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  • Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2021
  • After nearly 58 years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola, 75-year-old Henry Montgomery was granted parole this week and emerged from behind the gates as a free man. Montgomery was convicted of murder at age 17, and was one of thousands of juveniles sentenced to life without parole. He told Lester Holt that he was “young, wild and stupid” at the time of his sentencing.
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Комментарии • 534

  • @beatricetaylor8778
    @beatricetaylor8778 8 месяцев назад +74

    Henry Montgomery is now my downstairs neighbor. His 2 cousins live in our complex and this family is loving, faithful and THANK GOD restored. This is a good man.

    • @Plane63
      @Plane63 3 месяца назад

      Stop lying,Youn know dis fella

    • @sham3152
      @sham3152 Месяц назад

      Thank you so much for sharing this.
      What a blessing!!

  • @UltimaHolyFlare
    @UltimaHolyFlare 2 года назад +336

    Dude served half a century, parole board said, "you need more programs." Insane!

    • @daddyelon4577
      @daddyelon4577 2 года назад +10

      bruh he murdered someone at 17

    • @Brakdayton
      @Brakdayton 2 года назад +51

      @@daddyelon4577 same age Karl Rittenhouse was when he killed two people. Poor guy had four things going against him: Black, Louisiana, 1964 and he was guilty.

    • @heostevelady
      @heostevelady 2 года назад +11

      @@Brakdayton Kyle situation is nothing like this guy’s. Weird you even try to compare them together

    • @Brakdayton
      @Brakdayton 2 года назад +19

      @@heostevelady why weird? I compare two seventeen year-olds. Different times, different ethnicities but people were killed at their hands. One went to for decades, the other one didn’t. Are there reasons for those outcomes?

    • @whitneywalsh9127
      @whitneywalsh9127 2 года назад +4

      Yea that was laughable

  • @waltermiller3274
    @waltermiller3274 2 года назад +92

    I'm a juvenile lifer paroled in Michigan and the State has done nothing to help me. They let me out after 33 years with nothing. I owe being free to Mr. MONTGOMERY!!!

    • @MRTWOMUCHable
      @MRTWOMUCHable Год назад +7

      Be safe and do what's right

    • @waltermiller3274
      @waltermiller3274 Год назад +10

      @@MRTWOMUCHable after 4 years I discharge off Parole on the 29th. It's still a struggle.

    • @melvinsummer9795
      @melvinsummer9795 7 месяцев назад

      @@waltermiller3274stay Strong you got this❤❤

    • @lisai2110
      @lisai2110 2 месяца назад +1

      Life is what you make it. My cousin did 10 years and he struggled with some things but if you surround yourself with supportive family you can make it

    • @samuelstewartbeals9417
      @samuelstewartbeals9417 8 дней назад

      The state has not helped you… so what your a lifer..
      Your a immoral murder! You should still be locked up for your miserable life

  • @The_R-n-I_Guy
    @The_R-n-I_Guy 2 года назад +101

    There are entirely too many people in prison for either a stupid mistake, minor crimes that have too long of a sentence, or crimes they didn't commit in the first place

    • @68jennah
      @68jennah 2 года назад +1

      @HunterBidensCrackPipe thanks.

    • @mikehunt6107
      @mikehunt6107 2 года назад +7

      @@taylorbug9 he did not want to lie. He was not trying to deny it. He served 58 years.

    • @ArtTheSinger
      @ArtTheSinger 2 года назад +6

      Also because of lies. I was lied on by a female roommate because we got in an augment and she lied and said I kicked her out the apt and put a gun to her head. I’ve never held a gun, I’m college educated, have my own business, and no record. I’m so far from that lifestyle. If she would’ve kept the lie going I would’ve been in prison for at lease a year. I spent 4 days in rikers island. False imprisonment is real.

    • @Decaff72
      @Decaff72 2 года назад +3

      Well he killed a person.. so theres that

    • @Andre_Servetus
      @Andre_Servetus 2 года назад

      That's not the case in his case.

  • @helenpatterson3858
    @helenpatterson3858 2 года назад +136

    Good lord, after 58 years he's going to need all the help he can get.

    • @selah71
      @selah71 2 года назад +5

      Yep.

    • @PONE8504
      @PONE8504 2 года назад +7

      This is when blm needs to get together right

    • @Karen-dm5lb
      @Karen-dm5lb 2 года назад +5

      Thank goodness he has all of the other early released group. Amen they'll hold him down

  • @Nan-59
    @Nan-59 2 года назад +97

    Actually, a girl's maturity at 17 is way different than a boy's at that same age.
    It is very sad a man was killed, but I do believe this guy has paid his dues.

