No Second Chances: Inside Alabama’s Parole System 

Bring back Old Sparky ⚡️

It doesn't meet the cruel and unusual punishment standard if the execution is done correctly. However since medical professionals aren't used due to them taking an oath to do no harm it's likely that botched executions will continue.

ask the victoms

Use the Russian Method: a bullet behind the ear.

​@@adotholland22hush nobody asked you troll

Exactly 💯. I watched several stories of inmates such a Larry Lawtons and I came to the same conclusion.

Wow

Exactly correct. 1 infraction a year is nothing. Especially if these are just bs infractions which apparently they were, or DA would certainly bring up specifics.

The fact that Alabama still has the Confederate flag on their State seal should tell you everything you need to know... (14:48)

Not to mention most infractions likely happened when he first got in there at a young age. That should be something factored in.

Same here 🙋‍♀️ I was born & raised in Huntsville Alabama & this entire state government is corrupt to the core!!!! The state politics here are an absolute joke & the conditions of our prison system are a disgrace to say the least!!! The number of inmates serving 20+ years for crimes committed while they were teenagers is truly alarming!!! We need some accountability with the quickness for those in power here💯

I have a buddy can lives clean as a whistle who says the same thing about the dirty system.

Almost like those positions are voted for and accepted.

@@brysoncherry9884 that's the problem, anyone who wants to change things for the better don't vote. The people who vote are the boomers who have lived in this system their whole lives and it's ingrained in them. They have been brainwashed by society to be cold to anyone who commits any crime, it doesn't matter if it's a victimless crime.

​@@brysoncherry9884almost like people are voting but it doesn't actually translate to anything. Voting is a ritual for show. Winners are predetermined. Anyone not completely re tarded can see that by now. But mfers would rather play this "my side vs your side" red vs blue nonsense without realizing there are no sides - we have one party and it rules us all. You sitting outside but I promise you still aint free.

4 years

He could have not stuck a gun in 3 peoples' faces. How insane is that? Frankly, he's lucky because he will go home eventually. "Robbery gone wrong" is very common. He rolled the die 3 times and got lucky. He could be down for murder with life without the possibility of parole. Everyone commenting on this video has all the sympathy in the world for the guys doing the crime. How about we think about their victims? I do not believe they are rehabilitated. If they were, they wouldn't be feeling sorry for themselves and whining about their inability to speak at the parole. What good what do anyway? E very single one of them will say the same exact thing..."I'ma good boy now, if you send me home, I won't do nothing...."

Cause f*** em that's why.

​@@dereknelson3080I feel you on this if you do some heinous crime you spit 10-15 years in prison and you think you're going to get out on parole for a heinous crime I'm glad that they denied all these hearings.

Yes they denied my son on a25 year sentence. He has to wait five more years! They need to let him work at a regular job

Talk by who?

How is that irony? 🤔🤔

@@shroudedgrove4679 probably should just say the "shocker"

Louisana, Georgia and Florida included

There has been talk of a federal takeover of the Alabama DOC for decades. It still hasn't happened. The federal government is either the laziest people in the world or they are willingly turning a blind eye.

The South is ran by white people who hate black people and want to find a way to keep the black man down and I'm a white man from the south saying this.

No mercy for criminals it doesn’t matter the color of the criminal. You don’t get a free out jail card for been black

@@Xlapiranaprx you should however get the same chance of a get out of jail free card as people with other skin tones. That is not the case right now

Thank you for your prayers.

Free Goins, need to be with his sick mom before its too late and start a life to support his mental health.

Bibb or Elmore?

@@TexasAlabamaBoi205 Fountain

Can't do the time don't do the crime. Punk wanna play punk gots to pay.

@@r0ckstar666 Don’t smoke joints, it’s a federal crime. You should turn yourself in or just stand by your hypocrisy.

@r0ckstar666 According to your logic you should be in federal prison right now. You’re proudly breaking the law in your own videos, with your pound of marijuana. Which is enough for a trafficking charge.

