What can be some rewards for learning and then standing on your rights?

By: Ken Ball

The fee for illegal incarceration according to Trezevant v. City of Tampa, 741 F.2d 336 (11th cir.1984), is $65,217 dollars per hour, and $1,800,000 ($1.8 Million) dollars per day. The plaintiff came to this conclusion, because in Trezevant, a Motorist illegally held for 23 minutes in a traffic charge was awarded $25,000 in damages (Note: multiply the total number of days plaintiff served behind bars with the going fee of $1.8 million dollars per day, in order to determine how much money to award the plaintiff in damages.
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