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How Should We Compensate Those Wrongfully Imprisoned

AIR DATE: August 5, 2011
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Last week, Dwayne Johnson won a $1.5 million settlement from the Metro Police Department.  Due to a DNA lab error, Johnson had spent over 4 years in prison for a robbery he didn't commit.  Now, officials are considering whether Nevada should have set guidelines for how much the wrongfully convicted should be compensated.  Is $1.5 million enough for four years of your life?  How should these guidelines be determined?  And should Nevada have pre-set amounts, or be able to determine the amount depending on the situation?

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Larry Brown, Clark County Commissioner and Metro Police Fiscal Affairs Committee member
Richard Schonfeld, attorney of Dwayne Jackson, Chesnoff & Schonfeld
Steve Saloom, policy director, The Innocence Project
 


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