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In the 15 years from 2010 through 2024, 375 people in Texas were exonerated after being imprisoned for crimes they did not commit. Of those, 97 received some form of compensation or settlement from the state. Collectively, those 97 people spent more than 1,200 years in prison. The state paid them just under $156 million, or an average of about $130,000 per person per year behind bars.

Last year, New York City paid out $205 million to settle 956 lawsuits alleging police abuse. That figure includes about $16 million each to two men who served three decades in prison for a murder they didn’t commit. It also includes people who were wrongly raided and beaten by police, and people who were outright framed by law enforcement.

I bring up these figures because, according to multiple reports, Donald Trump is about to order the government to pay him “damages” for the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago mansion and for special prosecutor Jack Smith’s two investigations of him—one for stealing, hoarding, and improperly sharing classified documents, and the other for Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election. He’s going to pay himself $230 million.

So Trump—who didn’t spend a minute behind bars—about to swindle about 50 percent more than the total amount of money paid to the 97 innocent people who were incarcerated for more than 1,200 years in Texas. Or about 12 percent more than the total paid last year to 957 victims of police brutality in New York City.

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[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 48 points 1 day ago

Among the greatest heists in US history so far

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago

Not only is trump a criminal, but he is being enabled by numerous people in the federal government.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

Is it time yet?

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He needs to be launched into the fucking sun. That vapid gelatinous monster doesn’t even deserve to rest in peace among human beings.

Fuck his entire soul off this planet.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Too painless. I hate him more than words can express.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

Donald Trump the thief gets away unscathed.