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Tampa man wrongfully imprisoned for nearly four decades to receive $14m (www.theguardian.com)

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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.

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[–] Tremble -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well, considering we don’t actually have any rehabilitation in the United States….. you’re basically arguing that we should continue to trample on the human rights of prisoners because you believe that there are people who can not be rehabilitated.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not arguing against rehab or prison reform. You are right that we desperately need it. I'm arguing against the total abolishment of some kind of prison system because there are some who simply should not be allowed near the public. Porque no los dos?

[–] Tremble 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Both are possible, but until we have an actual rehabilitation system we will continue to incarcerate innocent people I suppose

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

True. Sad, but true.