Black man who spent 44 years in prison before he was exonerated gets record $25M settlement

[Superbadbrutha]

I don't know why they gave the SOB a settlement.

If he was a Negro then he committed crimes that he was not in jail for and he woud have committed more crimes had he not been in jail.

I wish they would lock your racist ass up for 44yrs, because I am quite sure you have committed a few crimes and take your butt buddy dumbwinger with you.

 

[otto105]

You are aware of course, that innocent white men have been convicted as well, right?

Always hanging in there for the whites are ya dean.

 

[deannalw]

Always hanging in there for the whites are ya dean.

Someone's gotta do it, toto105

 

[initforme]

BS. Money does not grow on trees. If you pay $1K state income tax each year it will take 1000 years to get to even $1million. If you pay $10K property tax only 100 yrs to pay him 1million. Do the math. This goes on all the time for BS police claims etc. Ghetto lottery much?

Don't wrongfully accuse and incarcerate then. I totally support the amount.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

BS. Money does not grow on trees. If you pay $1K state income tax each year it will take 1000 years to get to even $1million. If you pay $10K property tax only 100 yrs to pay him 1million. Do the math. This goes on all the time for BS police claims etc. Ghetto lottery much?

Well you are a racist POS, so who is surprised. What do you think the price is for locking up someone for 44yrs of their life for a crime they didn't commit?

 

[Blaster]

Well you are a racist POS, so who is surprised. What do you think the price is for locking up someone for 44yrs of their life for a crime they didn't commit?

He should consider himself lucky that he wasn't executed.

 

[initforme]

The man spent 44 years while being innocent and some think that's wrong.

 

[22lcidw]

The 44 years is a long time. And it is not like when in the joint, he had his own single home on the lake. Subjugated to the authoritarians in the place. Perhaps having to play games for safety at one time or the other. Emasculation is real and there are people who like pushing it on others.

 

[initforme]

So does fair payments. I fully support the amount. As a white male Christian that is.

 

[Invisibleflash]

A Black North Carolina man who spent 44 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of raping a prominent white woman has been awarded a historic $25 million settlement more than three years after he was exonerated.

Ronnie Long, 68, settled his civil lawsuit with the city of Concord, about 25 miles northeast of Charlotte, for $22 million, the city said in a news release Tuesday. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation had previously settled for $3 million, according to Duke Law School’s Wrongful Convictions Clinic.

The clinic, which represented Long, said the settlement is the second largest wrongful conviction settlement recorded.

"It’s, obviously, a celebratory day today knowing that Ronnie’s going to have his means met for the rest of his life with this settlement. It’s been a long road to get to this point so that’s a great outcome," clinical professor Jamie Lau, Long's criminal attorney, said in a phone interview Tuesday.

"Have we found justice in this case? Absolutely not. No amount of money will ever compensate Ronnie for all that he lost, but this is a big step forward for him," Lau said.

The city also issued a rare public apology to Long.

"We are deeply remorseful for the past wrongs that caused tremendous harm to Mr. Long, his family, friends and our community. Mr. Long suffered the extraordinary loss of his freedom and a substantial portion of his life because of this conviction," the city said. "He wrongly served 44 years, 3 months and 17 days in prison for a crime he did not commit."

They said there was no physical evidence tying Long to the rape and burglary and he did not match the original description of the suspect — a "yellow or really light-skinned Black male." A rape kit collected at the hospital and provided to Concord police went missing and has never been found, Long's attorneys said.

They said the prosecution’s main piece of evidence was the victim identifying Long weeks after the attack and it was "the product of a suggestive identification procedure arranged by the police to target Long."

There were also numerous pieces of evidence from the scene, including suspect hair and 43 fingerprints, that could have helped exonerate him, according to his attorneys. The evidence, which they said did not belong to Long, was tested by investigators but not disclosed. The attorneys also accused Concord police officers of giving false testimony about the evidence at Long's trial.

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44yrs for a crime you didn't commit and all it took was a white woman to say, "He did it".

Why isn't the false accuser being locked up for 44yrs? What does she have to pay?

Why aren't the crooked ass cops being prosecuted?

Why isn't the crooked ass prosecutor being prosecuted?

You want to talk about a 2 tier Justice System, this is a fine example of it.

Well, good for him. But I'd rather be free for 44 years and not have the money. Some people wrongfully incarcerated got very little $. So at least he got that.

 

[Blaster]

Well, good for him. But I'd rather be free for 44 years and not have the money. Some people wrongfully incarcerated got very little $. So at least he got that.

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I bet he got lots of sex while serving time.

 

[initforme]

He's got 25 mil now as a white Christian male he I am happy for him.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

He should consider himself lucky that he wasn't executed.

There is no low for racist trash like you, which further tells me your racist ass has never dated a black woman.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

I bet he got lots of sex while serving time.

I bet you fantasize about that.

 

[Blaster]

There is no low for racist trash like you, which further tells me your racist ass has never dated a black woman.

What part of my comment was racist? Yes I dated a black woman and she would tell you I'm not a racist.

 

[Blaster]

I bet you fantasize about that.

Haha

 

[airplanemechanic]

Can't you type in one font? That's just annoying

It is one font, he just randomly selects words and bolds them.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

What part of my comment was racist? Yes I dated a black woman and she would tell you I'm not a racist.

I bet she would if there was one.

 

[initforme]

What's so egegious about the settlement?

 

[Blaster]

I bet she would if there was one.

Why would I lie about it?