Tax
Dec. 31, 2010
Tax on Wrongful Imprisonment Damages Should Be Eliminated
The Internal Revenue Service should wipe out taxes on recoveries by those wrongfully convicted.
Robert W. Wood
Managing Partner
Wood LLP
333 Sacramento St
San Francisco , California 94111-3601
Phone: (415) 834-0113
Fax: (415) 789-4540
Email: wood@WoodLLP.com
Univ of Chicago Law School
Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.
The movie "Conviction" stars Hillary Swank in the true-life story of Betty Anne Waters who was in her late 20s when her brother Kenny was wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Committed to exonerating him, she spent the next 18 years getting a community college degree, completing college, earning a law degree, and then tirelessly working to free her brother. Uncovering police misconduct, perjured testimony...
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