Court Cam: Crowd Cheers for Wrongfully Convicted Man Found NOT Guilty (Season 1) | A&E
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After spending the majority of his life behind bars for a wrongful conviction, Daniel Villegas is found not guilty and the courtroom goes wild in this clip from Season 1, Episode 2 "Court Cam (#102)". #CourtCam
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Why does the guy to his left look like Count Duku from Starwars
Your comment is 1 week old and the video was put on 2 hours ago????
Those dirty pigs ruin lives everyday.
The government was legit like "my bad bro, at least you're free now lol"
"Bye. Stay out of trouble!"
The U.S Government makes Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Mao Tse Tung look like angels.
@@sethrogers9352 yeah
how absurd is that wasting 25 years for no reason
@@sethrogers9352 no that’s dumb
I hate seeing an innocent person spend time in jail. so happy he's free!
@Not My Name and how tf do u know that?
Not My Name explain
@Not My Name you need to learn how to spell "inNocent" correctly.
Not My Name you’re definitely a goofy man smh
Not guilty isn’t the same thing as innocent
it’s honestly horrible that he lost so many years of his life
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Mhm
I feel so bad
Hoopz same
Your very right tbh I’m ngl
No compensation? Just a “you can now leave”? This man lost 18 years of his life and this is all he got? He deserves at least millions of dollars. Completely outrageous!
Deserves $18,000,000
@@plexyglass429 i would be more than happy for my taxes to go to that.
@@n.s-studios certainly nicer than drone striking children
He certainly does deserve a LOT of compensation, but you've got to understand that that's a separate issue legally speaking. That judge & jury were assigned to the case for just one purpose: to determine innocence or guilt. And only once he was found not guilty could the process of suing for compensation and negotiating a final settlement even begin.
Compensation would be decided at a separate hearing. This is just reading a verdict. Had it been a guilty verdict, it also would have resulted in a separate hearing for sentencing.
This guy: wrongfully imprisoned for 25 years.
The government: lol oops
Tyler Davis you’ve won the comment section. 🏆
waffeltek America is overrated
Wonder if he'll receive some compensation for the wrongful imprisonment?
@waffeltek no you guys just have mass genocides every couple decades. Oops
MagnumExpress and America has mass genocide every few weeks but ok!
He lost 25 years of his life. Even money can’t take it back.
ikr, as if money can make him forget all the years he's been inside of the cell for a crime he didn't commit. smh
Greetings from the royal family
@@firstfazz3sheikhhamdan756 Hi , can you give me money? 😂
If you need my help I can help you out it's a pleasure to meet you where are you from
@@firstfazz3sheikhhamdan756 Australia. Yes I need money 😂
"Not guilty"
Government and the accuser: lmao sorry
BUT THAT ISNT TRUE!! the state and nation pay back for the wrong conviction
@@edge5688 Which is awesome, but I would prefer the 25 years back.
Almighty Viper same poor guy lost a quarter of his life man they literally stole him of precious time he will never get back
they're like oh my bad LOL
What would you have them do? Not a joke, serious question.
This man should be compensated for his time lost, and those detectives who bullied him into false confession back then should be charged. It's disgusting how corrupt our systems are.
To be honest this sounds like a case of prosecution breaking amendments. If his lawyers were there, they would've been able to tell him he can't incriminate himself
Y,quienes lo ACUSARON injustamente,¡¡DEBERÍAN DE SER PROCESADOS Y JUZGADOS!!...,SOBRETODO ése POLICÍA,que le hizo INCULPARSE...,NO es posible,el que TODO quede ASÍ...,IMPUNE...,como si nada...
Imagine all the people right now sitting in prison because of something they did not do.
Ever been? There all innocent, that’s the problem.
Jakdup Jackson English?
@@jacobjackson7013 you mean to say that every single person in prison did not commit the crime they were charged with?
@@toopec- I think he is trying to say that everyone in prison claims to be innocent.
esqueue I see that makes a lot more sense
Bullying an innocent 16 year old into giving a confession is evil
That's what you get without religion
@@moukhshiii7220
And with religion you can just accuse women and she has to prove innocence.
@@steelbear2063 tf are you talking about lmao?????
@@moukhshiii7220 tf?
@@moukhshiii7220 ever heard of witch trials?
Justice delayed is Justice denied.
He lost his most fruitful age, no court in the world could return it back.
agreed Ankit
@D G it isnt justice if a innocent man spent 25 years wrongfully spent in prison in his most important time of his live
@D G found riikerman's brother
@Alexander Markland i dont think anything the court says is justice this man didnt get justice he spent 25 years in prison
This case is unjust for everyone involved the person Imprisoned wrongly and for the victims and their families too.
As a law student, this brought tears to my eyes. I am really happy that this man was finally given justice
Oh as a law student? You deserve more likes then. Here you go sir.
You are a law student and you claim he is given justice!!! Give me a break. What I saw in this video is a tiny part of justice, not justice.
@@zardouayassir7359 yep it was like "oh sorry for the 25 years you have been spending jail."
@@Bruh-wi4en I mean, why not... USA said the same thing after distroying Ukraine, I mean Iraq.