    • @robertlinder8464
      @robertlinder8464 2 года назад +6

      You wouldn't say that if he killed a relative of yours.

    • @hoodiek6802
      @hoodiek6802 2 года назад +7

      @@robertlinder8464 you don't know what he would say.58 years is a long time. He didn't cause Any problems and prison was made to rehabilitate people who did crimes or is that not right

    • @Decaff72
      @Decaff72 2 года назад +1

      maybe someone kills your father then how do you feel?

    • @missbstuurman
      @missbstuurman 2 года назад +10

      @@Decaff72 after 50 something years i forgive them yes....he was 17 for God's sake.

    • @feralLove
      @feralLove 2 года назад +2

      The logical, reasoning, part of the brain is not fully developed in males til they are 25. And yes he paid his dues.

  • @ivedigga
    @ivedigga 2 года назад +89

    I think you need more programs WTH how much more can you do with 57 years under your belt. We need more people like him to talk to these kids out here

    • @Pugetwitch
      @Pugetwitch 2 года назад +15

      Yep and then to think that nasty Karen was shaking her head smirking and pursing her lips talking about that he's not sad and he knew right for wrong at age 17... She got me all the way f***** up.

    • @patriciacrevecoeur2206
      @patriciacrevecoeur2206 2 года назад

      Exactly

    • @sir7544
      @sir7544 2 года назад

      @Tim Loo1 Self defense

    • @mikehunt6107
      @mikehunt6107 2 года назад +3

      @@sir7544 Kyle rittenhouse brought a gun to a protest that he was against. He said he wanted to shoot protesters. He shot protesters. He murdered protesters. Facts don't give an eff about you.

    • @sir7544
      @sir7544 2 года назад

      @Tim Loo1 Explain how

  • @ruthiehayes198
    @ruthiehayes198 2 года назад +12

    I wish this man peace

  • @baileybutterfly320
    @baileybutterfly320 2 года назад +75

    His daughter needs therapy. She’s bitter of woman. Life is different from a white and person of color. Especially back then..

    • @sandrasmith3434
      @sandrasmith3434 2 года назад +4

      This man was punished under a very very old law punished on the condition of your skin color which should have been abolished many many years ago. Because if he had been gunned down by a police officer while walking black that police officer would not have done a second in jail, let alone over half century.ask yourself, haven't God been extremely lenient with me?????

    • @hoodiek6802
      @hoodiek6802 2 года назад +10

      Its understandable I mean she Lost her father really young.But he served more than enough time.

    • @shontasmith9362
      @shontasmith9362 2 месяца назад +3

      Absolutely!!!

    • @essencejackson8123
      @essencejackson8123 2 месяца назад +2

      right..

    • @seand8498
      @seand8498 2 месяца назад +1

      Back then it was worse being black. Today everybody gotta chance. It’s different for poor and rich for sure. That man though paid his dues to society without a doubt

  • @sexline8191
    @sexline8191 2 года назад +44

    You know it amazes me how when an officer gets off for murdering an unarmed person it's always said that it was a split second life or death decision they had to make or that it was just an accident. That same consideration is never given for ANYONE else though. Especially when it is a young minority person. Yes a 17 year old knows the difference between right and wrong but so do those officers who have also undergone hours of training in making the right decisions in those situations. Unless you're a straight up Charles Manson or Ted Bundy I believe everyone deserves a second chance......

    • @Decaff72
      @Decaff72 2 года назад

      ok someone kills your family member and then what?

    • @carmentasha2789
      @carmentasha2789 2 года назад +3

      You are right sexline. The officer probably killed hundreds of minorities in his cop lifetime, but yet everyone is outraged when he's killed. How about ALL of the lives, probably minorities, he (the cop) took while going home to his family with no remorse. F@#k Linda Wood and all those who believe like her. Henry Montgomery deserves a second chance. Many black men sentenced in front of a white jury during that time were usually given life sentences. I'm glad Henry is free, a chance to experience life with no bars. That ugly crying she did used to work back in the day for white women, now WE moving forward.
      Live your LIFE Henry!!!!!!!!

    • @monicaobeng8369
      @monicaobeng8369 2 года назад

      1

    • @feralLove
      @feralLove 2 года назад

      The rational, logical thinking of the brain is not fully developed in males til they are 25. It is well known Teenagers do not always make the appropriate choices especially when it comes to using guns. Scientific statistic research has shown this to be true. For God's sake the man did 58 years behind bars!! And the daughter of the slain officer is still bitter?? 😔💔

    • @purposepassionandlovetv863
      @purposepassionandlovetv863 Год назад +1

      During that day and time, 61 years ago, I would like to know that whole story. Yeah the guy had a family the question is what kind of person was he? Did he flex his priviledge at the time and get what he deserved or was he just senselessly murdered? Killing is not cool. Just knowing the era, its hard not to think there could have been a possible framing, it could have been self defense, it could have been plain old murder. Yet I wonder. Research time.

