Wrongly Convicted, Two Innocent Men Soon To Put A Price On Years Lost In Prison

[NutmegYankee]

They spent decades locked up for murders they did not commit. Now they are approaching the moment when they have to put a price on the years they lost in a prison cell.

Kenneth Ireland and Miguel Roman, whose cases are regarded as two of Connecticut's most notorious legal failures, have until the end of this month to place a dollar value on things that seem virtually incalculable: lost liberty and happiness, missed family time, a ruined reputation.

And what is the price tag for the physical and mental suffering endured by an innocent person put behind bars?

The two men will try to answer this question when they each submit what's called a "damage analysis" to the state Office of the Claims Commissioner in which they must outline in detail what they think is fair compensation for the time they spent wrongly imprisoned.

http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-connecticut-wrongful-convictions-20140302,0,350750.story

[RC]

1. They could both have been CEO's, pulling in 150 million a year.

Add pain and suffering to that and there might be enough left over after the attorneys get their share, for them to live on for a few years, while they are fruitlessly job hunting.

I ain't cynical, I just live in this world.