@@zardouayassir7359 ??? What do you mean he did get a lot of Justice he was announced not guilty are you dumb or something
They were so focused on taking this mans life they never even caught the real killer
Blazed Be unless he was the real killer just saying people can fake cry not saying he was it definitely sounds like he isn’t but I’m just saying
@@kamdaddypurp3341 innocent until proven guilty. There is absolutely no evidence that this man committed the murders. It's unfair to say "it could be him" with absolutely no evidence.
Kayson Mitchell It could’ve been you too and you weren’t even born yet 😂
@@idontrte It could have been anybody. But to say that it could be somebody, isn't enough to convict a man. You know that.
Kayson Mitchell Never said anything about convicting someone. Just it could quite literally have been him...
So your telling me that the government wasted a mans life for 25 years and yet the killer is out there enjoying life?
The government is wasting the life of every man currently in prison. Countries with the lowest prison times have the lowest re-offending rates. Considering most people never re-offend, and those who do do so because the stigma of conviction prevents them from re-building a life (after losing your family, partner, pets, children, house, career from said conviction), most commit crimes simply to go back because they're fully institutionalized.
Every single man in prison is having their life wasted. And why? Because of a blood thirsty nation that wants to punish people they perceive as bad, and they justify it by calling it "justice". In a sense, that man reaped what he sowed, and with trillions of dollars being wasted every year on the justice system, without counting loss of productivity, America is getting what it deserves. This good guy bad guy mentality is really reaching it's apex with identity politics.
"This is america"
@@gillianross7225 don’t catch you slippin now
@@jsmith434w if ur not old enough when u are u should get into politics
Yup and there was NO evidence
He's been on prison for longer than I've been alive. Jesus Christ, that's so unfair.
Hes been in prison for about double my life, and i feel like ive been alive for so long. Poor man
creative_clips XO didn’t they say he was in prison for 19 years?
@@GG-ll6zx nope 25
@@GG-ll6zx hes been in prison 10 years before i was even born
Dats suspicious... dats weird
This is exactly why you NEVER NEVER NEVER say one word to the police without an attorney. ESPECIALLY if you're innocent.
EVER!!!!!!!
I teach this to everyone I know
Yup wear a dog muzzle if you can😂😂
Yes, but when you're 16 and who knows what these evil detectives are threatening this kid with if he doesn't confess and giving false promises if he does confess, many kidd that age just don't know better and it's ashame these types of detectives don't get charges and convicted for doing these disgusting tactics to get false coerced confessions.
How about if they refuse you your life necessary medication? Shout human rights all you want the system covers upp their own wrong doing (struggle and they make you pay)
Police are criminals with a license.
you are telling me, they waste 18 years of a 16 years old kid, who didn't even complete high school, and couldn't live his life, like any other kid? a *18 years of his life !*
Actually during the final trial 25 years had passed
Someone tried to leave their abuser by setting a fire so they would worry about seeing if they were ok so she could leave. They did not leave the house on fire. So a 16 year old has to spend her whole life in jail because the abusers did not leave the house,she was already in jail currently for 37 years now.
911 likes. Ring a bell?
wed whb ya I agree too but your grammar and English just hurts my brain, if anything, you were the one who was supposed to complete middle school
Its sickening
The person that falsely reported him should be sentenced life behind bars
The cops who arrested him and the jurors who convicted him deserve to hang.
@@lastotallyawesomebleach204 They were just doing their jobs? This kind of thing just happens sometimes.
@@liltimmy2591 Yeah LMAO he was imprisoned for 25 years oops sorry.
If you talking about Daniel's Cousin and friend who testified against him about the murders, you will also have to understand that they stated that the detective in charge of the case coerced them to say Daniel confessed to the murders to them or they were going to be sent to prison. If anything the detective in charge should be sent to prison, no money, no pension nothing. He was the one who made up everything just to send an innocent man to prison.
@@delavegavincegabrield.9429 so what? This shiy happened alot even a murderer can be free in court. They are doing their job, sometimes being prosecutor isnt essy. A loy of people prejudice their job. If u blame them then i suggedt remove prosecutor so a murderer can be free
He lost 25 years of his life due to a wrongfully conviction. There isn’t anything they could give him that would make him get those 25 years back....
Maybe just the money he could have earned in those 25 years, Lets say 50k-100k per year. About 2.5 million.
Definitely could pay him for his lost time. Imagine a job u would have worked that whole time. Give him 2.5 mil maybe 3-4 mil assuming making 100k per year. I would be content with that pay off if they wasted 25 years of my life in prison and move to the Bahamas. Or Thailand... 🇹🇭
They can give him minecraft 2
Everyone is here because coronavirus has everyone on lockdown.
@@Adamopoly it's not just about the money.
When I heard that he had been in jail on and off for 25 years, my heart absolutely broke. They ripped *25 years* of this poor man’s life away from him. He won’t get anything in return. Not even an apology. This country needs change
I know!! TWENTY-FIVE years of his life on and off on jail, like that's just inconceivable. EIGHTEEN of those years were spent in prison; that's a whole CHILDHOOD spent in prison. I mean, I'm happy for his acquittal but the fact he received NO COMPENSATION is beyond absurd. They should at LEAST award him money, which wouldn't get his time back but at least make him feel better, yet Texas is probably like "oh, that'll cost money, the taxpayers will pay" BUT HE WAS A TAXPAYER and EIGHTEEN years IN PRISON, 25 YEARS FROM START TO FINISH, *DESERVES COMPENSATION*. This country needs to change. Not saying democracy is bad or anything, since the replies will hate on me for saying the country needs to change, but the American justice system is bad. Letting guilty people walk free and innocents are jailed, or worse. If this isn't messed up, what is?
