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Polish court rules record compensation for wrongful jailing
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Feb 8, 2021 at 1:58 pm EDT
WARSAW, Poland A Polish court on Monday ordered a record high compensation of nearly 13 million zlotys ($3.4 million) to a man who had spent 18 years in prison for a rape and murder of a teenager he didn’t commit.
Tomasz Komenda’s case has shocked Poland, and the right-wing government highlighted it as an example of why it says the justice system needs the deep changes it has been implementing.
Komenda, now in his mid-40s was arrested in 2000 over a 1997 rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl at a New Year’s village disco party. He was initially handed a 15-year prison term, which was later increased to 25 years, despite him protesting his innocence.
The team behind
Kill It and Leave This Town, producer Agnieszka Åcibior, director Mariusz WilczyÅski and producer Ewa PuszczyÅska, with their awards
The Polish Film Festival usually takes place in September and kicks off the autumn slate of local theatrical film releases. This year, owing to the pandemic, it moved to early December and made use of virtual screening rooms. However, not all of the competition titles were available to holders of industry and press badges, including
MaÅgorzata Szumowska and