Aspiring Lawyer Who Spent 28 Years In Prison (Crime Documentary) | Real Stories
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2021
- New York, 1985. Alan Newton is designated by an eye witness and sentenced to 40 years of imprisonment for a violent crime. In his cell, he starts studying law to decipher his file and prove his innocence.
Based on stories from the Innocence Network, a worldwide organization dedicated to exonerating the wrongfully convicted, this four-part series explores the investigations and the human cost: the emotional impact experienced by those convicted and their families.
From INNOCENCE NETWORK S1 EP3
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Prosecutors and police officers who knowingly imprisoned these innocent people should go to prison themselves. This shouldn't go unpunished.
And it happens all the time...
That would be real justice. Looks like we'll be waiting on God for that.
Amen 2 dat..
I agree crocked cops .prosecutors who deliberately hold back evidence .cops should have their pensions with held .and chuck in 12 strokes of the cat a nine tails .prosecutors should be made to do the same amount a time
I agree with you
Prosecutors don't care who committed the crime, as long as they put someone in prison to appease the public.
Conviction rates are all they are worried about.
Or further their careers
True .if they don't put x amount of people awY .they loose there job .they work for the CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE
The most accurate indictment upon the justice system yet
how does allowing the real perpetrators , the dangerous criminals they allow to go free to commit more crimes "appease" anybody ?
I wanna cry.. but more than that I wanna smile for his freedom .
Live your life buddy.
And, thank you Innocence project for saving him and many others like him.
Beautifully expressed.
RUclips Teezy T Phoenix. Songs the real deal
Innocence project does amazing work and deserve a Nobel Prize.
Well said
RIP JOE ROGAN
💯‼
They also do some terrible work
Totally agree wit u!
Al quickly got on with his life. Getting married, having a son, receiving a college degree and a law degree and making a decision to help others in a similar bind.
RUclips Teezy T Pandemic Struggling. song says it all.
HIS LAST WORDS MADE ME SHED THE TEARS. AND I QUOTE HIM, "YOU KNOW MY LIFE IS SOMETHING LIKE FOR THE LAST YEARS SINCE I HAVE BEEN AT HOME, EVERY MOMENT IS A JOY, EVERYDAY IS A JOY, SO EVERYTHING TO ME FEELS GREAT ALL THE TIME, EVERY MOMENT EVEN ON RAINY DAY LIKE THIS" THANKS TO VANNESA AND HER ORGANISATION. MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL. ONE LOVE
Awesome lady lawyer and great respect for the innocence project. God bless your families.
Right when I was looking for something to watch, this pops up in my notifications. Thanks!
Same
Yep me too..
Thers is stii milloins of wonderful people out there .Thank god
What a brother, what a friend, what a lawyer Venessa is, amazing team.
14:57 that's exactly what we thought, never thought my husband's wrongful conviction would last so long. My husband was wrongfully convicted when my daughter was 2 months old, she's now 20 years old. We stayed together through prison visits. He missed everything from our daughter's first step to highschool graduation and about to miss her college graduation next year...
My heart goes out to you and your family. I cannot imagine the emptiness, helplessness and pain. I pray in Jesus name something changes for you all!
I’m so sorry. Truly, I am. I’ll be saying a prayer for you and your family tonight. So sad.
This man should have the compensation awarded to him. He deserves every penny. How can we help him to fight for that?
a petition?
Someone should set up gofundme...
This is an old episode. He ended up getting 12 million.
@@lilyrrichard236 thanks for the update 👌🏻
@@Jennifer-zm1ol mp 😀
i love the courage of his brother, hes 1 in million.
This is insane! This is happening too often. These innocent people are being imprisoned based on "mistaken identity" is a piss poor excuse. Guilty Until Proven Innocent Is More Like It.
Imagine what good could be done with all the money channeled into the prison system
This brought tears to my eyes... the innocence project is a power to the people!