Let this be a lesson. Even if you are innocent, if you are being interrogated by detectives- LAWYER UP IMMEDIATELY.
Better call Saul!
Yeah. The detectives are not your friends.
Goofy Laws a public defender is better than nothing.
@@joeljohnson8214 ABSOLUTELY! Jimmy will get it done!
Nice tan Bateman.
That still ruined a man’s life, they took 25 years of his life away from him.
He’ll get millions in compensation
Super Awesome Space Paladin one can only hope
No amount of money ever bought a second of time.
@@alessandrosantacroce9610
I love you 3000
Super Awesome Space Paladin no amount of money would be enough to compensate for 25 years of nothing. He lost his prime/most important years and a quarter of his life...
Imaging how scary that moment was for him when he was either being announced guilty or innocent that would be absolutely gut wrenching
Especially when he was wrongfully convicted previously
egg
Brought tears and a lot of emotions
You could tell by his composure - there was none. He was having a panic attack. No guilty man would have that.
Imagine ruining a man’s life and then telling him you’re free to live. He should be fully compensated for the lost time and wrongful imprisonment
Yea it's not the judge's place to tell him what he can and can't do. He was never rightfully convicted in the first place, he shouldn't even be here. To even make him sit through this trial, anticipating the verdict, when one just like this had previously ripped his life away. It feels so disrespectful.
@@mardy3732Compensation and restitution are separate cases that have to be dealt with in another courtroom. The judge in that trial was only responsible for giving a guilty or not guilty verdict.
@@mardy3732it is the judges place to tell him that, it’s the legal approval that they can’t hold him
*Wrongfully convicted and got imprisoned for 25 years*
Gov: looks like I did an *OOPSIE*
Felt cute might release later
@@adeeshup8474 Lmao
It ain’t the government it’s the jury
It can be related to the Harlem Boys back in the late 80s.
It is there court and the jury's fault. But I would believe they have tried their best to seek justice.
imagine how many other innocents are still in prison right now
Yeah this "system" is broken
a LOT. Statistics say at LEAST 30% of people in prison.
I have a friend right now fighting for his life
I have a brother whose wrongfully accused and doing life in Cali rn
Many many many!!!!!!!!
I just can’t imagine being thrown in prison and not even committing a crime. Their lives are ruined and it’s not fair at all
Oh well
bruh
hm, yeah imagine being sentenced to life, losing many things knowing you didn't do it
I think you should know about Paco Larrañaga’s case as well, it’s almost the same as this one.
@@TJ_Morgan Yeah, oh well to innocence. Here's hoping you run into a corrupt group of cops and get thrown under the bus, oops oh well. Dumbass.
This man should not have to work a minute of his remaining life.
He deserves MILLIONS AND MILLIONS IN COMPENSATION!!!!!!!!!!
I'd say 100,000,000. 4,000,000 for each year he was behind bars
The way he just falls to his knees for him being free is just heartbreaking
After 25 years he is free
He does, but forcing the government to pay that creates bad incentives. They would be extremely motivated (more than they already are) to prevent appeals and overturned convictions at absolutely any cost. Bad idea. Let's not give these people more reasons than they already have to keep innocent people locked up.
Whos paying that?
The fear that poor guy is facing waiting for his verdict. That's torture.
Sooo very true but it's over now godspeed
@Richard Constantino I recognize that m Missouri? Hannibal mo here
stacy aka🌊Mississippi Queen⚓
Yes it is I have been in that seat
@Richard Constantino whoops ; ) go wolverines
Prob the exact same feeling as someone holding a gun to your head. They pull the trigger and *click* Youre not dead.
Poor man, the misery that comes with being wrongfully accused is horrible.
Ya and some people say- may be it's your fault. How did you get involved.
@Tyler K. that's not true. They do get prosecuted
wouldn’t wish that on anybody
His life is ruined
@Tyler K. I wonder which of you 31 bonzos that "liked" this are still hiding around here...
the way the lawyers were holding him up is so beautiful.
madelyn grace It’s because many ppl faint in those situations.
😂😂😂😂
@@andrewp9290 OK thanks!
They could be responsible for get him in jail in the first place
Im kinda jealous.
This is probably one of the most heart-warming moment in court history.
What if he's guilty?
Probably not
@@plutoneptuneyour mom is guilty for giving birth to you.
You can pay him all the money you want
But you can’t give him more time
ok
he still young tho .
@@urmotherfather2584 it doesnt matter, he lost so many years for what?? He grew up and matured in prison, that time isnt replaceable, his youth was stolen away
CleanLoli #0948 ?
Bubbles exactly. It’s disgusting. Our justice system is so corrupted. And it’s honestly disgusting.
