I agree, but our system doesn’t value things that way. Texas, which is one of the highest paying States for cases where intentional, fraudulent, or grossly negligent actions result in wrongful incarceration pay $80,000 dollars per year a person is locked up. But the caveat is that time only starts counting after you are sentenced, so wouldn’t even apply in TFA’s case.

That's statutory damages on a wrongful conviction.

This is an entirely different situation, and the amount would not be statutory.

That shouldn't be taxpayers. That should come from the malpractice insurance, similarly how doctors pay.

After a while, when premiums shoot up, they'd start to behave

Who pays the insurance premiums?