美國一男子無辜坐冤獄31年僅獲賠75美元
A Tennessee man who served 31 years in jail for a crime he didn't commit is petitioning the state to compensate him $1 million for the years of his life that were taken away. All he's gotten so far is $75.
美國田納西州一名男子因被錯判有罪坐牢31年，迄今爲止僅得到了75美元的補償，爲了這些被剝奪的人生，他請願要求州政府賠償他100萬美元。In October 1977 a Memphis woman was raped in her home by two intruders. She later identified one of them as her neighbor, Lawrence McKinney, who was 22 at the time.
1977年10月，孟菲斯市一位女子被兩個闖入自己家中的男子強姦，之後她指認其中一人是當年22歲的鄰居勞倫斯·麥金尼。He was convicted on rape and burglary charges in 1978 and sentenced to 115 years in jail.
1978年他被判強姦罪和盜竊罪，並被判處115年監禁。
DNA evidence cleared him of the charges in 2008, and when he was released in 2009, the Tennessee Department of Corrections gave him a $75 check to restart his life.
不過，2008年的DNA鑑定還了他的清白，他在2009年被無罪釋放，田納西州政府當時給了他一張75美元的支票以開啓新的生活。
"Because I had no ID it took me three months before I was able to cash it," McKinney told CNN.
麥金尼在接受CNN採訪時表示：“因爲我沒有身份證，所以三個月後才能取現。”Now the 61-year-old is asking Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam to exonerate him.
現在，61歲的麥金尼請求田納西州長比爾·哈斯勒姆爲其“洗冤平反”。The Tennessee Board of Parole, which makes recommendations to the governor, denied McKinney's request by a 7-0 vote at a hearing in September.
在2016年9月的聽證會上，向州長請薦的田納西州假釋委員會以7-0票拒絕了麥金尼的平反請求。"The (parole) board reviewed all relevant information related to the crime, conviction and subsequent appeals, as well as all information provided by the petitioner," said Melissa McDonald, spokesperson for the Tennessee Board of Parole. "After considering all of the evidence, the board did not find clear and convincing evidence of innocence and declined to recommend clemency in this matter."
田納西州假釋委員會發言人梅麗莎·麥克唐納說：“委員會審查了與本案相關的所有資料，判決書、上訴請求以及請願人提供的所有信息。在考慮了所有的證據後，委員會未找到清晰有力的證據來證實他的清白，所以委員會拒絕爲本案申請平反。”One of McKinney's attorneys, Jack Lowery, believes the decision should rest solely with Haslam.
麥金尼的辯護律師之一傑克·勞文認爲，這個決定只得依靠州長哈斯勒姆。Since his release, McKinney has worked hard to put his life back together and salvage the time he has left. In 2010 he married a pen pal with whom he corresponded during his time in jail.
被釋放後，麥金尼就一直努力工作以使生活重回正軌，補救消逝的歲月。2010年，他和之前在獄中一直有保持通信往來的筆友結婚了。"Although I've spent more than half of my life locked up for a crime I did not do, I am not bitter or angry at anyone, because I have found the Lord and married a good wife," McKinney said. "All I ask is that I be treated right and fair for what has happened to me. I didn't do nothing, and I just want to be treated right."
麥金尼說：“儘管我的半輩子都被莫須有的罪名給消耗掉了，但我也沒有仇恨或者對誰憤怒，因爲我找到了上帝，也有了一位好妻子。我現在需要的就是被公平、正確的對待，我是清白的，我需要一個說法。”
