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WednesdayWatchOn InjustIceBill BastukPresident ICH/Y
Dannielle HilleCommunications Coordinator
Jeffrey DeskovicEditor
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For wrongly convicted, only a ticket home
Excerpted from Report in USA Today Wednesday September 25 , 2013
by Brad H eath
Former inmates abruptly freed after spending up to six years in
federal prison even though they were legally innocent
are coming home with less help than the government typically
provides the guilty after they are released.
The federal government is not required to help these, formerly
incarcerated wrongfully accused search for jobs or find
basic necessities such as clothing and a place to live. Although
these individuals were incarcerated for crimes they did
not commit, they are not even afforded the same assistance the
guilty routinely get during their post-prison supervision.
Judges in North Carolina have so far ordered the government to
release 17 inmates in one of the largest episodes in
recent memory of federal prisoners having their convictions
overturned. It follows a USA TODAY article earlier this year
that identified 60 people incarcerated for gun possession even
though a court later determined that they had not
committed a federal crime. The US Justice Department had
originally argued that they should remain in prison anyway,
but reversed its position last month in the interests of
justice, according to court records.
Dozens of other inmates from North Carolina are still waiting
for judges to decide whether their convictions should be
thrown out too.
Most states and the federal government provide some help in
finding social services once someone has served their full
prison sentence and is released on parole, though that help is
not available to people whose convictions are overturned.As if
being wrongfully convicted and sent to prison wasnt bad enough, the
government then tosses these individuals out
on the streets to fend for themselves, an action that further
victimizes them.
To read Brad Heaths entire article clickHERE. Also learn about
the first hand experiences of one wrongly convicted 32
year old woman mentioned in Brad Heaths September 26, 2012 USA
TODAY article by clickingHERE.
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