Post #339,840
2/16/11 8:53:49 PM
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Texas rejects compensation for wrongly convicted man
The Texas Comptroller's Office has denied compensation to Anthony Graves, who spent 18 years on death row before a special prosecutor determined he was innocent and authorities dropped capital murder charges against him.
The state determined that Graves, 45, who could have received as much as $1.4 million had he been deemed eligible, should receive nothing because the words "actual innocence" didn't appear in the document ordering his release, according to a letter the office sent to Graves' attorney, Nicole Casarez.
Graves said he will continue to press for compensation.
"Nothing has ever been easy for me on this road to justice," Graves said. "I haven't given up on it and I hope justice will prevail and I'll be compensated."
Casarez said she was informed of the refusal Friday after phoning the comptroller's office to find out why she hadn't received a response even though the 45-day limit to act on Graves' request had lapsed.
A letter e-mailed to Casarez from the comptroller's office said the order dismissing the charges must say explicitly that Graves is innocent. Casarez said the office should have taken her client's unique circumstances into consideration.
http://www.chron.com...itan/7426785.html
Bet they'd pay up if the guy was white ...
"Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from."
-- E.L. Doctorow
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Post #339,856
2/17/11 11:03:00 AM
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Perry pledges to help Graves get compensation
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Post #339,858
2/17/11 11:08:15 AM
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Why must you..
..attach race to an act of simple stupidity.
Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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Post #339,865
2/17/11 7:40:05 PM
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Re: Why must you..
Look at all of the people that have been falsely incarcerated in Texas, but were released within the past few years. What do they all have in common? They're all lower income minorities. And after being released no one in the state's judicial system will even APOLOGIZE to these men, let alone go to bat for them to get some level of compensation for having their lives ruined.
"Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from."
-- E.L. Doctorow
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Post #339,874
2/18/11 7:13:38 AM
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Re: Why must you..
Gov of the state pledging to correct the state accountant seems to counter your assertion in this case, at least.
Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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Post #339,913
2/19/11 2:22:29 PM
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TX is $27 billion in the hole
where is Gov. Goodhair going to get the money?
"Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from."
-- E.L. Doctorow
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Post #339,937
2/19/11 11:21:31 PM
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Re: TX is $27 billion in the hole
What does that have to do with this being racism issue?
Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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Post #339,978
2/21/11 8:33:56 PM
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#43014
you brought the "state accountant" into the thread.
"Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from."
-- E.L. Doctorow
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Post #339,988
2/22/11 6:25:35 AM
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Re: #43014
Which in the previous post I had called out for stupidity...you had called the entire system out as racist..but the gov seems to counter your assertion...but not mine.
Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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