Good luck with that

@@firstlast8258 I know, but if we don't try then it's a guarantee that things will just stay the same.

@@devinbullard7304 change is the only constant

This system is fine, keeps the criminals off the street for good.

@@devinbullard7304 that they put criminals on jail, yeah deff need to change that, lol good lord.

a mother crying > crime committed XD yeah I know that's not what you are saying but waaaayy too many people equate a good cry with innocence lmao

@@kalui96 ok Mr keyboard warrior

Then don’t watch that part buddy! Look up Schadenfreude, bc you have it bad!

Just imagine how he felt seeing his mother crying for him, that's the reason I stopped getting into trouble when I made my mother cry 😢 mother's love is something special 💙 ❤️

He still committed a crime.

Should have got life

These comments are disappearing...I wonder? Is it because there is a narrative going on here?

He should have gotten the death penalty. If you get 2 felonies you should get automatic death sentence. I bet the crime rate will drop off real quick

Don't f*cking steal. 79 years old and never had to worry about the prison system. Just be a decent person. Color is NO excuse.

Not to mention many infractions are handed out for literally nothing, a guard just doesn't like you and lies, writes you up for anything just cause

y'all need to stop being stupid

@@doctorbigsmiles And your opinion is EXACTLY where, how and when we require the statistical analytics of CRT to review the actions and outcomes of this so called "parole boards", under open data access laws....

@@D-E-S_8559 Thank you for the great point. I reworded it to maybe help others understand what you're saying, "And your opinion is exactly why we require the statistical analysis that Critical Race Theory can help provide. CRT would help us understand where exactly the system is broken and abusive towards black people. For example, reviewing the actions and outcomes of parole board hearings with the help of open data access laws would help bring understanding and improvement to better the quality of life of our black citizens.

Infractions are still infractions and violations and doesn't help your case ANY!!! When are people gonna learn this and learn that there are consequences for your damn actions and you WILL be held accountable dammit boy?!!

If Alabama paroles all of these poor people, how will they get their slave labor to do any work?!

Actually that happened during the times of the slave trade and civil wars, even American Union soldiers do labor as POW's, just a little dark history of the South.

@@williamyoung9401 🙄

@@mastersitorou8289 And your opinion is EXACTLY where, how and when we require the statistical analytics of CRT to review the actions and outcomes of this so called "parole boards", under open data access laws....

Alabama doesn’t have a privatized prison system. So no, you are wrong

This is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard

I'm going to be taking a 10,000 mile motorcycle adventure soon as I have congestive heart failure and I have a list of states I will not travel take a guess how many are poor red states ? ALL OF THEM.

​@@mikekennedy5470So you voted for Biden?

@@ZoneGlazed no I voted against another trump administration.

@@mikekennedy5470 That makes sense. Typical.

No LIES DETECTED.

Cops will arrest POC for anything. If a person is literally NOT breaking the law, the cops will arrest them for resisting arrest, then put other bullshit charges on top.

color don’t matter in Alabama make a wrong move you going to Prison.

What odds are stacked against me? I’m doing just fine.

Good luck with that message

Ohio is fast catching up! All of the dregs of the South are moving here.

Born in AL and hard to see people getting out of embarrassment

@@williamyoung9401 Funny, I could say the same thing about how all the dregs of Ohio we’re moving South. Yankees from Ohio and Michigan are the worst, you think you’re better than us when really your just moving cause your states a dumpster fire.

But I thought Sweet Home Alabama was a warm place?

Go vote today!

😂

Encourage him, even if you don't believe it. Believe me, he knows better than you how hopeless things actually are. ✊

Some people don’t change. Be there for him but don’t waste ur energy on him.

shouldve been more mature at 18 "im just a kid yolo" OOPS!!

I hope your friend is given a second chance. Prison is meant to reform and rehabilitate and yet most don't view it that way. It's absolutely ridiculous! Again, I'm hoping for the best for him. 🙏

@@kalui96 Unless you're "white", right?

oh boo fking hoo the serial armed robber who picked up 11 violations on his second prison sentence for his second and third armed robbery convictoins has to serve more than half his 20 year sentence. criminals like him cool down once they get in their 40s he clearly is a danger. why waste taxpayer's or the prosecutor's or the family's time?