RUclips Teezy T Pandemic Struggling. Songs the truth. Man
I believe there are many in prison who are innocent.
With a 90% plea rate, you're more right than you realize. The thought of it makes me wanna get into law.
If 2% of the prison population is actually innocent, that means that 40,000 innocent individuals are currently in prison.
@@melissachandler4422 Yet, they say it's a "Small percent." 40K is an insanely high number of people.
No doubt
RUclips Teezy T Phoenix. Song says it all.
What a dude! A total inspiration.
God bless these Attorneys for a Job Well Done 🙏🏾😘❤️
Allan is so lucky to have a brother like this who fought for him for more than 20 years. Many would have lost faith and hope but he never lost faith
I advocate for the “Restitution Project” of the wrongfully convicted. This is beyond heart breaking his Mom passed away 2 days after I was born
Thank you for your help for our loved ones that are wrongfully convicted...
RUclips Teezy T Pandemic Struggling. Songs the truth.
@@TeezyT_Sunrise Spam ain't the way bro.
This made me cry of sadness then joy! Thank you Vanessa and the Innocence project! 🙏🌟
The level of stress must have been unbelievable.
This makes me sick all over. This poor guy. What a hero he is. And there's thousands more just like him we have got to do something!!!!! OUR ENTIRE BEINGS MUST COME TOGETHER TO END THIS HORROR FOR ALL OTHER INNOCENT BEINGS !!!! GOD SPEED 🙏
They damn near got all 40 of those years out of him. He should receive $1,000,000 for every year there stole from him! 😡
Damn seeing Tony choke up really got to me. Tony is a hero too man, for real
So frightening, and disappointing at the same time. Our system is so flawed. How many innocent people have also been put to death?
RUclips Teezy T Phoenix. Song says it all.
I bet there are a lot of them.
And we wonder why there are protests and movements in the streets
There should be 500 million woman man march or more on washington to get these elected officials to fix this or step down
@@homelandfreedom won’t happen. People have to work.
Exactly!!!
Thank God for those in the Innocence Project. Congratulations Alan!
where is Police officer who invested in the case or victim family now?. Why no actions taken to find out who's the real crime in this case?. GOVERNMENT DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY?
Few years ago, my teacher told about North Korea stuffs blah blah like no humanity, no life all and we must be happy to born in this country blah blah. Now i never got a any of differences between them
There is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON why this type of scenario should occur EVER here in America.
I'm absolutely DISGUSTED watching this type of injustice so frequently happen but with Blacks and minorities.
It's pissing me off just watching this. It's clear that the State and Police Department and so many others including Allen's own attorney dropped the ball and some knowingly but went ahead and pin it on him.
I say the family of ALL these poor people that have been falsely accused NEED TO SUE ALL THOSE PEOPLE ASAP.
AND I say the payout should be in the Millions and Millions!!
There should be some formula where for every year locked up should equal 5 MILLIONS!! So for 10 years should equal 50 MILLIONS automatically that the State and Police Department pay up ASAP!!
I think very few of those who get exonerated ever see a penny of compensation after they are released. It's so disgusting. As if having wasted all those years unnecessarily in prison isn't bad enough, it's the least they should get, after all when they are released they have nothing on them, they need that money for survival and to build what future they have left.
Think of all the money taken from citizens spent to keep innocent people imprisoned
The other horrific thing about these cases is that the cops and prosecution let the real crim go, who then further creates more victims.
Yes, what about the families/victims who truly don't get the justice they deserve?
RUclips Teezy T Phoenix. Song says it all.
How did it take 8 more months for them to check the damn rape kit?!
This is my hang up..... out of the thousands in this whole thing... Can't find something for YEARS, months to find it when they found out they actually needed to look for it and then almost a year to even test the thing. All while they know a persons life hangs in the balance. Shows they simply do not give a damn.
Well it's just violence against a woman. It doesn't count to them. Look at the % of cops who abuse their partners. A Champaign Sargeant told me it was 50%. More than 30% of lawyers abuse their partners. Pretty sick.