  • @tracystruths1762
    @tracystruths1762 2 года назад +39

    What a heartfelt story. I always know there is good news to be reported although far and few in between. Bless Him

    • @dannyrandkai
      @dannyrandkai 2 года назад +2

      If you think this is a heartfelt story, just wait for the one with the family of the man he killed. Just don't hold your breath

    • @Decaff72
      @Decaff72 2 года назад +2

      he killed a person

  • @madonnaclark4074
    @madonnaclark4074 2 года назад +21

    I'm the sister of two brothers whe were murdered by two different men in two different states in two different years 1982 and 1984.So I know how it feels. When someone you love is murdered and snatched from your life in a blink of a eye.Your hurt angered devastated. I get all that.
    But life goes on.Because life is for the living not the dead.The dead have no more troubles of this cold world.I'm also the sister of another one of my brothers who was 21 at the time was part of a robbery that a victim was shot and they died. Not shot by my brother but by one of they men that was in on the robbery.
    Everybody involved in the robbery killing was charged rightfully so with murder.In 1979 My brother went to prison for 23 years. And I didn't think that was to harsh. Someone had loss their life.
    My brother came home got a job was eventually able to move into his own apartment buy a new truck. Never went back to prison.
    I personally never cared about what happened to the two men who had murdered my brothers. I left that up to the courts and God.It wasn't for me to say if those men were sorry and remorseful about killing my brothers. I had a life to live and three small children at the time to raise. I couldn't afford to allow two killers to have any space in my head or heart.
    Both men went to prison. I can't tell you if their in or out prison by now.I haven't given them any thought about them nor do I honestly care.My brother served the 23 years he was sentence to.He paid his debt to society. He been a productive tax paying citizen who at 64 lives a peaceful life.
    I know obviously what I choose to do was forgive and not hold anger and not allow myself to hate the men who killed my brothers is't easy . I know it was something broken mentally emotionally and maybe physically in those two young men who murdered my brothers.And they may had needed to be forgiven.I didn't tell them I forgave them.I just did it spiritually and mentally for me. They choose their own fate.Letting go of what hurts you Free's you.And no one controls you.
    So I have felt the pain of my loved one's being killed and living with the knowledge and pain of knowing my loved played a role in somebody else's loved ones death.
    I choose to be a survivor of my circumstances not victim.

    • @ultimatewarrior9611
      @ultimatewarrior9611 11 месяцев назад +1

      Im sorry to hear about your brothers. Thanks for sharing how you feel about everything. I couldn’t even fathom.. god continue to bless this lovely lady 🖤🖤

    • @a_n3032
      @a_n3032 10 месяцев назад +1

      I am sorry to hear about your brothers RIP...I'm glad you are being a strong individual about this this is so unfortunate but you are right the dead have no more troubles in this cold world...no one deserves to have there life taken from them from another human being unless its self defense! that's what I believe and its only fair if you look at it in any case of murder or attempted murder you must take a sec and just trade shoes with them I'm not talking about you I'm talking about the ones that don't know what its like to be a victim or affected. I am a survivor of a drive by shooting so I can relate somewhat but not as extreme as your case but I know what its like having that anger towards someone that wanted to take either your life or someone you loved you just want justice and peace...Its not easy but you must keep going remember that.

    • @madonnaclark4074
      @madonnaclark4074 10 месяцев назад

      @@ultimatewarrior9611 Thank you💕

    • @madonnaclark4074
      @madonnaclark4074 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@a_n3032 I deeply appreciate your reply ♥

  • @yvonnelewis4888
    @yvonnelewis4888 2 года назад +83

    I so wish we could see more of this for marijuana arrests and non-violent offenders.

  • @Austin8thGenTexan
    @Austin8thGenTexan 2 года назад +102

    Is it our goal to rehabilitate or to punish? "Vengeance is mine saith the Lord". We call it "corrections", but who decides when the person has been adequately corrected? Just making it through Angola Prison for all those years is an accomplishment in itself. Godspeed to Henry for the rest of his life... 🌷

    • @mandycote5662
      @mandycote5662 2 года назад +2

      We are all guilty of being Godless He’s the Righteous Judge

    • @My2CentsYall
      @My2CentsYall 2 года назад +3

      Its should be different for murder. We are not going to wait for god to rule out on prisoners NO. If you commit murder you lay at the mercy of the court. All other crimes but that you should be TREATED FOR....like an illness. but not murder that is something you should not be able to walk away from.

    • @Kermit_T_Frog
      @Kermit_T_Frog 2 года назад +8

      The USA has been on the vengeance route for the past 50 years, and look where it has gotten us.