I am appalled by the fact the mom gets up there and wants her son out. He had serious crimes. He has VICTIMS.

Fact’s

This right here! They are banking. It's so inhumane!

Still the Rascist Slave South..Nonthin has changed

Hey now, you didn’t include the un(der)paid labor of the inmates in your calculation. When you also factor that a lot of labor contracts are with the pentagon for things like personnel uniforms, the government is literally paying them money for housing their captive workforce. It’s kind of genius how evil it is.

Because there is nothing to understand. These people aren't banking notes to keep in your "bank" to earn money. This is why America is one of the only country where jails are private and earn money.

nah fr I don't even cry but almost did

That was my aunt 😔 I have never seen that much emotion in her and It was so hard to watch.

Should've been a better mother.

Being sad doesn't take away a person's responsibilty to be held accountable for their actions. Guess who won't be breaking into people's houses, the guy who just got done serving 20 years because he know's he don't want that time again. He stood on his decsion to commit the crimes, let the court stand on their decsion for how long he should serve.

yeah how dare someone do the time for robbing 3 people 😮

Lol they're criminals. Get over yourself

mine also, they should never let these criminals out if my kid was killed.

Why don't you go watch a fluff piece that has the victims in it to push back against the "I'ma good boy now" act? Listening to these guys, my heart is hardened. Every single one of them did the whole "ima good boy now. I learned my lesson. I was young and made a mistake...." routine.

Alonzo John Goines has committed multiple robberies. Goines was sentenced in 2013 to 20 years in prison for two counts of first-degree robbery in Russell County after he and an accomplice robbed a store at gunpoint. Vice never told any of yall that Goines had already been sentenced to three years in prison in Lee County back in 2008 for another first-degree robbery.

​@brianlacroix822 see? Nothing but manipulators. Most of these 20+ year sentences are for using weapons against others or trafficking.

The governor of Alabama was a Democrat until 2002. Then she switched. Never trust a flipper.

@@williamyoung9401 not if they switch to the republican party

They idiot who upset the apple cart was a dummy paleface... yet whites are granted it twice as often still? Backward thinking. AL & LA need to have all elected offices cleansed.

So sad..

What awareness? These are criminals that will rob the shirt off your back. They never did nuffin right? 😂 keep these scum bags in jail for life. 80 percent go back to jail with in a year.

That lady is my aunt ❤️🙏🏾

@@dionnad5117 I'm so sorry for what happened. I hope things will become better. Please send her my love and support 🙏 ❤️

@@MohammedLiswi Thank you. I will. Prayers are definitely helful. 🙏🏾

Be a better parent in your kids life. The dad literally showed how shifty he was when he said no one was home and it wasn't violent.

Sounds exactly fair, actually. He was given 20 years by the court, let him serve the 20.

He was 19 and he clearly reformed since then

Ahhh alas they won’t, because god is fictitious

Lol nope they wont

What about the psychopaths who spend their existence hurting people? Your empathy is misplaced. No concern for victims. No concern for the people who have to manage these animals inside the prisons. Just a lazy, ignorant, knee-jerk virtue signal based on a one-sided, propagandized version of the situation.

criminals ruined their own lives

But they all ask for forgiveness from the lord so they won't have to be punished. God always grants forgiveness

I can’t believe people still want to live in this slow state.

Alabama seems like it’s still stuck in the 1800’s tbh and it seems like the only one

Ohh they actually get treated like inmates

@@Kellz_Beatz trust me, we hate it here 😂I was born in Montgomery Alabama and now live in a richer suburb called Pike Road, but Alabama is a terrible, lonely place

Well if it's of any consolation your state has the same economic output of Ontario Canada which is pretty good yall are equally performing a giant welfare state where people are way poorer but they can get free taxpayer funded suicide and abortions.

