ClintEhrlich

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by ClintEhrlich 10y ago
This was a very good suggestion! :)
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by ClintEhrlich 10y ago
Sadly, this case has deeply shaken my confidence in the criminal-justice system.
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by ClintEhrlich 10y ago
Yes, but I can't talk about them because it's part of an active investigation.
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by ClintEhrlich 10y ago
We're trying to figure that out. This whole thing has been pretty overwhelming. Ray mostly just wants to spend time with his kids, whose lives he has been missing from for so long.
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by ClintEhrlich 10y ago
Thank you for your advice and your donation! I am doing my best right now to reinvigorate the GoFundMe campaign. I'm grateful to everyone who shares it with others!
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by ClintEhrlich 10y ago
The Dateline piece came out right after Ray's conviction. I just happened to see it 5 years later. It portrayed him as a craven killer who was brought to justice only through the Herculean efforts of police and prosecutors who wouldn&#
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by ClintEhrlich 10y ago
That's very kind of you, Eddie! I'll be in touch. Ray actually just got a laptop, and I'm teaching him the basics of computing. It's amazing how much things have changed in 11 years!
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by ClintEhrlich 10y ago
There's a ton of media interest. I'm only going to appear on Dateline if I have some assurance that the new piece will be fairer than the original one that got my attention.
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by ClintEhrlich 10y ago
Just my own experience submitting judgments to litigation funding firms while cases were pending on appeal.
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by ClintEhrlich 10y ago
Woah, thanks to all the HN posters who just started donating money!!! That's REALLY generous of you guys. I appreciate it, and so does Ray.
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by ClintEhrlich 10y ago
Sure. There are two primary issues. First, the standard for being compensated is higher than the one for being let out of prison. Ray is free right now because the state has admitted that it no longer has confidence in his conviction. Howev
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by ClintEhrlich 10y ago
That's a great thought. Do you know of any online Christian outlets or forums that might be open to promoting Ray's GoFundMe?
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by ClintEhrlich 10y ago
Sounds great. Anybody want to give Peter a heads up? :)
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by ClintEhrlich 10y ago
It's probably best to search for "Raymond Lee Jennings." The media seem to prefer that formulation of his name, because it sounds creepier. This is the best news article: http://www.latimes.com/local/lano
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by ClintEhrlich 10y ago
Dateline has asked me to sit down for an interview with Keith Morrison. I may do that, but there will be no compensation involved.
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by ClintEhrlich 10y ago
In theory, California provides $124 a day in compensation to the wrongfully imprisoned. In practice, the State makes it VERY hard to ever recover those funds. There are guys who were exonerated years ago who are still waiting to receive a s
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by ClintEhrlich 10y ago
He was an infantryman. Kicked down doors in Iraq going room-to-room searching for insurgents. Until the charges are formally dismissed, it's hard to imagine any employer will actually be willing to hire him. The DA's office is rea
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by ClintEhrlich 10y ago
Unfortunately, Ray's case has not advanced far enough to make litigation financing a practical option. Financing firms need significantly more assurance of a realistic payoff than they would be able to obtain at this juncture.
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Ask HN: Just got an innocent man out of prison. What now?
510 points by ClintEhrlich 10y ago|200 comments
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by ClintEhrlich 10y ago
Sure, here is the original letter: http://docdro.id/vMRsSB9
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I freed an innocent man from prison. Hacker News failed him.
63 points by ClintEhrlich 10y ago|11 comments
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Winston Churchill and Islam(telegraph.co.uk)
25 points by ClintEhrlich 11y ago|31 comments
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On making causal claims: A review and recommendations (2010) [pdf](datascienceassn.org)
7 points by ClintEhrlich 11y ago|0 comments
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'Cyber banging' drives new generation of gang violence(latimes.com)
1 points by ClintEhrlich 11y ago|0 comments
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by ClintEhrlich 11y ago
I hear you. What we're dealing with is essentially the classic deontology versus util debate. Do we judge morality in terms of abstract principles or causal effects? You and I both know that the result of my headline isn't going t
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by ClintEhrlich 11y ago
Well, it's an aspirational headline. I'm working on making it come true, and I appreciate whatever suggestions HN readers have for helping me reach that goal. Would it be more accurate to say "How HN can help increase the odd
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How Hacker News could help save an innocent man from life in prison
14 points by ClintEhrlich 11y ago|8 comments
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A botched translation of Clausewitz has impacted our thinking on warfare (2014)(thediplomat.com)
1 points by ClintEhrlich 11y ago|0 comments
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by ClintEhrlich 11y ago
Re: Your non-compliance with federal idea labeling standards during your recent attempt to engage in hatefully misleading speech or non-speech conduct and/or omissions U.S. Department of Belief Management Federal Bureau of Satirical Ob
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by ClintEhrlich 11y ago
That sounds extremely counterproductive. At the point where you are letting the government mandate warning labels on political advocacy, you are by definition delegating authority for the absolute prohibition of that same speech , subject

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