it is NOW, and this is MORE PROOF. what the witnesses die, evidence tapering, the affirmative action degrees to positions put marxist in Everything.... ALWAYS GOOD FOR EVERYONE to LET CRIMINALS BACK OUT AT US, I mean it's not like repeat offenders ARE REPEATING OR ANYTHING.
Guilty until proven innocent. It took 48 years to prove his innocence? Wow. Everyone that had a hand in this sentence should recieve a 48 year at 100% prison sentence.
@@kenny38606 True. Too bad this guy can't seize all assets from any family member that had a part in it. I can't imagine how many other innocent people are rotting away in prison.
Except he was never "proven" innocent. All that happened was that some technical glitch was found in the evidence on which he was convicted, which made the evidence less overwhelmingly supportive of his culpability as it was once believed to be. In other words, the likelihood of his being the murder was once deemed at perhaps 90%, if not 99%; in light of the new circumstances, however, the likelihood was revised downward to be perhaps around 50% - not overwhelming enough to pass the threshold of "beyond reasonable doubt" demanded by the judicial standard. The conclusion is that instead of being probably guilty (i.e. guilty beyond doubt), he is only "possibly guilty" (i.e. 50% likely to be guilty). The doubt goes both ways - it's as doubtful for him to be the murder as it is for him to be innocent. He by all judicial reasonings remains a suspect who still could have actually been the real murder (though not necessarily so, hence his judicial exoneration, given the doctrine of "presumed" innocent until proven guilty".) Being "presumed innocent" in a jurisprudential chess-game is NOT the same as being "proven" innocent.
what the witnesses die, evidence tapering, the affirmative action degrees to positions put marxist in Everything.... ALWAYS GOOD FOR EVERYONE to LET CRIMINALS BACK OUT AT US, I mean it's not like repeat offenders ARE REPEATING OR ANYTHING.
Yes, our legal system has major issues. The officials within it will even break the law to obtain their personally-desired verdicts/judgments. In 2019, a Florida Judge outright *committed perjury* (and *destroyed evidence* ). A Judge Who Committed Perjury: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_RaJXFfXOCE.html *Please Beware*
what the witnesses die, evidence tapering, the affirmative action degrees to positions put marxist in Everything.... ALWAYS GOOD FOR EVERYONE to LET CRIMINALS BACK OUT AT US, I mean it's not like repeat offenders ARE REPEATING OR ANYTHING.
There is no amount of money that can replace 48 years of a life,not only that but there’s no amount of money to remove the trauma of a lifetime in prison. I have no words
Imagine thinking this has a happy ending. Man has 50 years of prison conditioning. That's very hard to deal with in those quiet moments. I hope you find peace sir
what the witnesses die, evidence tapering, the affirmative action degrees to positions put marxist in Everything.... ALWAYS GOOD FOR EVERYONE to LET CRIMINALS BACK OUT AT US, I mean it's not like repeat offenders ARE REPEATING OR ANYTHING.
Imagine how many other prisoners are rotting in prison and are completely innocent. This is exactly why I have always been anti-death penalty. This man would be dead if he was on death row and NO ONE would hear about his innocence, because who cares about dead people. Let alone dead prisoners convicted of crimes they may or may have committed.
As sad as it is, organizations that help exonerate the wrongly convicted don’t have enough resources because there are so many cases for them to work on. It’s just too late for the unfortunate innocents who were already executed.
I am crying, literally... I want to give this man a hug. I spent 4 months in there, I cant imagine 50 years.. this is so unjust and insane. I hope he has many many good years ahead of him and I hope that they bring a semi load of cash to him.
It’s sad that after all of that he now has to actually sue them just to receive compensation. How is it that they didn’t already offer this man some money for what they did to him. 48 years in prison and they expected him to just get a job as an old man where???
He needs compensation. What about the associate they mentioned that was also convicted? And the victim that was shot in the head still deserves justice as well.
@@bigt8877 compensating him for taking away his working years and ability to build wealth/save for retirement is not a hand out. Its what he is rightfully owed. Time is money and they took quite a lot from him.
No, but he must sue for a ridiculous amount of money so that the state thinks twice about ever doing this again. Also, jail time for whoever had a hand in putting and keeping him in jail would be nice
And now the prosecutor needs some prison time for doing what he or she did to this man. No amount of money can give him his years lost behind bars. Prosecutor's don't care who goes to prison as long as they get a conviction. That's exactly what happened in this case. Sickening!