We're forgetting the fact, that those people do. not. give. a. sh*t. About any of these poor folks

It was argued that way as a negative against the person. They don't care. That's why there was no detail. So the board could make a checkmark by it and deny him.

Its like they failed to acknowledge that 11 infractions over 10 years is one a year on average.

@@beegwan1893 that's bad that's like someone in the free world committing 1 crime a year

@@pelon7109 No it is absolutely not, a infraction is not the same as a crime. Its a small rule break, not equivalent of breaking a law. If he broke 11 laws in prison, he would have been convicted of another 11 crimes during his prison sentence.

Good luck with that

And your opinion is EXACTLY where, how and when we require the statistical analytics of CRT to review the actions and outcomes of this so called "parole boards", under open data access laws....

did you also tear up for the innocent victims he robbed in a violent home invasion?

@ropey substance I see you don't believe in second chances

@@brandont4941 not for people who invade people's homes while armed. not at all. they can rot.

Hearing his mother cry like that brought tears to my eyes 🥺💔 i just cannot rn! Praying for you guys 🙏🏾 please be strong ❤️

I wonder how the victims of the robberies felt. I was appalled when the dad said there was no in the house, it wasn't violent.

@@wesbrannick8269 I'm sure they felt ways anyone would feel after something like that. Robbing is wrong. It's scary. It's not ok by any means.

Yeah, Vice News is just using the crying scenes of your relatives to get views. There is no informational value to showing your relatives in that state. All I can say is people enjoy seeing others suffer. Schadenfreude at it’s best.

@@mike48084 Praying for you 🙏🏾

Then we are truly a cruel and miserable society

@@fdfischer we are a heartless society teetering on collapse. all of these cruelties and injustices you see are symptoms of that. every empire throughout history eventually fell apart and washed away in time. but it's not the end of the world! just the beginning of something else.

society should be judged on how lenient they are towards criminals and let them back out to oppress the peaceful families

“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.” -Fyodor Dostoevsky

@@fdfischer speak for yourself

I think all robberies are violent. You're violating someone, that's not a nice feeling.

Non violent? Forcing someone to give their money is non violent? This system already serves for criminals screw vice and its proegenda people kill and go out like it's nothing

It was a home robbery, and nobody was there. Literally non-violent.

There's a foreign country that have prisons looking like hotels, a safe mentally tranquil environment helping the prisoner's mental health not poison it and use the prisoner for profit. American prisons they're the second secret hub for organ transplants for the black market to cater the rich and powerful having organ failures, so that the rich keeps getting richer. Poisoning the mental, bodily, and spiritually based individual for a perpetual amount of time. There's still incurable diseases out there still in inmates without even noticing, that's the thing that grinds my gears as a self educated individual for the human body and cells/organisms. STD's that can potentially kill a human being, HIV and AIDS is a concoction of the cell from hell to be present in a males healthy immune system. Selling a life for silver and gold is the highest offense to Allah.

@@webg6512 It was a home robbery. Literally violent. How do you rob someone "non-violently"?

That’s subjective. I’ve been the victim of an armed robbery. It messed me up good for a whole. Paranoia, anger, jittery. But to say i will NEVER be the same, which is the same as saying I will NEVER overcome is a stretch & that also has nothing to do with person who commuted the crime as far as rehabilitation.

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@@johnhardy7764 MERCY MERCY MERCY TIME PASSES DIFFERENTLY IN PRISON 15 YEARS IS AN ETERNITY ,.I BELIEVE YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN IN JAIL OR YOU WOULD BE MERCYFULL TOWARDS THIS POOR SOUL WHOS SPENT AN ETERNITY IN PRISON ITS A HORRIFICLY LONG SENTENCE I WISH I COULD PUT U IN PRISON FOR ONE WEEK BUT DONT TELL U A RELEASE DATE YOU WOULD SOON CHANGE YOUR MIND.

@@joejoe2928Alonzo had every opportunity to turn his life around when he was charged with first-degree robbery the first time. He only received three years. He committed two more and received 20 years. Right decision!