"No amount of money ever bought a second of time"
- Howard Stark
Manfreski
Doctor: I’m sorry sir you don’t have enough money to pay for this treatment, you have two weeks to live.
A pill is bought with money.
You should reimburse the man for his lost years!
The Government
"No, I don't think I will."
Tony in Endgame haha money go brrrr make time machine
Tony Stark: Are you questioning my superior intellect. Proceeds to build a time machine.
So he was 16 when he went to jail he is now 41? And they didn’t have any proof
Getting an early conviction looks good for the detectives it's all about that promotion and money.. its sickening you can find many cases just like his
The American justice system in a nutshell.
He confessed, didn't he?
Clystron426 yeah he confesses to killing someone when he didn’t so he could get out of jail when he was 41
@@bethanythepandagirl9555 - So you don't believe he confessed to murdering someone?
It's a wonderful feeling to see someone set free in a wrongful conviction!❤
I don't get a wonderful feeling. I'm just bitter that it happened at all. No amount of compensation can give him his life back, it's far too late for justice.
Daniel: *been wrongfully imprisoned for 25 years*
Government: ayyyy lmao, didn’t mean do to that one.
Its america.
He was convicted on his second time as guilty. One. What was his lawyer doing? There is no evidence putting him at the scene. Two. What was the jury (one that found him guilty) thinking when the prosecutor had no evidence. There is more to this than "its America."
Haha they did an *_oopsie_*
They didn't even give him an apology
Daniel: [your relevant comment]
Government: [your relevant comment]
We the people: government is somebody else
Government: yes, we are elected by removing rules that let us trick you. yws, two corrupt parties are the answer.
We the People: government sucks. lets help government remove rules.
Government:ah, we are just doing our jobs...its the crazy people that have no power that are doing the bad stuff. In fact, its the poor, the least powerful that are the problem.
You know what's sadder? The fact that there's still a lot of people just like him in jail.
army
@@elenaa8256 actually so cringe
@Mister Unknown 💁♀️ok sir
@7.8 billion idiots on a planet i hope that made u feel better about yourself 🌚🌚🌚
Also my grandpa., when I was 5 police officers were coming to my home they locked down my grandpa and took to the police station. And then in the court I wasn't there but I knew that in the last few years my grandma told me about that, my grandpa was a doctor and one of his gardener used drug and then the police got him but what can't I trust he told the police that my grandpa produced drugs he told like for Reducing the prison sentence so my grandpa was inside jail for over a year 😌
Government: “Innocent until proven guilty” also government: you’re gonna spend the majority of life in prison even if we don’t know if you’re guilty or not
I mean... he did confess to it. Evidence or not, he claimed guilty the first time.
I’d blame the detective and party responsible for the abusive outcome, not the entire government.
I Love Everyone! He was a minor with no attorney or family present
Women: *Innocent until proven guilty*
Men: *Guilty until proven innocent*
DM Animation think for a second why do u think he said guilty
DM Animation yeah let’s victim shame as always
This poor man my heart goes out to him , you can tell this has taken a huge toll on him mentally and emotionally, my heart also goes out to the two victims families and I hope they get justice soon and their real killer or killers are found bringing them peace
Imagine how many people are suffering in prison for doing nothing.
exactly
Not many most likely. But what a place to be stuck in. It's not fun in there........
@@tonybologna8522 actually more than you probably think sadly:((
@@tonybologna8522 even one person is way too many, there should never be a world where a man loses his most valuable thing (freedom) for no reason.
Most people say they'd rather have 1 innocent man in prison the 100 guilty men free but still prison is a horrible place so if someone isn't actually guilty it's awful to think there stuck in a place that a lot of people would rather die then be in.
It’s crazy how they destroyed this mans life with one false decision, the criminal justice system is messed up. Also the real killer is still out there and they got away with it.
Happens too often unfortunately.
It happens all the time. Its sad how backwards the justice system is
Not only that, but the sherif got a fast promotion and continued his "police work" for the last decades.. Makes u think if 6 weeks (or months? lol) of training can really be enough
Schimml0rd devastating. More concern is gone into closing the case that delivering real justice. My heart goes out to him
This is what happens when you let humans rule over other humans and put them in cages.... Lol this can't be real life lol
Imagine knowing in your heart, "you didn't do it," yet labelled a murderer and jailed for 25 years.
I'd probably end up convinced somehow that I did do it and somehow forgot.
I think at the end of that I’d actually have to go to jail as I’d kill the people that assumed I was guilty
If my memory serves me correctly according to documentation even the next of kin of the victims said he wasn't it and fought for his freedom. His tale is both frightening and wholesome
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Why am I crying????
It was not my 25 years...
His reactions shows all the pain and suffering he has endured and I hope he receives compensation for what they did.
The man: gets imprisoned, and gets a chunk of his life ruined
Government: oh, wrong person, didn't mean you xD
HONEST CHANNEL even though nothing can make up for lost time with your family, the goverment paid him millions of dollars
not the government's fault it was that detective that blackmailed him though that's just his testimony the government was going with the evidence they had at the time then the confession.
@@senorcapalot6098 did they really?
