AMissouri judge recently overturned the conviction of Lamar Johnson, a man falsely accused of a murder 28 years ago. After spending three decades in prison, Johnson finally has his freedom but was offered no financial compensation for the time he lost and the new life he now has to build, per CBS4 News....However, Missouri still lacked legislation to give financial compensation to exonerated individuals. Why? Something as simple as the absence of DNA testing...
No Reparations for St. Louis Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for Three Decades (msn.com)Many states offer compensation for people whose criminal convictions are vacated. In Missouri, it’s very limited and Lamar Johnson will not qualify because the case did not hinge on DNA.“In Missouri, that ability is really just non-existent. So Missouri does not provide compensation for individuals who are wrongfully convicted unless they’re exonerated through a very specific procedure in which that person is requesting DNA testing and that DNA testing leads to evidence that proves their innocence,” explained Tricia Rojo Bushnell with the Midwest Innocence Project.The Midwest Innocence Project has launched a GoFundMe to help Johnson after he was freed. It has already raised thousands of dollars.
District Attorneys are more concerned with their prosecution record than whether or not someone is guilty.Vegas » 16 Feb 2023, 10:35 am » wrote: ↑ This is sad. 3 decades in prison for wrongfully being convicted of murder. Not a dime of reparations for him. Missouri doesn't provide compensation unless their exoneration went through a specific process that involved DNA testing. But it's too late for that, since that technology was not as sound as it is today. I cannot imagine being the victim of this injustice.
Oh, for you lefties, before you cry the whole racism thing, the judge was black. O'tay?
No Reparations for St. Louis Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for Three Decades (msn.com)
RebelGator » 16 Feb 2023, 10:38 am » wrote: ↑ District Attorneys are more concerned with their prosecution record than whether or not someone is guilty.
Z09 » 16 Feb 2023, 11:03 am » wrote: ↑ But at the same time the City of San Francisco wants to give Blacks hundreds of thousands of tax payer $$$ simply because...
....they're Black
In their defense, Missouri is a white racist flyover state...where wokeness doesn't exist...Z09 » 16 Feb 2023, 11:03 am » wrote: ↑ But at the same time the City of San Francisco wants to give Blacks hundreds of thousands of tax payer $$$ simply because...
....they're Black
JuCo 5 percenter...72
“Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime” ~ LAVRENTIY BERIA
"Try to get past your passionate ignorance and learn to accept what actually happened." ~ brown's unheeded words of wisdom Boo **** hoo.Z09 » 16 Feb 2023, 11:20 am » wrote: ↑ Some Black residents in SF could be eligible for $5M payment proposed by reparations committee
https://abc7news.com/black-reparations- ... /12716688/
Vegas » 16 Feb 2023, 10:35 am » wrote: ↑ This is sad. 3 decades in prison for wrongfully being convicted of murder. Not a dime of reparations for him. Missouri doesn't provide compensation unless their exoneration went through a specific process that involved DNA testing. But it's too late for that, since that technology was not as sound as it is today. I cannot imagine being the victim of this injustice.
Oh, for you lefties, before you cry the whole racism thing, the judge was black. O'tay?
No Reparations for St. Louis Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for Three Decades (msn.com)
Sure,why not?Z09 » 17 Feb 2023, 6:48 am » wrote: ↑ So you think it's a good idea that we give $5 million to every black person?
You don't read so well do you?Z09 » 17 Feb 2023, 7:44 am » wrote: ↑ There's millions of black people
Where do we get the $$ to pay every one $5 million each?
2,000 for head of houseZ09 » 17 Feb 2023, 6:48 am » wrote: ↑ So you think it's a good idea that we give $5 million to every black person?
Squatchman » 17 Feb 2023, 7:41 am » wrote: ↑ Sure,why not?
Because we didn't buy their great,great grandfather?
But someone's relatives did.
Rather see the money go for this rather than spending it on frivolous investigations like whether or not there was widespread election fraud. Which there wasn't.
So yeah,5 million a piece sounds about right.
**** you and your not wanting to pay for it,tranny.
Z09 » 17 Feb 2023, 6:48 am » wrote: ↑ So you think it's a good idea that we give $5 million to every black person?
Vegas » 17 Feb 2023, 10:48 am » wrote: ↑ Here is the problem, that you refuse to understand. You are ignorant of history. There is absolutely no possible way to track which blacks were direct ancestors of slaves. Also, there was so much mixed blood, between whites and reds, over the centuries, that you would not know who the pure Africans are. Even if they took a DNA test, to find their geographic roots, there is still no way to tell if their ancestors were slaves. In fact, many of the slaveowners had children with the slaves. They were also slaves. Thus, shouldn't their posterity deserve the 5 million, per your logic?
There is absolutely no possible way to track which blacks were direct ancestors of slaves.
WTF does the color of the judge have to do with it, moron?Vegas » 16 Feb 2023, 10:35 am » wrote: ↑ This is sad. 3 decades in prison for wrongfully being convicted of murder. Not a dime of reparations for him. Missouri doesn't provide compensation unless their exoneration went through a specific process that involved DNA testing. But it's too late for that, since that technology was not as sound as it is today. I cannot imagine being the victim of this injustice.
Oh, for you lefties, before you cry the whole racism thing, the judge was black. O'tay?
No Reparations for St. Louis Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for Three Decades (msn.com)
Blackvegetable » 17 Feb 2023, 11:16 am » wrote: ↑ WTF does the color of the judge have to do with it, moron?
Blackvegetable » 17 Feb 2023, 11:16 am » wrote: ↑ WTF does the color of the judge have to do with it, moron?
But the judge didn't write the law...Vegas » 17 Feb 2023, 9:32 pm » wrote: ↑ Exactly the point, you scumbag. The inmate was black. So naturally, you leftards will cry racism, blah blah blah...well, the judge was also black, So **** off.
Blackvegetable » 17 Feb 2023, 11:15 am » wrote: ↑ Thoughts...
“We use birth certificates to connect to current generations,” she said. “We can use those kinds of documents, then once we run out of those documents, probably around early 1900s, we start using the censuses to connect to the next generation.”
Other documents, included bills of sale, wills and deeds, are also helpful, as are the 6,000 or so slave narratives that exist, she said.
https://ktla.com/news/for-reparations-d ... e-but-how/