Sometimes they really do change. Yes u got rob. I have too. But if we don’t forgive them and move on. Then you gonna have watever you say you been having. You gonna continue to have those flashbacks and be paranoid all the time. My father above said we should forgive. No matter what.

Screw the family. They created this rac1$t monster. Out robbing black folks then when going down to the penitentiary blame rac1$m for why they are in the joint. Hopefully one of these inmates shank this rac1$t criminal so the family gets to see their son buried in potters field.

Man 100% I thought I was soft for almost shedding a tear when they showed his mom

How is that unjust?

@@tommytwotoes3880 uhm… did you watch the video? They’re clearly not granting parole to people to keep their prisons at over capacities for profit…

@@runinl8agan855 not all crimes have victims homie. I went to lock up for robbing someone that owed me money. Mfer ratted on me.

@@runinl8agan855 lol most people who are incarcerated are locked up for victimless crimes. You’re just intellectually lazy and it’s easier for you to believe that all these people are murderers and rapists vs accepting the truth. America has not benefitted from mass incarceration, only the criminal justice industry has. Prisons are modern day slave factories that turn petty thief’s and drug users into violent criminals and old white people into million/billionaires. We have more prisons/jails than schools in America and 40+% of the population has a criminal record. That’s ridiculous and it’s a side effect of the “lock them up and throw away the key” attitude. We live in a democracy so this is only allowed because of simple minded people such as yourself.

You're a success story. Good work.

No where in the south believes in second chances

Salute Champ🙏🙏💯💯

To accept a pardon you have to accept 100% guilt for the crime so you are better off with your current situation and if it is expungeable i would do that instead

no one wanted to hear your life story ... .

ONLY GOD CAN PASS JUDGEMENTS. HE WAS WRONG FOR ROBBERY YET OUR PRESIDENT TRADED A BASKETBALL PLAYER FOR DRUGS WITH A BOMB MAKING TERRORIST.. EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT MAN

Bro same. I was a totally knuckle head, got 4 years for robbing a drug dealer with a BB gun. Ain’t looked back since. Screw alllllll that street stuff. I ain’t tryna be tuff. I ain’t tryna chase fast women or fast money. God is good and my job pays me pretty decent so for that I’m beyond grateful. Amen 🙏🏼

Good don’t

Or most red states. Draconian laws that benefit only the rich. This is insane.

You do the time if you do the crime homie!

Let's not overplay the situation. This man committed those robberies when he wa 15 years old. Of course, the taxpayers funded his rehabilitation. The state is supposed to be penitent in this regard, not lifetime enslavers. A nation is judged by how she treats her weakest and most vulnerable. Additionally, one must ask what created the conditions that would make a 15 year old commit 3 robberies. Perhaps a legacy of... Alabama.

@@mrrilz11 I was from a poor broken home, was abused as a child, and dealt with mental issues for many years. I never violently robbed anyone. There's no excuse.

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I agree partially with u . Both problems of these inmates and problems we encounter in society shouldn't be minimized .

Well said....👍👍

Imagine being the victim of a armed robbery and having nightmares of that moment where you didn't know if this serial armed robber was going to kill you or your space is being invaded by someone with a gun. Then imagine that this robber had been convicted before 5 years before this all happened and he only got 3 years. Imagine what you think his sentence whould be. Then imagine 9/10 gullible vice viewers say that the real victim here is the guy who committed three armed robberies before he even turned 19. Imagine what you would think is more important: feelings of the good boy's mama? Or protecting society?

@aquarius3867 omg what a revolutionary thought.. sooo groundbreaking.. 😂

My heart breaks for the people they victimized. But I'm not a sociopath.

​@aquarius3867it's not that bro it has nothing to do with that some ppl are young and dumb some ppl don't have bad intentions just the hunger and struggle are real

@@user-os1lo6mv3oNo. You don't first-degree rob another person who is working and struggling. Alonzo has victims. Let’s ask them.