HONEST CHANNEL I would kill myself😌😣..
ahhhhahahaha xDDDD LOLZZZLOLZZLLOLOLOL ROOFLL POOOOOOOG LMAOOOOOOOOO 💀💀💀💀💀💀 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 COMMON THING XDDDdDdDddD
This man: has his life pretty much ruined
The government: “Lmao it was just a prank bro chill”
If the government was made up pf yt pranksters
He should have been given a lot of money
its American government what u expect they are corrupt America is corrupt
Night Blue blue Compared to who? Because American citizens are the freest people on Earth.
Government is to control humans and use them to use the country.
Judge after 25 years: "It's just a prank bro."
Or even better, we were just being sarcastic lol
And there is a camera
Texas legal system is corrupt in many shapes and form.iv seen it many times even the police and the judges are.
And the ones that try to make a difference are put down or are framed.
And we the citizens know it to but can't do anything about it.
@@hardhearted234 bruh
Social experiment
I cried tears of joy for this guy. Bless him he's been innocent all of this time and had to suffer. I know he was able to find someone and start a family, but what about all those years ago when he was just 16 years old, how terrifying it must have been for him. And it was wonderful to see so many supporters here for this innocent man.
However as for the detective he needs to be brought to justice as it's not just about ruining this poor man's life ,
It's the fact that he made this kid at the time admit to a crime, but let the REAL killer stay free to kill again! That person may have killed so many more people without being caught! So how many more lives as this detective ruined? Will the parents of the girls murdered ever be found? How many unsolved murders may be the fault of this detectives incompetence?!
He deserves the most luxurious life in exchange for that 25 wasted years snatched from his lifetime.
All expense paid 25 year hawaiin getaway. Let the man live like a king I say, he probably wouldn't even ask for much 🤠 regardless though, he has to feel great every waking moment. The man proved his innocence, and left saying thank you sir to the judge. Very happy for this man
😎😎
Waiting for someone to try to make the comment as negative as possible and fail.
@@albert-wx2zp innit theres always that one guy
@@albert-wx2zp nothing stopping any of you for sending him money
find the detective that ruined his life. Throw him in prison.
riikerman man ain’t getting back the time he lost no money will buy that back mans life was shortened
@riikerman you're actually serious
riikerman he lost 25 years of his life for a crime he didnt commit you moron.
@riikerman I hope you experience what he did
Some detective
I just feel sad for this man. Losing half of his entire life for a crime he never commited.
Welcome to the REAL USA. It's happening everyday...and apperently we only get two corrupt political parties/choices to make it right. Get real, its been a game of evil since forever.
Joshua Richard Tuaño ya half?
You mean a quarter of his life
And hes not the only one. Adnan Syed is an example of somebody who is in the EXACT situation. The US legal system is extremely flawed, and people need to stop overlooking it just because it doesnt directly affect their everyday lives. These are the things that affect thousands of people each year, without the average citizen even knowing it.
Hetznaz every system is flawed no matter what so what do you propose we do
Still gives me immense chills. They did Daniel insanely wrong, but him being found not guilty and all his friends and family being there for it and screaming and crying of happiness when the verdict happend is insanely emotional.
He lost 25 years of his life... No money can give him back those years. I feel sad and angry knowing that he's one of many victims of wrong judgments
Sooo true
He gets paid 25 million dollar
Defaul Ninja doesn’t take away from the pain and time
Exactly
To fix the system, only pay prosecutors for cases they win, that should be federally mandated
“Good luck”...yeah,after ruining 25 years of the man’s life.Right.
He got 2 million for every year
Mukhtariano Productions That’s what his lawyers asked, not what he actually received
@@mukhtarianoproductions4423 still they ruined his life,he could have done so many things in 25 years but he must have been stressed out and just in court and jail.
It's not like this judge or jury were the ones who sentenced him though
@@ari7164 Then who did?
The guy: Wrongfully imprisoned for 25 years
State: “ Sorry, My bad!!! you can go”...
Like Wtf..!
I heard this happend with one man they gave him 7 thousand dollars for their mistake
some guy got like a life sentence and when they found he was innocent the state of florida gave him $42
@@rotclan2952 42 bucks is nothing geeze id give them more than that
@@SabrinaLetoMars fr
You do realize there is a very good chance he actually did it. They just determined not enough evidence. Someone did it, why was this guy accused?
I tear up everytime I see this.
Me too
Me too…
He free now but still can’t get back the time he missed
Which is why I believe in the hereafter. Don't mean to start any conflict.
@@silverfullbuster9177 your believe means nothing!... He still lost half is life!
No but he has the chance now to finally be with his daughter and be a father.
@@gamesh0w4life69 doesn't matter. He lost half his life, could of had his children and made enough money to raise a proper family. But the garbage system just ruined the mans life !
@@polishpat95 pretty much this and i would not be surprised if he does not get compesated for it. A lot of people get shafted by the system and never get reparations or freedom
*wrongly imprisoned a man for 25 years*
Gov: lol my bad but here take a cookie
Also gov: "actually, give me some of that cookie, I'm hungry"
Lol underrated
They can’t tax it Im pretty sure.
That's a long long time . SO SAD!
