Dec
26
Bedside Confession Releases Wrongly Convicted Death-Row Inmate; Court Says He Can Keep Injury Award
Posted by Editor | Posted in Find a Personal Injury Lawyer
While dying of cancer, a former district attorney confessed to suppressing a lab report that would have exonerated John Thompson, a man who was convicted of murder and on death row for the 1984 killing of a New Orleans hotel executive.
Thompson spent 14 long years awaiting his execution before he was exonerated and finally released from prison.
Last year a jury awarded him $14 million—a million for each year he sat on death row as an innocent man. His award was appealed but this week the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that he will rightfully retain the $14 million compensation for pain and suffering.
If you’ve been wrongly convicted or have experienced pain and suffering because of another person’s wrongdoings, you may be able to receive compensation for your injuries. Talk to a personal injury lawyer today about your legal options and demand justice.
Agreed. A Personal Injury Lawyer can help you not only if you have been directly injured because of the wrong doing of another but also if you have suffered because the responsible party failed to prevent the injury.