    • @dannyrandkai
      @dannyrandkai 2 года назад

      punish. Parents for educating, state for punishing.

    • @predig1671
      @predig1671 2 года назад +1

      @@My2CentsYall he still killed someone he took there father and husband permanently. So I'm not looking at how old he is he's not a victim.

  • @annem.parent8580
    @annem.parent8580 2 года назад +51

    Even God has forgiven people who were sincerely sorry for their crimes even murder.

    • @uMADden
      @uMADden 2 года назад

      That's BS

    • @mikehunt6107
      @mikehunt6107 2 года назад +1

      How do I get an interview with this person?

    • @ericcunningham504
      @ericcunningham504 3 месяца назад +1

      The world has forgotten that God forgives us daily. If our sins were exposed to the world, Lord knows we all would be in bad shape

  • @ellentaylor4351
    @ellentaylor4351 2 года назад +43

    The system is rotten to the core, sham on the families who don't forgive, they probably say they Christian🤔

    • @bjvu9460
      @bjvu9460 2 года назад +6

      its not their burden to forgive. and its not your right to tell people who to feel and process pain.. seems a bit self righteous and mighty of you the christian to judge when the bible talks about being judgemental

    • @uMADden
      @uMADden 2 года назад +2

      What? I don't care im not forgiving anybody killing my family

    • @thenameidk3168
      @thenameidk3168 2 года назад

      @@uMADden A blood debt must be paid in blood" #ShangChi

    • @Decaff72
      @Decaff72 2 года назад +1

      is your dad still alive did someone murder him... how do you say that to the daughters of the murdered father? how naive are you to fall for this BS news story... he murdered a man

    • @abebe7325
      @abebe7325 2 года назад

      6 0 yrs

  • @1richnasty
    @1richnasty 2 года назад +22

    Unfortunately there are youth’s at 17 years old that make bad decisions that ruin so many lives. And as they get older they realize what a unforgivable mistake they made. I wasn’t around when he was 17, however when I was 17 I was lost in the streets and I didn’t think about the crimes that I did. It was as if I had to do what I had to do to survive. Thankfully I was arrested for a crime four months after I turned 18 and that sent me away for 3 years and 2 months. Was out when I was 21 and tried to make up lost time, or I wasn’t ready. After doing the 12 month violation I was paroled and got off parole 3 years later. Life is to beautiful to be running around acting a fool. Parents, the home environment plays a big role in there upbringing. Music, sports, educational is what is good for the mind body and soul. The streets have no name.

    • @moseymay1772
      @moseymay1772 2 года назад

      Great advice of experience, ty for posting. You'd be great working with kids !

  • @berniemcbgood7674
    @berniemcbgood7674 2 года назад +13

    My "heart" goes out to him.....58yrs is a long time ⌛

  • @justlooking4771
    @justlooking4771 2 года назад +37

    This should be happening more often! I can't imagine how many souls were lost and/or still in prison from a conviction when they were underage.
    Our justice system needs a complete overhaul. 😓🙏😓🙏😓

    • @Decaff72
      @Decaff72 2 года назад

      oh was your dad murdered.. how would you feel must be nice white privelage

  • @aerrialisrael9621
    @aerrialisrael9621 Год назад +5

    There is no telling how bad that cop was

  • @KCsFunHouse
    @KCsFunHouse 2 года назад +51

    I can’t help but cry at this poor mans story. I sincerely hope he is able to enjoy the time he has left. We need to change our criminal justice system. The respect the the other inmates have for Mr. Montgomery is beautiful. Everyone deserves a second chance, especially if they were minors when they committed a crime. Maybe the daughter knew right from wrong but her father was a deputy, nor everyone has the same privilege of something as simple as parents that are mentally, physically and emotionally available for their children. We must look at crime differently, period. Prisons started out as reformatories… that was lost when prisons became private money makers.

    • @MD-01
      @MD-01 2 года назад +11

      will you stand by this opinion if the victim was your dad, mom, son, daughter or any close relative ?

    • @Karen-dm5lb
      @Karen-dm5lb 2 года назад +11

      @@MD-01 The daughter is bitter. It's clouding her judgement. Her ancient racist views is too

    • @MD-01
      @MD-01 2 года назад +2

      @@Karen-dm5lb ok

    • @jonathancorbett9827
      @jonathancorbett9827 2 года назад +4

      @@Karen-dm5lb I do think it's time this man gets a second chance, I hope he can make the most out of what he has left but I gotta know how is this woman racist ? Her father was murdered by no fault of his and certainly not hers, is she racist because the killer happened to be black ???