It's a system that takes a toll on the prison, inmates and their mental health, the family's health too, mostly kids growing up without a mother or father, However I believe depending on the circumstance of how it happened by evidence, murderers and kidnappers also definitely rapist should remain behind bars but not 23 hour "lock down" aka "max" aka solitary confinement. They need learning programs in a safe environment for guards, and other inmates. Build better prisons that can house inmates, without them being crowded, and knock down the old ones to reclaim land. Let's not forget the many of people who are incarcerated for non violent crimes. Whether it's drug related or grand theft, Maybe it could be bank fraud or tax evasion. These type of human being offenders can definitely be rehabilitated if multiple programs were available to them, and not crowded, in a peaceful environment instead of jamed packed inmates of all crimes in one big open room, that will always fail as it forces that population to have popularity contests. Who's the strongest, who is the toughest guy, then under him and so forth. To put it simple a "Hierarchy". The ones at the bottom will always suffer the greatest like today's prisons. If we have a large enough prison with fewer cells, so that there're kind-of a small bedroom. With fair size classrooms, the chances of actual rehabilitation, and lower chance of repeat offending, would be 50 % better or higher. That should be the end goal for all prisons and jails. Alot of men and women get released back into society without the necessary skills to be successful at a job, or a career path and a good support system. Instead it's here is a $100! or a tiny bit more if your lucky, and get out! after 10-15-25 years and expect them not to repeat offend, when alot of them are institutionalized, is an extremely dumb thing. These men and women need structure, good support & good level of skills. Guidance in the form of someone who has been to prison and got out, and is successful at a job even if 9-5. Prison reform is needed so bad in this country so you need to vote for it please 🙏🏽. And Bama needs to band together and force the board of parole to resign and get some decent people in that position. We also need justice reform BIGTIME!

No smart not tough. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others

And we all fall short in one way or another, everyone has a struggle

You didn't want to call that nerd who did his homework and didn't cause any trouble Tough though... I agree, people who can see where a life of criminality ends, people who have the vigilance to not associate with career criminals, people who don't glamourize criminals and their legacies, are tough. It's a shame it took you all those years, all those consequences, all those risks to come to this conclusion... some people, too many people... are still working on it... if only their dads would come home with the milk...

@@kalui96 your saying a whole lot of nothing! I know plenty of nerds in prison, and yes they did their homework….

@@misaelgarcia6105 you're right. they need to stay in there, too. lowers the housing prices. never let them out please, less paperwork XD

Vote. Vote and remove the woman that is actively guiding the parole board from a distance.

Prison most definitely deters people from committing crimes. Only idiots are not deterred

PLz share some examples of what happened to you or others that you've heard about

@@voltrondoji7439 fear is a powerful tool. I rather just return home

It ain't no reason for people to ever go to Alabama.. if your reading this get out while you can 🙏🏾

I passed by there driving back home from Mexico. I wanted to just experience new things and sights. I was nervous asf driving through Alabama. The cops there are extremely racist and intimidating.

What nonviolent crime fest you 45 years as a minor…..

Alabama native here, an old classmate of mine was given 5 years for drug charges meanwhile my ex’s father was killed by a drunk driver who was only given a 2.5 year sentence with probation.

​@@GeeGunMan not that I'm heavily involved in this argument, but was there a race disparity? Or perhaps age? I feel like these judges are never consistent and are biased in different regards.

@@bmxnc22 the drunk driver was white and my exes family is white if that’s what you’re asking, this is the south there was some politician in my town who said if he was elected he would “Publicly hang drug dealers as entertainment.” which i thought was absolutely insane considering the amount of child predators/rapists/cold murderers out there who most would agree do not deserve a second chance.

Robbery isnt a small crime

but these convicts are not innocent, the narrative you're suggesting "even if they did nothing wrong" is false. they made decisions to do these horrible crimes, and it's our decision to have them serve their time. Your name says all I need to know, this is all political for you ...

robbery is not small. in fact it's quite a violent crime. don't do violent crime and you won't go to prison

@@e.s.5529 There's plenty of innocent people in there, u think they're right every time they convict someone? When ur poor, they can do whatever they want with u, who's gonna fight for you when u got nothin? Yo momma?

