{"id":724,"date":"2007-08-24T02:26:27","date_gmt":"2007-08-24T06:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2007\/08\/24\/wrongly-convicted-still-must-pay-room-and-board\/"},"modified":"2011-10-01T23:29:52","modified_gmt":"2011-10-02T03:29:52","slug":"wrongly-convicted-still-must-pay-room-and-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2007\/08\/24\/wrongly-convicted-still-must-pay-room-and-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrongly convicted still must pay room and board?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>We often hear news stories about those who&#8217;ve been wrongly convicted being freed from jail, sometimes after being incarcerated for many years.  The newly freed often sue the legals system for wrongful confinement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* square 250x Oddplanet_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"7033143591\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Three men in Birmingham, England who were recently freed after respectively spending 18, 18 and 11 years in prison for murder, were, in separate trials, awarded a total of 2.16 million British pounds.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>Unfortunately for these men the Court of Appeal ruled in March that the mean will each have to give back 25% of their award to the government as compensation for their &#8220;room and board&#8221;.  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