    • @Karen-dm5lb
      @Karen-dm5lb 2 года назад +2

      @@jonathancorbett9827 She's racist because she lived in a time when most were racist. They all live in the small town with good ole boy mind set. It's amazing this man made it to prison & wasn't lynched before making it to trial back then. Only thing that's changed is they shoot em on the spot & say "he didn't comply" or he reached for a gun (cell phone). Of course it's not right that her father was killed but taking a look at the whole justice system this is insane. Many a murderer today gets out on parole after serving only ten years at the most.

  • @coryedwards4042
    @coryedwards4042 2 года назад +4

    I see this two ways 17 years is old enough …and 58 years is long enough……

  • @nigelhinds7356
    @nigelhinds7356 2 года назад +16

    Sad 58 year's

  • @Beetwate305
    @Beetwate305 2 года назад +16

    Of course the family doesn’t feel like he’s sorry, they will never feel that he is. 58 years is enough!!!

    • @ronaldwilliams2295
      @ronaldwilliams2295 2 года назад

      LOL that's a f***** up profile I thought that was Tommy sotomayor oh my god wow LOL 🤣🤣🤣😂😂👋

  • @justlooking4771
    @justlooking4771 2 года назад +13

    Oh ma gawd!! And as I wrote my earlier comment, I heard the parole board turn him down in 2019!
    Disgusting!! He helped free OTHER inmates but the parole board said he "needed more programs"??!!?!?!?! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

  • @ivedigga
    @ivedigga 2 года назад +39

    I understand how his daughter fills but 57 years is enough they don’t do this in Europe so why do it here

    • @xiaoranmo7308
      @xiaoranmo7308 2 года назад +3

      If somebody take away your love one, how many years behind bar do you think is enough?

    • @NozomuYume
      @NozomuYume 2 года назад +21

      @@xiaoranmo7308 Enough to rehabilitate them so they do not repeat their mistake. No matter what you do to them, it will never undo the harm, so why even try to count how much is "fair"? The best that person can do to try to atone is to try to be a better person.
      Maybe ask them to make an effort to stop others from causing harm in the future.

    • @micahreese982
      @micahreese982 2 года назад +1

      @@NozomuYume or just hang the shitbirds. Guarantee you'd have different opinion if it was your daddy

    • @Pugetwitch
      @Pugetwitch 2 года назад +10

      @@xiaoranmo7308 whatever the f****** law says! She's not the arbitrator of who goes to jail and for how long. This is not the olden days where the relatives got to decide the punishment come and get the f*** out of here. And she's cruel and heartless too, talking about a 17 year old knows right from wrong. No the f*** they don't. That's why they're not allowed to join the military yet or even get a drink at the bar.

    • @flowersforme375
      @flowersforme375 2 года назад +10

      His daughter can be hurt but there is forgiveness and empathy. He was a child who made a bad decision. She spent 58 years hating and should have spent 58 years forgiving and learning. I would have visited him and got to know him. Have some peace of mind.

  • @marytownsend1978
    @marytownsend1978 2 года назад +22

    I'm glad he was able to come home. I don't know anyone still doing what they did when they were younger.

    • @heostevelady
      @heostevelady 2 года назад +1

      @HunterBidensCrackPipe crazy how ppl think aww poor him. Dude murdered a dad and husband. Sickening, you can see the kids are still hurt

    • @lawsemaj
      @lawsemaj 2 года назад

      @@heostevelady word. I say the same thing. They don't get their dad back. These kids today abusue the benefit of the doubt the law gives them because of their age. That's what gives them the courage to commit adult crimes. It's those criminals who deserve to rot In that cage forever

    • @ronaldwilliams2295
      @ronaldwilliams2295 2 года назад +3

      @HunterBidensCrackPipe well why don't you say something like that about dylann roof I never hear you people say anything bad about him I wonder why I know why

    • @sanniepearrandolph5063
      @sanniepearrandolph5063 2 года назад

      @@ronaldwilliams2295 THAT PART💯

  • @luciahermias9717
    @luciahermias9717 2 года назад +10

    The man pay his prize he should be free.

  • @55alive8
    @55alive8 2 года назад +17

    17 then life 17 now a hero. Somethings are worth forgiving. He was sorry now let him live his life.

  • @gburahbondo2948
    @gburahbondo2948 2 года назад +6

    This is sad.
    My heart breaks for this man

  • @ToanNguyen-kk1rs
    @ToanNguyen-kk1rs 2 года назад +8

    This remind us of parenthood!
    May God bless him.

    • @Decaff72
      @Decaff72 2 года назад

      he killed a person

  • @drsylvietourigny5428
    @drsylvietourigny5428 2 года назад +8

    How can the decedant's daughter nurture her anger for 53 years? Clearly, another missing piece of the U.S.A.'s "criminal *justice* system" is support/counselling for victims and their families. It's insane that someone incarcerated for more than five decades would be told he has not participated in "enough programs". The U.S. world is truly topsy-turvy!

