es, not necessarily
             stimulated originally by the accused personally--the desire to requite
             a crime, to exact vengeance upon the person believed guilty, to find a
             scapegoat, to support, consciously or unconsciously, an identification
             already made by another...." (Jain)
             In some wrongful convictions, people simply lie about the crime and
             or the perpetrator. Such was the case of 26-year-old Kevin Baruxes who was
             accused of a rape that he did not commit. Baruxes was sent to prison at
             the age of eighteen and was released just last year. An article entitled
             "Man Coping after Wrongly Convicted of Rape" explains that there are huge
             ramifications for wrongful convictions. The article explains that Baruxes
             has lost eight years of his life and only has a high school education. He
             has not been able to go to college or learn a trade. In addition, his
             mindset is still that of an eighteen year old who wants to have fun.
             Baruxes hopes that he will be awarded a settlement that will allow him to
             go to school and ultimately support himself.
             If Baruxes gets a settlement he will be lucky because many people that
             are wrongfully convicted are not compensated. An article in Insight on the
             News, explains that only 15 states have laws tha
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