Jesus I do not know this man but my heart breaks for him. I don’t understand how you can allow this innocent man to be in jail for so long I can’t seem to comprehend it and if I can’t comprehend it I don’t know how he can please help him with his trauma and give him strength😢
Please this is not God’s fault, It is the wickedness of man that has kept this innocent man in prison for this long while the real culprit is out there enjoying himself or herself . This country has no respect for the lives of African American Men. May God avenge the evil done to this innocent man
There is absolutely no way to repay that man on earth. Hopefully he wins big and can live a happy, comfortable life and then have a sit down with God in heaven in his eternal life.
Even a day behind bars while being innocent deserves compensation but almost 50 years ?!?!? They robbed this man of the one thing you can never give him back , life!
I hope he’s awarded a huge amount of money for the 48 years that was taken away from him. It took 48 years to prove this man’s innocence? Unbelievable!
Not true. Besides, Oklahoma is mostly American Indian so chances are excellent that the accuser and jury were mostly American Indian. Btw, although blacks are only 12 percent of the population, they account for 59 percent of all crimes. If a group doesnt commit crimes, they wouldn't be looked at suspiciously.
Now Pay the Man for the 50 years of his life that was stolen!! Should be nothing less than 20 Million Dollars, plus payment of his taxes and Attorney fees, etc.
Definition of killing a man while breathing. Hope depression doesn’t come for him after the realization sets in, that he was robbed of his life, family, friends, experiences, love, children, etc. beyond sad. Good luck!
175,000 dollars is the maximum limit for Oklahoma, and he still has to fight it out in court to receive it, and he has stage 4 cancer, OUCH!!!! Very sad.
I am always reluctant to read stories like this because I'm afraid that the man who needlessly spent decades in prison will thank Jesus and my head will explode.
Understand god can be a powerful coping mechanism, There can be psychological benefits in the belief in god. People need all the help they can get being locked up for 50 yrs for a crime they didn't commit. I say this as an atheist.
Seek help. You shouldn’t be this triggered or triggered at all by someone’s beliefs…. He spent 50 years in jail knowing he is innocent and you are triggered by his beliefs? Get over your inconsiderate self. The man can believe in whatever tf he thinks kept him through those years.
Thank the humans who helped him. Why would anyone thank a god that allows an innocent man to rot in prison for nearly 50 years? If this is the best your god can do, he's not someone to depend on for anything.
ONLY IN AMERICA. . . THIS POOR GUY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER DAY TO BE COMPENSATED, SERIOUSLY, THEY SHOULD PAY HIM SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY, THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SO THEY MAY ASWELL START NOW & LET HIM HAVE THE CHOICE & THE MEANS TO DO ANYTHING HE LIKES, IT'S THE VERY, VERY LEAST THEY CAN DO.
Obviously, you have never been anywhere else with that statement. My heart go out to him, but trust me, having been all over the world and seen families dragged out of homes to never be seen again because an official of the ruling class decided that he or she wanted what they had, be glad you live in the USA. It is always sad when the few get punished because of the bad apples, there by tarnishing the reputation of a system that was for the most part fair.
@rightinglegends9289 most of them people from those countries are prolly taken away and jailed or executed.. but people think America is so bad. They just niave and brainwashed
We are all sorry !! Humanity is sorry ! The world is sorry ! Please forgive us ! We as humans all are responsible for every wrong committed anywhere in the world !
I cannot begin to imagine what the man has gone through. I do not understand how it even got to the point that he spent a lifetime behind bars. Why? How? Who never took another look at the case? It is insane. What is the full story? I don't care if people are long gone, if responsible, their names should be revealed and why it happened.
An investigation needs to be done of all cases old & recent. Not saying everyone in there is innocent but even if there’s a 1% chance that there are a handful that are is truly disgusting
Over half his life - beyond shameful. The cases of all long term inmates need to be investigated. The original prosecutors, if still alive, should be held criminally liable for wrongful imprisonment when they have not followed the rule of law - like turning over key evidence to the defense. The taxpayers will bear the burden of the settlement Mr. Simmons is rightfully due. Where is the accountability for the District Attorney's Office?
No amount of money can replace those years but Jesus he should get 1 million per year served = 50 million! Hes had to worry for 50 years the last thing he should have to do is worry about money when his life was ripped away
What’s crazy is that according to law in Oklahoma the falsely accused are eligible for only $175000. He should be awarded MILLIONS, generational wealth money. He could’ve been a CEO or built a wildly successful business
Beside the damage done in a wrongful decision I saw that in Oklahoma he would get $175000 which in my opinion doesn’t even come close to compensation for what the state of Oklahoma did to him. That comes to $3646 for each of the 48 years he spent in prison! Another horrible thought is what if they had executed him? He was originally sentenced to death!
It puzzles me that the police took the recollection of a traumatized Teenager who was also dealing with being shot in the head at face value. I think Glynn Simmons should sue for millions.