  • @lionofjudah6763
    @lionofjudah6763 2 года назад +10

    Wow those type of sentences are insane for their age when they committed those crimes. This should have never happen but this mostly happen to us as ADOS. May he be able to build something out of his life going forward. God Bless him!!!

  • @justlooking4771
    @justlooking4771 2 года назад +9

    Job's got nothing on Mr. Montgomery! God bless you, Sir! Keep doing His work and welcome home!

  • @empressnekia1
    @empressnekia1 2 года назад +7

    Oh wow, I was just watching the documentary on this, what got me was when he went for his parole hearing, that One guy said and voted no for him to be released and he also stated he has a lot of learning or something of that nature he said but I’m like darn what else does he need to learn after 58 years in prison

  • @Fee-Fee50
    @Fee-Fee50 2 года назад +10

    Parole boards are just pitiful! I understand the family and pain. For the daughter learn How to forgive I did. Remember you have to stand before God with all the hate and malice.

  • @321renew8
    @321renew8 2 года назад +11

    They say he knew right from wrong at 17, then I have to believe that Kyle Rittenhouse did too.

  • @hereallyfast
    @hereallyfast 3 месяца назад +2

    "For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you"

  • @B_Solid85
    @B_Solid85 Год назад +2

    That guy said I think you need more program’s after all them years.

  • @shawnross3521
    @shawnross3521 2 года назад +8

    I couldn't watch without crying we all make mistakes I'm still crying 👍 happy 😊 for him he is free thank God almighty free at last 😊

  • @JB-rt4mx
    @JB-rt4mx 2 года назад +5

    He is like...WTF?..cellphones,cars,clothing,girls dressing like boys and girls wearing skimpy coverings

  • @carmencitaoliva1266
    @carmencitaoliva1266 2 года назад +3

    Forgiveness

  • @dorisfowler5502
    @dorisfowler5502 2 года назад +16

    I'm glad he's out. People are able to change, and they should have the chance to prove it. Henry has done everything asked of him, and came out with a chance to be what he can be and show who he really is inside.

  • @roserichko9452
    @roserichko9452 2 года назад +3

    awwww this poor guy god bless u sir in everyway

  • @xtradelite903
    @xtradelite903 2 года назад +9

    Even the death penalty is racist. As an American citizen, this is the best our system can do and I’m fine with that for this particular case. The plaintiff family need to understand that in this country even guilty prisoners have rights. And, he was a juvenile at the time of the crime. He deserves a second chance.

    • @xtradelite903
      @xtradelite903 2 года назад +1

      @Boops_N_Scoots We do not have a vigilante system in this country. Otherwise, everybody would be killing everybody. As judges say, we need to respect the process.

    • @shellyveley9515
      @shellyveley9515 2 года назад +1

      @Boops_N_Scoots just because he was a deputy doesn't mean he was an " upstanding citizen" and times were VERY different back then, especially in certain states , for people of color.

  • @Wynner69
    @Wynner69 2 года назад +3

    What harm can he do at 75 years old? The parole boards are ridiculous. Denying him parole at 73 and recommending more programs, for what. Those programs doesn't help get employment, they're just a waste of taxpayers dollars.

  • @tianabell8858
    @tianabell8858 2 года назад +11

    I would have been forgave him, if I were the family 👪. I would have told them to let him out!

    • @Decaff72
      @Decaff72 2 года назад

      unless its your dad or mom or brother or sister... wtf

  • @erinjordon829
    @erinjordon829 2 года назад +7

    I just have to point out the difference between him who admittedly did commit a crime but you can see that he has changed, and others who commit crimes and are let to walk or who don't change and feel no remorse about the people they killed. It's a big difference, regardless of the reason it happened.

  • @Joc_GoLive
    @Joc_GoLive 11 месяцев назад +2

    Y they didn’t show the parole board faces that denied him

  • @chiloza760
    @chiloza760 2 года назад +14

    God bless you, Mr. Henry Montgomery!

  • @todnewberry5885
    @todnewberry5885 Месяц назад +1

    Thank u sir

  • @TheNaturalwoman221
    @TheNaturalwoman221 2 года назад +10

    Omg I was waiting for this but totally got caught up in rittenburg and forgot ...why isn't this all over the news and in my RUclips ? I'm so happy for him! Yay!!!

  • @leekreal9196
    @leekreal9196 2 года назад +1

    I just can imagine wat this man have seen or heard going through 5 decades of prison an how many hour of music he listen to.

