In the world of capitalism almost everything has a price, including a
rare mistake...

'Brandon Mayfield, the Portland-area lawyer wrongly linked to the
deadly Madrid, Spain, train bombings of 2004, accepted a $2 million
settlement Wednesday in his lawsuit against the federal government,
setting up a legal showdown over the constitutionality of the USA
Patriot Act.

The United States will pay the convert to Islam $1.9 million for the
emotional toll he suffered from two weeks of imprisonment as a
material witness to a crime he knew nothing about, with another
$100,000 going to his wife and three children for their suffering.
...

... they found dirty shoe prints on a clean carpet in their home, a
place in which shoes were never worn.'