When it comes to a state. The GOV has nothing to do with it unless his case was a case with the supreme court. Thank god it wasn't up to them
Imagine going to jail being labeled to the world that your guilty, yet your actually not. That's insane
Yup, that's what happened.
Happened to me two months ago, I only spent a week in jail, but it felt like an eternity considering I've never been in trouble my entire life. Someone stole my identity and I ended up in jail
And *no one* believes you!! That’s a nightmare!
thylor watkins so what happened?
wondering about the detective who was so determined to get someone convicted. what are the consequences? is there pressure on detectives to "solve" a case by a certain deadline even if they're unable to get a lead or evidence?
"You are free to leave." Is one of the most wonderful sentence you will ever hear but are massively being taken granted of. Next time you are offended, dissatisfied, angry, or whatever, you are free to leave that situation. Only take a stand if you are willing to risk your freedom.
" innocent until proven guilty"
More like guilty until proven innocent.
Haha gottem.
Wait... _oh no_
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Just like back then in the Salem witch trials
Reminds me of that Star Trek episode
imagine taking away 18 years of someone’s life because of something they didn’t do
Harrison Berwick it really sucks .that was 25 years
@@kevinkainalbacite1831 well he was on bond so he was kind of free. Still 18 years in prison is rough
Ask steven avery that
Harrison Berwick i cant even start to imagine
Kevin Cain Albacite i just imagined
One of my biggest fears is to be wrongfully accused
You dont have to fear anything if you know youre holding the truth brother...
@@hulyan8944 exactly
@@hulyan8944 but in a society like this, you can never tell man.
@@Im_Him1234 sad but true
JL Grooves Sadly telling the truth doesn’t mean people won’t think you’re lying.
this video brought tears to my eyes, so genuinely happy justice was served for this guy
This is heart breaking, he was just a child and he only has 1 life that sucks
He could have done so much with 25 years
@@tuanhungvo5412 he got millions paid by the government:)
@@slbsports3035
Millions can’t pay for family ;(
Don't worry im pretty sure god will award him something no one can ever have
@@slbsports3035 millions can't pay the time wasted in the prison. He could've lived much happier out there
He’s a free man now but his life was still ruined for 25 years of false imprisonment. He can’t get that time back of innocence that he lost from his life.
True. But he somehow made some sweet babies so he had some free time.
TheMrTTT the last 6 years of those 25 years he was out on bond so he had some kids
No but he can stil enjoy whats left of it
He needs some serious cash millions right now
It is a shame at least he gets bare cash for it 50-100k for every year least he will get to enjoy the Last year's doing what he wants
That man is beyond broken, he's gonna need some intense therapy after this
Especially after the conditions in the prison and the scrutiny of society.
This is so sad... its crazy that things like this happen
@mtb supertroll why's that? He was innocent, if your trying to make a joke then it is far from funny
@mtb supertroll People are so messed up
@mtb supertroll It is confirmed that people are guilty until proven innocent then.
For those curious, he was compensated with $1.76 million. Maximum amount in Texas for these kind of cases.
He lost 20 years of his life. That money is barely enough to bribe McDonald's into getting him a job. Give him 1.76 billion. No amount of money can repair his life.
@@Forgotmk I agree.
He lost 25 years of his life, didn’t get repaid, and the killer is still out there free
How do you know he didn't get compensation?
Iris They never give compensation you idiots and it’s funny how you guys think money is the solution to everything you can’t give him money and expect those 25 years to be magically mended and restored
@@Windy-b9p They don't but they should. He spent his entire adult life in prison. Money for lost time and a chance to build some kind of normal life is the least they could do.
@@carllaitenberger9984 they do get paid
WindyG nobody thinks it’ll fix it but he still deserves millions in compensation
This is an incredible example of “guilty until proven innocent”
He confessed
@@julienpoeschl At the age of 16 while under severe pressure. This shouldn’t have passed.
@@MrPatrickbuit possible, I don't know how this works in the US
@@MrPatrickbuit yeah but i still think he probably did it, but that it was dumb of hik to confess bc there was no evidence
@@ykhenessey3924 He was underage and pressured by an officer. Other than that they actually knew it was not a proper piece of evidence, yet they used it in court.
This guy doesn't look like he cries alot, seeing him in tears speaks clearly
Dont judge a book by its cover - everyone
@@vursuh The guy who designed the book cover-
Ab main kya karun? Job chodh doon?
Oh you have no idea! Do you know dave bautista, terry Crews! Such softys
@ 😂😂
But he was about to collapse that's why his lawyers was holding on to him and when the judge said not guilty he almost fainted
You could just see on this man that he was not guilty like he looked genuinely devastated and tired after being wrongfully convicted for so many years. I hope he now lives a peaceful life with his family.
that poor man lost 25 years of his life the court should be ashamed
Ik
The saddest part is he was sentenced when he was only 16 to prison where he suffered torture that makes some one shut down inside and freeze mentally and with that along with there mental age so basically that’s some one who’s mentally 16 right there
It's the way the court system works in this country.
“innocent until proven guilty.”
*scrubs eyes*
“guilty until proven innocent.”
Re-Clip how it works in other civilized countries vs how it works in the US
XxHellDignityxX EnG we lose more money taking care of prisoners than we do letting them free
Big Draco actually it’s worse in other countries because they never retrial
LightningBolt no its worse in usa.
