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Thread: Judge declares a man wrongfully imprisoned for 28 years for a slaying he didn’t do.

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    Judge declares a man wrongfully imprisoned for 28 years for a slaying he didn’t do.

    A judge declares a man wrongfully imprisoned for 28 years for a slaying he didn’t commit..

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    A Cleveland man who spent nearly three decades behind bars for a murder he always maintained he didn’t commit was declared wrongfully imprisoned on Monday. Charles Jackson struggled to keep from smiling when Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Kathleen Sutula made the decision in a case that stems from a 1991 slaying at an apartment building on Othello Avenue. He had spent 28 years in prison. The declaration allows Jackson to collect money in the Ohio Court of Claims for each year he spent behind bars.

    Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s office and Jackson’s attorneys from the law firm of Friedman, Gilbert and Gerhardstein filed a joint motion on Monday, agreeing that Jackson was wrongfully imprisoned.


    Jackson said that receiving the roughly $52,000 for each year he wrongly spent behind bars will allow him to take care of his mother and his siblings. But he said it is only the first step for the state to atone for taking away more than half his life. “I don’t think they can ever make it right,” Jackson said. Jackson last year filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against Cleveland, the police detectives who worked on his case and an assistant Cuyahoga County prosecutor who initially redacted multiple pages of exculpatory police reports in response to a request from attorneys with the Ohio Innocence Project. The federal case is pending before Judge J. Philip Calabrese.


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    He'll be receiving close to 1.5 million in compensation. Will there be any further compensation?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    He'll be receiving close to 1.5 million in compensation. Will there be any further compensation?
    I think so....
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    28 years in prison for a crime you didn't commit would be difficult to get over.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    I think so....
    I would hope so considering the detectives suppressed info multiple times that would of proven his innocence. He not only deserves a larger financial settlement imo but the officers who essentially put this man in prison knowing he was innocent, should be facing a prison term themselves if they are still alive today!

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    The hubris and lack of accountability from our government to wrongfully imprison someone and only compensate them with 50K per year. Disgusting. Government is a criminal entity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Xl View Post
    The hubris and lack of accountability from our government to wrongfully imprison someone and only compensate them with 50K per year. Disgusting. Government is a criminal entity.
    I thought of you when I made this thread. it is terrible.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigdog View Post
    I would hope so considering the detectives suppressed info multiple times that would of proven his innocence. He not only deserves a larger financial settlement imo but the officers who essentially put this man in prison knowing he was innocent, should be facing a prison term themselves if they are still alive today!
    The officers suppressing information should get the death penalty.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Xl View Post
    The officers suppressing information should get the death penalty.
    Agree.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    I thought of you when I made this thread. it is terrible.
    This is the sort of thing that makes me have very little faith in our country. It happens more than people realize, and no one is ever held accountable.

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