Alabama man who served 36 years of life sentence for $50 robbery to be freed

[Working Poor]

I think prisons should not be full of people who have not actually bodily hurt someone or destroyed their property.

 

[oyarde]

How much is $50 in today FRN's?



https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/29/alvin-kennard-sentenced-to-life-released-prison

Gas , draft beer and cigarettes were about 1.00 then if I recall ,gas is 2.30 - 2.45 today and American Spirit cigarettes are about 8.00 , at my local Mexican cantina Dos Equis draft is 5 1/2 . We sold nightcrawlers for less than 80 cents a dozen , at walmart about 4.00 .

 

[Warlord]

Gas , draft beer and cigarettes were about 1.00 then if I recall ,gas is 2.30 - 2.45 today and American Spirit cigarettes are about 8.00 , at my local Mexican cantina Dos Equis draft is 5 1/2 . We sold nightcrawlers for less than 80 cents a dozen , at walmart about 4.00 .

I found this inflation calculator. I put in $50 for 1983 and got this:

That same item would cost:

$128.80

Cumulative rate of inflation:

157.67/%

 

[oyarde]

I found this inflation calculator. I put in $50 for 1983 and got this:

That same item would cost:

$128.80

Cumulative rate of inflation:

157.67/%

I was just going to round it o 150.00 based on gasoline , but yes , that sounds about right . So how much did the 130.00 cost taxpayers ?

 

[Warlord]

I was just going to round it o 150.00 based on gasoline , but yes , that sounds about right . So how much did the 130.00 cost taxpayers ?

I dare not calculate it, it's alot!

 

[pcosmar]

I'm not sure cases like this are a hill I would choose to die on.

I'm glad to see most go free..

 

[pcosmar]

He didn’t learn his lesson during the first three light sentences, and then chose of his own accord, to escalate the violence?

Pretty sure he learned a lot of lessons is Criminal Training School.

Just not another Trade.

 

[Stratovarious]

The amount isn't the important aspect of the case, if this was robbery and of course
not 'theft' , 50 years may not be enough.
When your life is in the hands of a robber, consider yourself dead, and use any chance
you have to extinguish the threat.
Robbery is not a mild crime.


50 bucks 40 years ago , is probably like 2 or 3 hundred today, but again if you are held
up under threat of death , it isn't the amt you are losing that counts, your life is
at stake, that's what counts and the issue.