  • @45beetle
    @45beetle 2 года назад +1

    Bless you sir

  • @BrainJohnson-vl6pt
    @BrainJohnson-vl6pt 2 месяца назад +1

    Thank you for helping me when I went there❤

  • @carlsonjob2616
    @carlsonjob2616 2 года назад +16

    Their is two justice in america carl ritten house gun down three person and he was set free if he was black that verdic would have been diffrient for sure.

    • @glittersilver7779
      @glittersilver7779 2 года назад +3

      But no one can ever escape God’s justice if We DONT repent , regret it and rebuild our relationship better with god. Also to ❤️ each other !

    • @riversdarrell2000
      @riversdarrell2000 2 года назад

      @HunterBidensCrackPipe name one?

    • @riversdarrell2000
      @riversdarrell2000 2 года назад +2

      @HunterBidensCrackPipe i cam think of quite a few whites who have gotten off even with overwhelming evidence including video,and yet they get go fund me pages and immense support,dating back to Emmitt Til'sl murder in 1955

  • @missmattie1462
    @missmattie1462 2 года назад +2

    So happy Mr Montgomery is free now.

  • @brucelee4996
    @brucelee4996 2 года назад +21

    Why are certain European countries much more lenient with violent offenders, compared to the US?
    Is it cheap-labor?
    Thanks to Byron Stevenson -The Equal Justice Initiative -
    and to:
    Henry - Good luck, brother. 🆓 ☺️.

    • @mnkwazi
      @mnkwazi 2 года назад +1

      @Bruce Lee there are two reasons. First America gives people more freedom than other countries for example the right to bear arms. On the flip side of that if you do wrong with your freedoms the punishments have to be harsher. Secondly many Americans are ignorant and racist, politicians and judges know this and they know that sentencing people to long sentences or in-acting mandatory minimums will get the elected.

  • @debramartinez7692
    @debramartinez7692 10 месяцев назад

    Where can I watch the full episode?

  • @user-ce4um9ps3b
    @user-ce4um9ps3b 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much my young son citizens to 79 years to life but since then he’s coming back home. Thank you.

  • @pamelalenski9810
    @pamelalenski9810 2 года назад +2

    God bless you brother

  • @butchcassidy9625
    @butchcassidy9625 2 года назад +4

    I think that family members reasons to keep him locked up is the reason the parole board gave him parole.

    • @nagomizik9358
      @nagomizik9358 2 года назад +1

      yup..aside from being white that Family may still have some strong pulls...

  • @callieford2228
    @callieford2228 2 года назад +3

    How do you navigate in a world of 2021 from 1963?? Like the entire society has changed, technology, and everything in between. What a transition! 😳

  • @juniorrantan4559
    @juniorrantan4559 2 месяца назад

    After 57 years, how can this guy say, "You need more programs?" This should never be on any parole board. The daughter or granddaughter needs lots of counseling.

  • @glynisjoseph8859
    @glynisjoseph8859 2 года назад +2

    Congratulations sir😢🤗🙏, so long to get ur freedom, I pray god will bless u in ur coming years & u will prosper in ur ins & outs. GOD BLESS U sir.

  • @lgphato2115
    @lgphato2115 2 года назад +1

    A guy sits in prison for 56 years to be told " I think you need more programming " ... WTF

  • @WITH-THE-BUSINESS.
    @WITH-THE-BUSINESS. 8 месяцев назад +2

    GOD BLESS YOU FOREVER SIR 🙏

  • @dianer8004
    @dianer8004 2 года назад +1

    Life in prison for juveniles is cruel punishment. Good for these people who are getting second chances.

  • @kvonb7018
    @kvonb7018 2 года назад +3

    Glad he home

  • @schawnettarobinson8584
    @schawnettarobinson8584 2 года назад +1

    58 years?

  • @legion1630
    @legion1630 2 года назад +4

    I hope people like Linda will look at the McMichaels story and say the same thing to them

  • @turilavergne6799
    @turilavergne6799 2 года назад +3

    This is new.man thank u lord.please keep up the good works amen

  • @MR-op3mo
    @MR-op3mo 2 года назад +1

    Prison in the US takes away the lives of people. Prison is not about reform, but punishment, teens, children should be given a chance. These types of sentences are unheard of here in France.

  • @tiabrooks5572
    @tiabrooks5572 2 месяца назад

    He is out of prison but the daughter's mind and heart is locked up for life .

  • @user-ml6xx4xj8q
    @user-ml6xx4xj8q Месяц назад

    PAINFUL! The young and unrule boys should watch this.

  • @hereallyfast
    @hereallyfast 3 месяца назад

    What's this program stuff? What type of programs they got going on ?

  • @unclefreddymacxshow8823
    @unclefreddymacxshow8823 2 года назад +3

    GOD is good all the time.....