New York pay the man now! Pay for your mistakes like every citizen has too!!
In the mist of human helplessness, God's mercy steps in through unimaginable opening!! To all of you lawyers who have devoted to helping those injustices to the victims. God richly bless you🙏🙏💞😭👏👏👏🙌 to all Alan's family and friends but mostly to you Alan,for your fighting spirit!!! And your brother🤗🤗🤗✊💙💙💞
His brother deserves so much love. He never gave up on him or doubted him special love.
This story right here, I can tell is the best on RUclips. GOD bless everybody who worked with the Spirit of helping others!
Tony is an awesome brother.
He should sue the system for every second they took his freedom. Thanks to the innocent project..
Oh my god I am in tears how many more?😭
To Vanessa his brother and his friend thank you for keeping him strong , to Alan Newton I hope you are living a great life and have peace and joy .
To the innocence project thank you
It's so wrong they should have investigated everyone who couldn't find the kit. You can never give someone all of their lost time back though.
My heart goes out to this gentleman, his brother, his friend and the innocent project program
When those responsible for putting innocent ppl behind bars are not held accountable, legaly nothng will change. And change needs to happen big time. These so called experts need to be put in prison theselves.
If only we all had his spirit! Wonderful and resilient human being
May The LORD God Almighty bless this Innocence Project (Network.)
29:46 And you think about the heartless people that put him there and didn't even care. How do we care so little about someone else's life, but if it were them, they would want the same justice they deprived him of...
They need to be charged
All the reasons they give 5mins in...and No mention of Police Incompetence or Corruption being listed as a reason some of these folk were Imprisoned...Hmmmm? 🤔
The lawyer so awesome she helped a lot ..God bless you
It is horrible how the innocent can be so easily convicted. In my opinion its as bad as the guilty running free on the life of the innocent.
What a Great family. Good bless you guys !!!
When a person is freed like this: the cops the detectives and everyone involved should be held 100% accountable
How can he not get compensation for over 20 years in prison???? Thats just absolutely wrong on every level! Just throw him out the court and on the street!! Next wrongly imprisoned case please!!!!
Good on you Vanessa and the innocence project. God bless you guys. Yourll are the real heroes in this touching story.
30:56 "I'm not a number anymore"...that's why there is such little compassion in the justice system, because it's just crunching number, like they doin taxes or something, not really caring what happens to another LIFE, not number...
The INNOCENT PROJECTS ARE ANGELS!SALUTE TO THEM!!THIS MAN SHOULD BE COMPENSATED!GODBLESS
The jury was composed of individuals who believed any thing a Prosecutor brought up. They forgot to paid attention to the accused. Usually, they have the truth in their eyes. "The eyes are a reflexion of the soul"..
God be with you and your family, how you did it is amazing. I wish you the very best for the rest of your life.
Injustice never lasts,justice will always prevail awesome content✊🏾kudos to the innocence project team.
So sad how they just take people's lives...
Things like this are why I say it’s impossible for good cops to exist!
Not impossible but the system as a whole makes it hard. A real test of character. And authority is too easily abused and likely to excuse itself
Alan, I wish you all the joy and happiness in the world. You are a better man than any man, that I know, you lost 22 years of your life in prison wrongfully. Your spirit shines so brightly, may you live with all the happiness in the world.
What an amazing man. His positive mindset through it all, alongside family support and innocent programme was truly a blessing to see.
He should get interest for every year they withhold his compensation!
I wish he becomes an attorney and gets the compensation he is supposed to get. He is gonna make a good Innocence Project lawyer.
Many prayers were answered.
Wonderful job!
So so emotional I just cried
Thank you Jesus
Victory!!