LightningBolt well the chances of being wrongfully convicted in other countries like European countries is like 0,0000000000000000001%
the worst part is that the real killer was free all this time
@YoMoma I don't know, both are equally unacceptable
@@thebadwolf3088 the fact that he knows that the killer was or still is on free foot in the last 25 years while he took the punishment. That has to be eating him a bit away over all that time.
What's even worst, the true/real killer is out there somewhere currently hidden and nowhere to be seen or even found.
stop at 2:42, top left corner. Imagine.
@@samsosusa9809 I seen that smirk imagine if that was him
When the crowd screamed it got me right in the heart, I'm so happy for him now he can live a peaceful life.
Takes 25 years of his life wrongfully: “you are free to leave my bad good luck to u sir”
Not that judges fault
They should pay him loads of cash. Nothing will give him back the 25 years but unfortunately that’s the best anyone can do.
@@RockManSSB good idea, at least the money would help him and his family. His record will have jail time, so finding a job would be hard
@@mauz791 like its on the news he can feel free to just go look for a job and when they ask him something just show the thumbnail wrongfully accused man free after 25 years 😑 i think hed 100% get a job
@@RockManSSB well he should have bonus benefits for sure cause pure money aint nothing for example his bills reduced taxes and stuff cause dude ... like 25 years equals 219 145.319 hours ... yes i googled it and that is the number of hours that passed that he lost of his life if u can find amount of money to cover that up sure :/ 1 day ks 24hours and thats a lot even few hours are alot just imagine him ..
They owe this man millions of dollars for 18 years of his life
more, this man couldve done something so great out of prison
@ivan z sorry i had to laugh
nah, they owe him time, a debt they can never pay.
ivan z oh come man lol you’re frigging savage loooool
billions or trillions
The government better give this dude his own fricken private island. Seriously, he needs the most compensation that any human can possibly get.
I think Texas is one of the states that does compensate wrongfully convicted prisoners
It's somewhere around 90k that they pay each year served for wrongfully convicted people. At least that's what I last found a couple years ago.
Texas: "The best we can do is a five dollar coupon to McDonalds."
@@komrander7497 2,250,000
He needs more compansation than a private iland
They should arrest the detective who forced him into a confession when he was completely innocent.
Imagine sitting behind the bars for 25 years and knowing that you didn’t commit the crime but u don’t have anything to prove it. How hard it would be omg. God bless him
Imagine sentencing a man for 25 years behind bars knowing that you have no evidence against the man what so ever and even admit it
@@slaveyt7545 well back when he was sentenced he did confess to the murders. I personally believe that he was guilty, and some cop back then told him something like "we know you did it, if you just confess then you will be in way less trouble than pleading not guilty" and so he confessed, but later realised that they didnt even actually have evidence and that he shouldnt have confessed to his murders
They say innocent until proven guilty. In reality it’s guilty until proven innocent
@@ykhenessey3924 so you think he actually did it?
@@ykhenessey3924 There’s absolutely no proof he did it buddy
They need to compensate the people they wrongfully convict, you will never be able to have those years of your life back.
First off getting them a job when they get out
Then making sure they have a house
Then maybe a couple months of compensation money to support his bills,groceries and gas and or commute money
They should do that indeed
Yes indeed they need to compensate him from all the time that he served in jail but the funny thing is that women go out there and give them babies I don't even think she's ready to be a father let him grow up now he's going grow up with his kids..thats is hard not only for the kids but the wife she soppost to hold up to prove that he can be a father too many years in jail is way to hard. Oh well she is gonna be a 2nd Mother to him RIGHT RIGHT
@@brnazucar6821 your comment gave me autism trying to read it lol
@@brnazucar6821 I think I just lost a few brain cells reading that
Civil Suits will begin
He’s 41 and has lost his youth, that’s just horrible.
Edit: I only just realised today (23/04/2021) that this comment has gained quite a following. If I were in the same situation as this man, I don’t think I could cope with any verdict. Not guilty would be just as bad as I would’ve lost so many years and guilty is of course what happens sometimes.
Agree😭😭
2:41 Jesus smile
@@baahu242 lol
And he’s coming out to a fkcing pandemic lmfaooo miserable
From his perspective he's probably just glad he doesn't have to do life
Wow. I’ve never heard of this man ever…. I just broke into floods of tears….
The judge dragged it out like a Jerry Springer episode with DNA results, I am surprised he didn't go to a commercial right before the verdict.
mac11380 😂😂😂
And the verdict sponsored by Budweiser is: not guilty
Lol
That's literally what they have to do
He didn't apologise on behalf of the society, which is the most dignifying thing usually done in such case.
He could've went to high school
He could've went to college
He could've done so many things in those 18 years of imprisonment
Yeah
He literally could’ve earned a diploma in there, but I see your point
@@TheTheode Earning a diploma in a prison aint the same, just in general a ton of life opportunities vanished cause of his wrongful conviction.
@@natebruh4909 That's why I specified he could've earned a diploma, but thanks for educating me on the difference.
25 years even more missed opportunity
Now we need to see a trial for that detective if he is still alive.
