(Gawker) — Alan Newton was convicted of rape and jailed 22 years before being cleared by DNA evidence in 2006. Yesterday, a jury awarded him $18.5 million in compensation. Is that enough? The rough math: 22 years= 284 months= 8030 days. That means that Alan Newton was compensated at: $841,000 per year= $65,000 per month= […]
Is The Party's Rise A Reaction to the Minority-Majority Reality?
(NBC) — Hundreds of felons in Virginia received a letter telling them that they had to write a personal letter to Gov. Bob McDonnell if they wanted to get their voting rights back. Apparently that was a mistake, according to the Washington Post. A spokesman for McDonnell said a staffer accidentally sent the letters. Read More…