Thirty-five years in prison for a wrongful conviction
There is a growing number of wrongful convictions for sex offenses that keep surfacing throughout the country. This is what happens when no corroborating evidence is required: it is he-said-she-said.
This most recent case was in Michigan, but Florida has had its share of wrongful convictions for a sex offense. For almost a decade now, some Florida attorneys, judges, and advocates have been warning Florida has lowered the bar too far when it comes to convicting people of certain sex crimes. Many in the legal profession say that courts need more than the testimony of just one witness to send someone to prison.
The individual in the Michigan case is receiving $1.75 million in compensation. In Florida (by statute), a wrongfully convicted individual found innocent by a prosecuting attorney or administrative court judge is entitled to $50,000 annually, up to a maximum of $2 million, AS LONG AS HE/SHE HAS NO PRIOR FELONY CONVICTIONS.
A few years ago, a man wrongfully convicted of murder in Jacksonville, Florida, was said to have received $0 because he had a past felony. He had spent several decades in prison for a murder that the courts could no longer prove he had committed. So, if someone has a felony already on their record, is falsely accused of a murder, and spends years in prison for the wrongful conviction, then the citizens of Florida owe him/her nothing. This is just plain wrong! Many of Jacksonville’s citizens protested, and if my memory serves me correctly, the state finally did compensate him monetarily in some way, but only because of the protests.
Florida is such a shyster and god awful prison state.
How do i find out who the defending attotneys are. My case had “no identifiable victum” i got bad info from my attornors.
Try googling Innocence Project for the state you are in.
In Missouri it only takes the word of one person to convict someone and put them behind bars and on the registry for life. But to clear someone of a wrongful conviction it is only reversible if there is clear dna evidence. Figure that one out.
How does one go about proving false imprisonment and false allegations when it comes to no evidence he said/she said convictions in military courts?? Would be interesting to have several of those looked into..
In military courts, it would be best to first get the verdict threshold to be 100% guilty votes across the panel and not the 75% threshold it is today (outside of capital cases which is 100% guilty votes across the panel). Then, it would behoove to look at what you are referring to.
My son 23, who has ADHD was caught in a sting called operation blue shepherd in 2011. The police posted an ad in Craigslist adult casual encounters (it was a legal site only for sexual encounters) it read: “Sisters looking for a hot night – W4M – 19. Two sisters seeking a man that can handle both of us. We are ready for a hot night, are you?
When the ICAC officer took the stand (under oath) and was asked by the prosecutor, “are the police allowed to bend and break the rules and even violate the laws of the state of Florida to catch a criminal” the officer answered “yes”. My son was no criminal. The officer was the aggressor and pushed my son into going. My son said, “maybe tomorrow”. The ICAC officer said “Oh well you sux!!! Why tomorrow”. The ICAC officer was the initiator, willing participant, aggressor, or provoker of the incident.
Ms. Cutler who was another chatter for the police department for the Operation Blue Shepherd was asked in a deposition by my son’s lawyer, “Did they discuss with you entrapment issues?” Ms.Cutler answered, “Yes, that was discussed.” My son’s lawyer asked, “And what do you recall about those discussions?” Ms. Cutler answered, “You know, they just warned to be careful and to make sure that you – that it is really open in your discussion how old you are or how old the child is that they will be coming to see. And if they don’t want to come, don’t encourage them to
come.”
The ICAC officer April McCray, said she did not have any data proving children were being trafficked for sex on Adult Casual Encounters. Bait and Switch is prohibited as per the Craigslist ToUs.
This was ENTRAPMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW but Florida just turned their heads because it puts a lot of Money into the state. The circle of Money keeps going. This is the biggest racketeering scam, and they know they can get away with it.
You would think the “No prior felony convictions” for compensation could be challenged in court for a subsequent conviction being wrongful. You are punishing the person again by withholding money from them that is allocated to others by state law and not equally protecting the integrity of the law with the original intent to compensate others for the misdeeds of the legal system.