A thought criminal is found innocent

personally, I think he should seek retribution

There is always a danger of convicting the wrong person. Sometimes I feel there is not enough evidence by far. We have had a few horrible cases here as well where people have spendt gthe better part of their lives in jail when they in fact had done nothing like what they were convicted of. The man should seek compensation. It should be big. Not because I am in favour of suing for everything hat goes wrong in a life, but because the state has aken away som many years from him. His relations are broken and he has lost years of his carrear and earning potential. he has lost out on climing the realestate ladder etc. he has in fact suffered huge economic losses. I think he should get his normal salary for all the years plus interests and then some for pain and suffering.

Yes, if they have proven that he was indeed innocent I think he should seek compensation. I'm sure that he's had no chance to make a decent living while he was in prison and he will need money for a clean start. I don't think he should sue any private party involved but, at least, the government bodies should compensate him.

i think he should seek retribution...his time and life was wasted for nothing...he is not guilty, it was proven...

I can't say that I have heard of this story but I have heard of innocent people going to prison and let out later on. I always found it to be a shame and that compensation should be awarded. That man had to suffer for no reason in a cell that he didn't belong in. Darned right, he deserves something for all of that! I believe that people have been let out of prison and are innocent and they have been awarded some type of restitution, if that is the correct wording.

its not just the barry george case maximax8 there was another recently who was released afetr 16yrs locked up.i agree they should be compensated in some way for loss of liberty.my fear is that we over compensate.ok work out what they would have earned in the time they were away.then add a % of that for loss of liberty eg 75% and offer some kind of rehab to aid there return to the free world leave it at that.no matter how much they get it will never compensate for the time away from society/family/friends loss of job and standing in the community.and once that is settled an investigation into how/who was responsible for the case going pear shaped and action taken by the force against those responsible.ok some cases may be so far back that no dna or other facts that work now were available so obviosly allowances need to be made but in general its down to human error that these things happen.

But, how do we know that he is really innocent? And if he is innocent then someone is walking the streets now responsible for Jill Dando's murder. She was only young, a beautful girl and a very good presenter. It was a great British loss when Jill Dando was killed and I am not happy to hear this news. I want to know who is responsible for her murder. He should be behind bars.

I say it is worse than a guilty person being set free.

Hi maximax8! That is really the injustice most of the innocent who were jailed for a crime that they didn't commit. It is really unfair to live a life in jail and be wrongly accused. Their reputation had been tarnished and wasted so much time thinking why they are in jail. I hope that if they are really proven innocent, they should be compensated for everything that they have gone through for they became also victims. Just my two cents.. Take care always..God Bless!

That is many years of his life that he can't get back as well as his reputation plus whatever he sufferen in prison. It will affect everything including his retirement. Yes, he should seek a reasonable amount of compensation, but who knows what that is?

Well its hard to say. No amount of money can buy back the life of his that was wasted because they convicted the wrong guy. I think in this instance the government should offer a set amount for each individual who has been inprisoned for so long and has lost everything in his life then found not guilty and just be shoved back into the street with nothing. then with this money he will he can get a place to live,things to eat and everythng else necessary to live. and i think that the government should provide a job when they get out. not syaing a government. even if it is at the mc.donalds or whatever. i think they should be provided with a job. Now if they just picked up some guy off the street and said you are under arrest. and imprisioned him for years and he had NOTHING AT ALL to do with this girls murder then he should beable to sue.

of course. the man should seek compensation. I think the valueable freedom of the man was violated. After all, he was in prison and suffered a lot physically and sprititually. He has the rights to seek compensation. Nothing is more valuable than freedom.