Zach White right?
The detective is still alive, he works as a bailiff now and his name is Al Marquez.
Zach White he’s probably did that to hundreds by now
@@Fastgt2003 thats probably true and very sad
Whoever that detective is responsible for putting behind bars should all get new trials.. And this detective should have to stand trial as well.
He’ll never get that time back. But at least he gets to be a father again when he never thought he would.
The person who actually murdered those two teenagers not only got away with it, but lived 25 years of his life knowing an innocent man copped it and served time instead of him.
That person has no conscience at all like... How do he even sleep at night? That guilty person is messed up in the head gosh... Humanity might not even existed in him... Poor man staying inside a cell for 25 yrs. At least now his story can influence and make a revolution.
@@yourstruly8310 He killed people. Someone being framed wouldn't even matter much
It's impressive how the guy still isn't caught. Who knows what he is doing
@@strange_okapi892 Thank god they didn't catch me
@@kerststrje haha
That’s it? “You are free to leave?” This man deserves an apology and.. no amount of money will give him that time back
Jay, you are so right! No amount of money can replace the life and time he could have had!!! So sad.
I agree but technically this wasn’t an exoneration. He just got the opportunity to have his case re-tried where this jury found him not guilty.
Yeah I'm like "nunununu no! Give him millions of dollars at least. You ruined his prime life. Let him retire NOW."
Tbh but a few million would help for sure
Jay Sirivan it’ll sure asl help
That cop that got his "confession" needs to be thrown in jail
@5567 5555 yeah otherwise it would have happened the last million times they did something like this unfortunately smh
Period
Logan Harrington detective*
Yeah they really do need to do something about forced confessions... its way more common than people think.
@@danieldelarge3253 or people need to just get their lawyers and not try and play the mind games with detectives who will confuse you into saying something you know is wrong.
As the prime of his life was stolen from him by a couple of cops who only wanted a quick case instead of actually doing the job properly! Does he get compensation?
If he was under 18 and had no parent, guardian or even a lawyer present, why was it not thrown out?
Nobody noticing the little girls shirt?
"Free my daddy"
If he was in prison for so long how does he have a kid
Lea Anderson did you not listen to the video? It said “after 18 years he was released on bond and since has fathered two children” he wasn’t in prison for 25 years, he was in for 18 and released on bond for the last 7. He just hadn’t been proven innocent yet
@@drkfyres3745 I don't think that little girl is his daughter because she has blonde hair.
@Mia Miloshevich Both her parents have dark hair, so where did her blonde hair come from ?
@Mia Miloshevich I don't know, it seems like a long shot. Besides, who dyes a little girl's hair ?
"You are free to leave" feels like a mockery to me. Bring back his 25 years
The only thing he can do now is live what he has left to the fullest with his family
I thought so too. Not even an apology for all that time lost to him. It sounded like they did him the favour of the freedom to leave.
True, I'm 15 and I can't imagine being put under intense interrogation to the point that I have to admit to murdering two people, and then imprisoned for all of my adulthood, all the while having friends and family gradually believing that I was guilty. It must've felt like no one was on his side, he deserves compensation and the people who convicted him need to be punished.
The judge can only do and say so much. I believe there is a greater judgment to come for those who wrongly convicted this innocent man.
@@robertwhelan9132 Thankfully someone else realizes that it wasn't the judge or any direct member of the justice system that wrongly convicted his man. His fellow citizens, no different than you or I, who did.
That’s it, after 25 years that’s it, man the US criminal system sucks.
*Astronaut with a gun* Always has been
@@nighthawknation2405 always will be
@@-niyi Always Will Until Humanity Falls
Especially when they give out life sentences without the possibility to parol to minors who have their entire life ahead of them. Trying to rehab them and reestablish them to society will cost the taxpayers less than having someone spend the rest of their life in prison from the young age of 16/17
Its happened in New Zealand to david baine was convicted of killing his entire family and imprisoned for over 20 years before being proven innocent after new evidence showed it was indeed his father who killed the family and then killed himself also he got a massive pay out but it's just not enough
It should not take so many years to free a man
This guy: *Wrongfully imprisoned for 25 years*
State of Texas: “My bad homie... alright you can go now”
@Christopher Cruz chill lol, its just a joke
@Christopher Cruz You must be new to the internet.
I wouldn't call the state that imprisoned me 'homie'
@@aqimjulayhi8798 Read it again.
@@aqimjulayhi8798 its literally a joke ...
I like how his wife stayed with him all those years, now that’s a real wife
Most wouldn’t
@@reyg39 No need to be rude tho.
@@reyg39 Bruh what about all that time he was in prison? Theres no reason to be rude.
@@reyg39 no need to be so rude
@@IAmAHuman000 fuh q :)
Time is something you can NEVER get back. This man lost more than just his job, he lost his LIFE!
He is still alive dumbass 😂
@@navocily I dont think you understand. He missed out on 18 years of his life. You must be a kid if you dont understand how hard it is to go out into the real world after that.
He didn't had a Job
That's even worse. That means he doesn't even have experience before he got in jail
Balooka Pundit he literally had his whole “ life “ taken away imagine being locked away for 18 years , you can never take Time back