A homeless man in the United States will receive $975 thousand for mistaken placement in a mental hospital.

In Honolulu, Hawaii, a homeless man will receive compensation in the amount of $975,000 after he spent more than two years in custody and a psychiatric hospital due to a police error. This was reported on March 27 by The New York Times (NYT).

The incident occurred with a 54-year-old man, whom the police detained sleeping on the street, mistaking for another person. Despite the detainee's repeated statements that a mistake had occurred, he was placed in a pre-trial detention center for four months. Since the victim suffered from schizophrenia, he was transferred to a psychiatric hospital, where he spent more than two years.

Doctors considered his claims of innocence and mistaken arrest to be "nonsense" and forced the patient to take sedatives. After completing compulsory medical treatment, the American filed a lawsuit against the authorities.

Following a multi-year trial, the city of Honolulu was ordered to pay the victim $ 975 thousand. In addition, the issue of additional compensation in the amount of $200 thousand is being considered. from the state of Hawaii.

The New York Post reported on March 16 that an innocent man from New York had served 19 years in the United States for someone else's crime. It is specified that 61-year-old Kenneth Windley was arrested in 2005 after he paid with a check for the purchase of a stove for his mother. It turned out that the check had been stolen.

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