Man given $5Mill after 20 years wasted in jail 9/16/09

[DrunkenDeath]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A California county will pay $5.5 million to a man who spent nearly 20 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of child molestation.

Kern County supervisors approved the settlement for John Stoll in a closed session Tuesday.

Stoll was one of 46 people charged for their alleged roles in child molestation rings in 1982-86. Twenty-four of the 27 convictions, many of which involved no physical evidence, have been reversed as witnesses recanted stories and investigators' techniques were questioned.

Stoll was freed in 2004 after five of his six alleged victims said they lied. He filed a federal lawsuit against the county.

Stoll and other defendants are the subject of the 2008 documentary "Witch Hunt" produced and narrated by actor Sean Penn.

Poor guy


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,551064,00.html

[Wic Kid]

He should have gotten 1 mil for each year he spent in there.

[gutawafang]

He should have gotten 1 mil for each year he spent in there.

Cheers. I mean, WORD.

[Xray]

He got 5 mills for that shit, something I wouldn't get in a million years and I'm supposed to feel sorry for the guy? Hell if I care, shit throw me in jail at least then I'll know I'll be rich.

[DrRapid]

Fuck that must of sucked, at least he got the 5 million...Although I'd rather live a normal life than having to spend 20 years in shit, and then being rich tbh.

[Dark Blue]

He should have gotten 1 mil for each year he spent in there.

[AnalKiddo]

thats not worth it..

20 years for 5 mil? not even close to worth it. mans in his 40-50's now, he lost all his youth.. id go sew those bitches who lied

[DrunkenDeath]

thats not worth it..

20 years for 5 mil? not even close to worth it. mans in his 40-50's now, he lost all his youth.. id go sew those bitches who lied

sigh....