The punishment for false imprisonment is a third-degree felony punishable up to 5 years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
If you are referring to the tort of false imprisonment, then the answer is yes. You can file a civil lawsuit against someone or an entity that falsely imprisoned you. However, outside of an extreme situation, the problem is that there are rarely any actual damages. Therefore, a lawsuit is rarely worth doing.
Meaning of make an example of someone in English to punish someone in order to warn others against doing the thing that is being punished: The judge made an example of him and gave him the maximum possible sentence.
Florida was one of the first states to create a wrongful conviction compensation framework, passing the Victims of Wrongful Incarceration Compensation Act in 2008. The act allows eligible exonerees to receive $50,000 for each year they were wrongfully incarcerated.
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