Found innocent after 33 years, what does the world give back?

But what can be compensation...nobody who loves him, no job in which he can slip easily, no idea how to manage money, and to top it all bad experiences in prison for something he did not do. Very sad.

@gofsey . Hardly something that would console me if I were a man and raped in prison.

@vandana7 I mean that he is given a house and paid a stipend for the rest of his life. But whether it will come to actuality...there is no saying.

Ouch...so sad - if he was convicted based on looks!!! *ultra-shocked*

@RussTeed .. Now that you tell me...I was just thinking. One of the reasons dowry problem in India may not be going may also be because of ugly folks. When a guy is ugly he struggles to become a government official and become more ugly sitting the whole day in his chair and still more ugly because his fat pay makes parents of some girl think he is worthwhile appeasing with dowry to get a groom for their lazy daughter. Vice versa, the parent of an ugly girl may be HAVE to pay a whole lot more as dowry to get their daughter married as nobody would be willing to marry her otherwise. Either way, ugliness rules!

@vandana7 There should be an "ugly" crime. But, the jails would be chock-full of butt-ugly inmates.

@vandana7 There is nothing that can return his years in prison. But we must not judge how he uses that money but see that he obyains it. Maybe he should be helped by a socoal worker, but only if he accepts it. Maybe he has family.

@marguicha .. If he had kids they won't remember much of him. If he had parents, they would be happy but may not be confused about the situation. If he had girlfriend, or wife, she may have moved on.

But would he know how to manage that sum any more? He would have lost touch with how he signs..leave alone know how to invest for regular returns and buy a decent home. Would not know the cost of various things. Might overpay. Would not know there are new things available for doing the same job. :(

Injustice is the worst ..

@vandana7 It happens here a lot Vandy..and elsewhere as we all know. This man has suffered greatly..he should be compensated greatly.

@TiarasOceanView .. Oh I agree. He lost family! He will be misfit in job. And he won't know how to manage his monies...

I was not suggesting that only these be considered. But failing them should make at least some job easier.

My heart went out to that man...how can an innocent pick up strings after so much ..

@vandana7 i knownthis is not an isolated case. There maybe more.out there

@Lucky15 .. sad :(

That is so sad!!!

@vandana7 Sadly vandana, we have people like Salman Khan and company who get away because they have the clout and also belong to the minority category which is a special status in India !!

How true...the other day that speeding merc in Delhi...I can't believe the driver was being asked to take the blame.

@kiran8 ...good ..time rich parents realized how much time they need to devote on their kids.

They were. I saw a soap called Dynasty in 1982-83, which must have been aired in America before...I saw it in Zambia. In that there is a sequence about DNA testing. It is ignorance of lawyer, and judges or deliberate avoidance of that procedure. I am left to wonder how family and friends took it for granted that he did it.

@sjvg1976 .. As a person who loved the boy as son, or wife who loved him ...can you think it rational? Or for that matter colleagues...so much indifference is it not appalling? Simple rental agreement problem, we approach this person, that person, consult half a dozen folks.

@vandana7 may be they were not that much used or were legal that time.

But should we not try to make it fair in some way when there are ways to do so?

@vandana7 It falls entirely on people who are in authority. There are so many people who fall on the blind side of the law for various reasons.

How true but I think he will be misfit like a child everywhere. If he had friends or relatives who genuinely loved him, they would have tried to reopen his case. As to courts, I think whenever there are cases that are decided based on human expertise (dental images in this case), then reopening them with more scientific explanation is called for. In fact, I would make DNA testing mandatory for anybody entering the police station.

@Daljinder .. I too feel tests like finger printing and DNA should be made mandatory.

@vandana7 DNA testing would be good practise in uncovering truth. Finger printing works too. Unless one burns their fingers skin to ruin finger printing.

@vandana7 You are right....he can not be paid...he can only be compensated. He should be given his respect back....I know it is much easy to say, his whole life is wasted.

@mavlana ...Exactly.

I think old cases that were decided based on human expertise should be periodically reviewed with new technologies. When DNA became acceptable under law, this case should have been reviewed.

Exactly. It is a complete cultural shock as well. He will feel like an alien on the planet.

@DesirousDreamer ... I guess, age, the number of years, support of loved ones, good friends, all matter. In this case, 33 years is 15 years too long. For his sake, I hope genuine love finds him.

@vandana7 Indeed, But there is also the example of Damien Echols, he was in jail for 18 years and that still did a toll on him but he adapted well.

I am not saying merely those tests. They can all be included. If I were the lawmaker, I would include a section in the book that would include the tests necessary for determining various types of crimes which would be periodically updated. Without these tests case should not proceed. DNA tests came in 1980's. Any doubts or any judgment which hinged upon a single evidence such as teeth marks, should have been revisited and confirmed. So if narco test is positive, what do teeth mark say, and if teeth mark says positive what does hypnosis say and finally what does DNA test say. Kinda stuff. Then again Narco tests and lie detector tests and hypnosis should be done several times without letting the accused know how many times or what was the result of the previous test, and results should be average score. Police brutality is absolutely uncalled for. It not only makes policemen violent more easily because they believe that much violence does not harm, it also creates a sense of satisfaction similar to a good game of badminton, especially if the person confesses after beatings. Sometimes, innocent people may be confessing out of fear. Police is also under immense pressure to give results. How many crimes were solved in a year kind. Or when the media gets hold of it, a quick answer. Then saying we went wrong does not become easy. In this case there simply was no justification for letting it remain dormant. If I were the lawyer or public prosecutor, I would have appealed based on new technologies available, even after five or 10 years. After all, teeth mark assessment are expert's judgment and prone to human errors.