I dont have a wife, a brother or keep friends that go about committing violent crimes, so what other heart string do you want to pull on?

I'm a Black Man that lives in Bama all I can say is that in Bama if you a Black man here that's 1 Strike , if you do anything that's not Right that's 2 Strikes so you have to move and do what's Right or just move cause once you in you are in Forever. Kim Harris you a Canadian its a Big Difference not saying you haven't been through nothing but our Governor took our Money to Build Mega Prisons and it's gonna be Hard to live here frfr.

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If they were truly basing it on religion, or Christianity, then mercy would be on the forefront of their minds. What would Jesus do in this situation? Would He give people another chance? Absolutely. There is a lot of false Christianity, people who go to church because it's a social thing and who know absolutely nothing about the gospel, and if they do they are blatantly ignoring it.

@@lifewiththesteeles2672you’re a black boy. Being a White Man means you take care of your family all you black boys do is sell drugs

@@lifewiththesteeles2672 LMAO you criminals are so fking whiney. Goines was a serial armed robber he deserved 20 years, stop blaming this on race and take some fking accountability boy if you think Bama is worst place go live in NY or Canaduh or Cuba see how they treat black people there.

You delusional if you thinking that. I'm sorry your country a sht show but I assure you - so is mine.

What does that mean ? Do you think all whites are racist ? I agree that this parole board is disgustingly flawed and racist. However, I choose to believe that most of society is reasonable and conscientious. Don't let that hate eat at you. Judging people because of the color of their skin is wrong it doesn't matter what color is doing the judging.

The people who commit the most violent crime per capita perhaps?

@@ropeysubstance1719 I hear dog whistles...

@@davidchristian8447 I hear "violent crime statistics"

@@ropeysubstance1719 Your sentence is grammatically incoherent. What is it that you’re trying to say?

Using evidence to support a claim is probably not going to resonate with some of these parole board members. They've got it in their head to just 'deny, deny, deny' and nothing will alter their stance.

Bro u don't even know what your saying 25 it's a life sentences dude didn't kill no one I was in the feds and I met scammers who got 2 to 5 years for stealing millions hahaha the system it's fucked up but what do u knw if u think like that

7.25?!?! They are stuck in 2007...

@@richcast66 Yeah we are. Anytime we ask for the minimum wage to go up, they tell us to go get better jobs; something about the working people being lazy and always want handouts. It's stupid

@@boinkohh8394 That is such a dumb argument. Minimum wage jobs have to be fulfilled by someone. How do you expect these people to live off of so little?

@@richcast66 a friend of mine lives in an apartment complex that just raised its rent up 300 dollars, it was 1300 now 1600. She has a dang good job but at the same time, it's not enough for her rent. She's now looking for a house, and its difficult as hell

So move

One of the parole board members in this video was black....they still got a unanimous vote?

@@joshwells4280The majority of the prisons are run by black people in Alabama. I can't understand of all the people in the Alabama prison system, this man picks Alonzo, the serial first-degree robber. We need to ask the victims first.

Well, yeah. Why should the public have sympathy for a man who even admits that he knew right from wrong and still made the decison to commit these crimes. It's good that it sounds like he's learning from his mistakes, but that doesn't mean all is forgiven. He's served the 5 years for the 1 charge, but he's still got 10 years to go for the 20 years he recieved for the latter charges.

@@scdipper8649 like I was sayn, "no sympathy from the public."😳

Next time, just give him the money, lol.

@@williamyoung9401 🎭

It's extremely insulting to the victims families the way these convicted thugs are portrayed as "victims" of an unjust system.

I hope he stays out of trouble babe

You did the right thing, this is heartbreaking.

They guy only got 5 years initially and we don't know if that was even his first offence...it was the other 2 robberies that bumped him up to 20 years

You did a good thing. There are far too many young people committing these violent crimes. Also, if you live in a state with a racist history or shaky justice system that's even MORE reason for these guys to be on their best behavior!