I admire his mental strength and determination. I also salute his brother and friend for not giving up on him. 1q
So much love between these boys.. Its spiritually uplifting and quite beautiful
How inspiring is that human!!! Truly amazing!!! ❤️❤️❤️
The Law is Illegal ! You should never convict solely on identification, a full background check on where the suspect was at the time should always be carried out. You should only ever be convicted with absolute proof of unquestionable doubt. I feel for these people so grievously wrongly convicted and sentenced. Bless You.
This story breaks my heart for him. Bless the Innocence Project for their selfless, beautiful work. We’ve gotten so accustomed to having DNA evidence now, it’s hard to remember that there were years that it didn’t exist. May Al’s life be blessed to the fullest!
I just like to say God Bless everyone in the Innocence Network and that Vanessa is so Beautiful ♡
There should be laws to punish those who miss lead and miss use the justice system !
26:40 I pray to have that moment. Ya'll should be cheesin, my cheeks would be so sore if it were us...Not everybody wrongfully convicted actually get out. And it's a relief for the brother, he is now free. See what people don't know when you are fighting for a loved one wrongfully convicted, it actually feels like you're in prison too, unable to move forward with your life...
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 prayer changes things…
Black people are so strong 💪🏾❤️
They are, the resilience is astonishing! Y’all really are the kings and queens of the earth. I tip my hat. I have a black son whose name is Malcolm X. From the day I had him I was determined he was gonna be a strong black man and for him to know his history. Not just the bad but the greatness from where he came from.
Sorry for the little spiel, you comment just made so much sense to me ☺️.
@@marleylove510 I love it 😻 and yess your son while be a strong black man cause he’s being raised by a strong woman Periodt ❤️❤️
@@kaseyrae6987
O wow, thank you, thank you ✊🏽. Much appreciated ☺️.
Yes we are resilient
To the Innocence Project, particularly attorney Vanessa, the founders of this project, kudos to you all. May God bless and keep you all. 🙏 To the brother, friends, and family members who stood by him and believed in his innocence, that's what family, and friends are for. Thanks so much!
AMAZING VANESSA!
Love, love, love The Innocence Project videos.
What a beautiful person and the people who stood by him. Such an inspiration to us all!
Innocence project we proud of you guys
Amazing!! Congrats to you Sir. Beautiful story
God Bless 🙏 The Innocent Project❤
beautiful story
Amazing brithers♥️♥️♥️.
Innocence Project!!!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Best Doc
OVERJOYED for you Mr Alan 🙌🏾🙏🏾👏🏾‼ Tony!, your dedication to your brother is everything 💖🙏🏾‼‼
God bless you man
Total respect to the people who help
Feels like I have watched this same exact episode before💭. Either that or this is a major deja vu💫💫💫💫
43:26 That would be so remarkable, a lawyer that actually fought for others, and one that truly knows what that person is going through...
A brother’s bond......😢
Al you are a fantastic man 💯!!
The most worrying thing is that some of these police officers are actual in top positions!! Gaining promotion on falls arrest. The difficulty to get access the information that will exonerate someone is sickening. The accuse Russia for lack of democracy when wrong people are in American jails..
Thank god this innocent man is free. Sending love, light and healing Al❤️
One of the measures of a person are their friends and family. It is great to see how his friends, family and community stood up for him.
That kiss on the cheek was so precious. Their brotherly love is so beautiful.
BLESS YOU ALL!!!!❤🙏
Wow. This lady is God sent.
If I were a lawyer, working for the innocence project would be the only place I’d like to work. So rewarding.
What a smashing guy .dedicated his life to helping others truly 1 in a million .
Prosecutors and Defense 9/10 times any longer will reach a "plea deal " . You don't necessarily get a defense lawyer any longer, and Prosecutors sometimes add stupid charges to add on years to the sentence IF convicted. There isn't justice in this Country any longer because of politics being anywhere and everywhere you turn. Either side, doesn't matter. The Criminal Justice System is fine, it's the Hearts of Men that need adjustment. Period. And I'm not talking the Heart of a petty criminal. I'm talking about the people who put them there, be it with a defense or without.
Terrible abuse of power