NYC to pay $6.25M to man imprisoned for 25 years over killing while he was at Disney World

[Contrary1]

Seriously? It was so obvious, they should be paying him more than that. 25 years...

"NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City has agreed to pay $6.25 million to a man who spent nearly 25 years in prison before being exonerated in a killing that happened while he was more than 1,000 miles away vacationing at Disney World, the city comptroller said Tuesday.

Comptroller Scott Stringer said settling Jonathan Fleming's claim is "in the best interest of all parties."

"We cannot give back the time that he served, but the city of New York can offer Jonathan Fleming this compensation for the injustice that was committed against him," Stringer said.

Fleming was released last year after the Brooklyn district attorney's office said it had come to agree that his alibi — which he offered from the start — was valid..."

http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-pay-6-25-million-191607644.html

[lovemydog]

1. His first words out of prison were

'I'm going to Jurassic World!'

[JHB]

2. What's the statute of limitations on prosecutorial misconduct?

Who was the prosecutor and in how many other cases did he withhold exculpatory evidence?

[ck4829]

6. James Leeper

He also decided to check into rehab during the course of one trial, he just stopped showing up.

http://gothamist.com/2014/06/08/brooklyn_da_fires_a_slew_of_hynes_h.php

[Enthusiast]

7. +1 an entire shit load.

[davidpdx]

3. That comes out to $250,000 a year

which may seem a lot, but my guess is nothing would be enough. At least the city settled rather than letting it drag through the courts for years. I hope Mr. Fleming invests his money wisely so he can live out the rest of his life in peace and comfort. He deserves it.

[Live and Learn]

4. Exactly! I sure wouldn't take $250,000 for being locked in prison for a year.

And what about the family? Don't they all deserve something for the years of hell they were put through by this?

[Ino]

8. I would. Sign me up! (nt)

[Live and Learn]

10. I don't think you have any idea what it would be like.

I would gladly live freely in a tent somewhere my entire life than spend any time imprisoned or in a war zone.

[Ino]

11. I could certainly endure one year...

even one year in solitary (I'm a loner anyway), if I knew my money problems would be solved at the end, and my basic needs met in the interim. Just knowing that would be worth it, over the minute-by-minute anxiety of "free but barely scraping by, waiting for the catastrophe that will bury me."

[ck4829]

5. Who was the prosecutor of this case? Hiding not just exculpatory evidence, but dismissing the alibi

I wonder what else this prosecutor may have done.

[Enthusiast]

9. This prosecutor probably has a career long history of misdeeds.

That would be my guess.