again m$nbc: how much time in prison would you be willing to spend in prison for 18.5 million

[spanone]

this is a question m$nbc asked it's listeners in reference to the man who was wrongly imprisoned and was awarded 18.5 million for his 'inconvenience'

the state took TWENY TWO YEARS of this man's life.


what a demeaning and asinine question.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7735181

[HopeHoops]

1. Money can't compensate for lost years.

[harun]

2. Horrible question, and misses the point. Glad the guy got compensated.

[Crazy Dave]

3. Not sure if he has to pay taxes on it but if he does...

...he'll get about half of that and then his attorneys will get half of the rest, so maybe he gets about $4 million?

[RaleighNCDUer]

4. I don't know - how many times would I have to be beaten up, shived,

and butt fucked while I was there? I could handle a couple years of solitary confinement, I reckon - I have a great head start by being a non-social hermit as it is - but throw in the other stuff and I just don't really see me doing it.