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By Steve Hall

Reason reposts Steve Chapman's syndicated column, "What Do We Owe Exonerated Inmates?"  It originally appeared in 2006, and was noted here.  It's just as relevant today.Michael Evans won an Illinois lottery. The state presented him with a check for $162,000. But forgive him if he's not as grateful as most Lotto winners. His payout didn't come to him because he selected some winning numbers. It came because he spent 27 years in prison for a rape and murder committed by someone else.That amount of money wouldn't be a bad return on a $2 wager. But for the time he spent behind bars, it comes to about $6,000 a year. He could have made more working for minimum wage.Evans thought someone owed him more than that for all he endured...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 24, 2009 (boomark / email).