert DuBoise told the New York Times of the compensation that Tampa’s city council voted to pay him to settle a lawsuit over his wrongful conviction. He said he hoped others in his position now “get justice and can move on without having to spend the rest of their life fighting the system that has already wronged them”.
DuBoise was 18 at the time that 19-year-old Barbara Grams was raped and beaten to death as she walked home from her Tampa restaurant job in August 1983. A medical examiner determined that someone had bitten Grams on one of her cheeks, prompting investigators to take bite samples from multiple men, including DuBoise.
“Mark Zuckerberg made more than $28 billion this morning after Meta stock makes record surge” https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/02/business/meta-stock-surge-mark-zuckerberg/index.html
seems fair.
...your poster child for trickle-down economics. /s
He didn't make money, his net worth went up.
Also, how is that related to this in ANY way
He can easily get a low interest loan on that new worth going up.
$14m seems far too low:
- 40 years at $350,000 per year
- 480 months at $29,170 per month
- 14,600 days at $960 per day
Those don't sound too bad until you get to:
- 350,400 hours at $40 per hour.
$40 an hour in exchange for losing most of your life - and the vast majority of your best years - is a fucking disgrace.
not to mention the need for psychological damage compensation. The guy lived 40 years with people around him, his friends and maybe relatives thinking that he brutally raped and murdered a young girl. I would have gone crazy probably, and die of stomach cancer or sth.
I agree he should receive a higher compensation, but have no idea what that should be. I can't look at it in terms of dollars per hour and think of an appropriate amount worth giving up 40 years of life. If I was in that position I don't think 1billion would be fair.
Is the 14m taxable?
I saw it differently, I was pleasantly surprised to see an amount that high because now he has the remainder of his life, maybe 30 to 40 years, to spend 14 Million USD. He could buy a home and car and still have enough for a modest retirement, if he chooses to.
If he invests the remainder into VYM then the dividends alone would be more than my annual salary.
It should be total FU money. The state should give him free healthcare, free public transportation, free legal services, free public utilities, and free internet.
Just a forty year whoopsie daisy.
This story is like male disposability meets eminent domain.
“Meh, he was compensated for his time”
Is he actually gonna get it or is there gonna be an appeal where he’s dragged through the courts again for years and only awarded $500k after being forced to pay $10 million in legal fees?
It’s a settlement, which means the city agreed to pay the $14,000,000 instead of going to trial and risk a verdict of a much higher amount. So no there won’t be any appeals and he should see the money.
Your tax dollars at work /s
Not to mention the tax dollars spent to house and feed an innocent man. And the salaries of the lawyers and cops involved to get him there.
says he hopes others in his position now ‘get justice’
Hopefully this includes Tommy Zeigler.
reads the headline without context
Reality TV is going too far these days if you ask me..
How the fuck is money gonna fix this?
All prisons must go. Its inhumane to incarcerate people.
That's an interesting take. What do you recommend be done with criminals? Especially violent ones?
have you heard of restorative justice? it's a studied method that's proven more effective than prisons to rehabilitate offenders and heal the harm they've caused
Pass a law that says you can't be a violent criminal.
/s
Two words (and an article): Restorative Justice
This is 'Murica, you damned commie! MONEY IS EVERYTHING!