  • @damotherFNman
    @damotherFNman 8 месяцев назад +2

    Im willing to bet that he was defending himself from that cop

    • @patrickehutt
      @patrickehutt Месяц назад

      Weird to think there are still black people in jail from the Jim Crow era. It's almost like Jim Crow lives on in a way, because people are suffering for stuff that they did in response to the pressures of that time. Or maybe, pretty likely, they were innocent and/or defending themselves.

  • @murphyr31
    @murphyr31 4 месяца назад

    He disgusted me when I heard him say that he was disgusted that others had gotten out before him. He doesn’t deserve to ever get out but I can see why he was given some reprieve after 58 years.

  • @drichardson16
    @drichardson16 2 года назад +3

    I am glad Henry is home ❤ I see you Keith Nordyke 🙏🏾

  • @willyjoerockhead
    @willyjoerockhead 2 года назад +2

    There are non violent life time prisoners as well...that is a bigger issue

  • @sandralynnrichter666
    @sandralynnrichter666 2 года назад +8

    Congratulations to all who were freed. It's a shame that at 17 you're not old enough to drink. but you are old enough to spend life behind bars. Our justice system is broken. Children shouldn't go to prison. But I bet Trump and his co-conspirators don't go to prison for what they've done. He should get life for everything he's done throughout the but most likely he won't do any time. Because he's white and rich. Something must be done.

    • @organicfarm5524
      @organicfarm5524 2 года назад

      Only a common human suffers; ruling and rich class never.

  • @BigAdam010606
    @BigAdam010606 2 года назад

    YES

  • @mandycote5662
    @mandycote5662 2 года назад +6

    Man judges and is no less guilty of his own crimes which makes for hyoocrisy

  • @maggieedwards3951
    @maggieedwards3951 2 года назад +1

    50 years his complete life nearly over , this judicial system needs to be put on trial , the overhaul is long over due , how have these people that hold the views they do and yield the power get to decide unjust sentences ,
    Juvenile sentences must be given second chances , because even if some may argue they knew right from wrong , a juvenile is still underdeveloped in understanding consequences ,and after such a lengthy sentence, should be given the option of parole
    Henry Montgomery and all glad you are now free,
    to the families who tragically lost loved ones , my condolences.

  • @marthaalvarez8872
    @marthaalvarez8872 2 года назад

    Congratulations My Brother much success in your transition 👏

  • @BrainJohnson-vl6pt
    @BrainJohnson-vl6pt 2 месяца назад +1

    I'm one of them that came home😢

  • @mariesimons2272
    @mariesimons2272 2 года назад +1

    This man has some serious sueing to do

  • @chuymoran243
    @chuymoran243 Год назад

    Thanks God w love you

  • @advils12
    @advils12 2 года назад +1

    May the Most High God continue to keep him in peace

  • @willietaylor767
    @willietaylor767 2 года назад +1

    I thank God for you congratulations enjoy your free

  • @greensteelusallc7862
    @greensteelusallc7862 2 года назад +2

    Congratulations on your freedom.

  • @johncox9208
    @johncox9208 2 года назад

    When you do that much time and then they release you thats like getting sentence all over again

  • @paulbrungardt9823
    @paulbrungardt9823 2 месяца назад +1

    Montgomery sentenced an officer to a death sentence--Officer is still dead. ---Justice ?

  • @darksidedemond2bean825
    @darksidedemond2bean825 8 месяцев назад +1

    I was shot years ago by a young teenager but what he doesn't know is I forgave him a long time ago I hope he's not looking over his shoulder thinking I am mad at him this story about Henry made me feel so happy and so glad that I didn't press charges against that kid

  • @AR-uz6kq
    @AR-uz6kq Год назад +4

    White boy the first one to benefit from a black man's effort 😡😡😡

  • @theraceanalystphdprovingha4119
    @theraceanalystphdprovingha4119 2 года назад +2

    You certainly do not follow the barely audible messages of "right vs wrong" at 17. You are very impressionable at 17. The pain of losing a loved one is separate from how a teen's brain works in American society. This man survived Angola with such a charge...can't do anything else to him.
    Peace

  • @lamarashley2022
    @lamarashley2022 8 месяцев назад

    He home ❤

  • @CoolCupMediaLLC
    @CoolCupMediaLLC Год назад

    Awesome story

  • @songreosmenep
    @songreosmenep 2 года назад +2

    I wonder how that woman still feels after 58 years? She does not even have that heart to forgive and move on. Oh some people so hard to understand them in this day and age of life is so short. 58 years oh my God! You can’t forgive? Come on. Have a heart. There have been worst cases and people have forgiven, why can’t you huh?