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Originally Posted by jambutty
A news item this morning revealed that this government would no longer compensate anyone who has been wrongly convicted and sent to prison. Instead the money saved will go to the victims of crime. Excuse me but isn’t the wrongly convicted person a victim too?
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The news item I heard didn't say the government would no longer compensate victims of miscarriages of justice. What it did say was the amount of compensation would be reduced and the money saved would be directed toward compensating victims of crime.
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