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In Germany and Austria you get compensated for your time incarcerated if found innocent. So as to basically "fine" the government for not having speedy trials.
by MeinBlutIstBlau 5y ago
In Germany and Austria you get compensated for your time incarcerated if found innocent. So as to basically "fine" the government for not having speedy trials.
- bagacrap 5y agothat sounds fair except not great that it's just penalizing the taxpayer, not anyone in government
- MeinBlutIstBlau 5y agoWe need to quit thinking about "penalizing the taxpayer" type of mentality. It's the governments income. You don't get to act like a taxpayer for all the gas you buy or interest you pay in, but suddenly when money funnels to the government your money and how it's spent matters. The government is just another corporate entity. Not like you get the money they tax back anyway.