After serving 68 years in Pennsylvania prison, Joe Ligon returns to modern world he barely knows
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- Опубликовано: 15 мар 2021
- Pennsylvania has put more juveniles behind bars for life than anywhere else in the country. And, of those people, Joe Ligon has the tragic distinction of being the oldest and longest-serving juvenile lifer in the country. He was recently released from a Pennsylvania prison after 68 years. "CBS This Morning: Saturday" co-host Michelle Miller spoke with Ligon in his first U.S. television interview since his release.
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He went in when he was 15...came out when at 83...absolutely insane dude. And he seems so happy and optimistic, I’d be hella depressed knowing my life was wasted.
He still came out of it a lot better than the 2 people who died. He sentenced them to the death penalty.
@@interabang The point of prison is rehabilitation. Your mindset is one of the reasons criminals return to crime. People change.
@@deadprank947 , What do you think the price of a horrific crime like this should be? Repentance and change shouldn’t absolve you from your crimes. If the purpose of prisons was to rehabilitate people, why would one of the sentencing be life in prison?
Some people do not deserve rehabilitation when they do something unforgiving like taking an innocent life or something horrific like rape.
Let’s take the golden state killer as an example. He has grown old and perhaps has had time to change his ways after his crime spree, should he be given a second chance just because he has become a frail old man who has changed his ways and stop committing crimes?
This person’s mindset isn’t why criminals return to crime. A person will return to crime because they don’t like to work hard, or because they are sick and twisted individuals who get off on harming others. I think a life sentence is a fitting punishment for someone who had an intention to take the life of an innocent person.
He wasted his own life due to his own actions.
The point of prison is not to rehabilitate. The point of being sentenced to prison is to take away that which is most precious, the only thing anyone truly has in this life...time. Rehabilitation is secondary to punishment.
@@Winston_J._Chuckledick_III_Esq what did he do? he invaded an kindergarten with an AR-15? not even these terrorists get that many times
Most people can’t even relate to how long 68 years really is!
My heart breaks for my ppl
@@mpoemp4703 wat
It’s a lifetime. He served a lifetime in prison...just not his lifetime.
Yet most people won't live to see that age neither
@@mpoemp4703 we get done so bad man
*“They did not lock my mind up.”* that is what kept him in that spirit.
*did not lock (do/does/did + bare infinitive)
@@alvallac2171 zut! You are right! Thanks!
It means he didn't change 😂
"Hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things."
- The Shawshank Redemption
I knew a guy who did 25 yrs and couldn’t imagine how much cars changed(this was ten yrs ago) let alone the world! This guy served life literally!
He went in back when inmates were wearing jeans
The movie Life...literally
Tell me how cars have changed over the past 30 years ...
4 wheels, steering wheel and seats, glass.
This was true then and still is the case.
I believe every 20 years a HUGE difference in generation, culture, and society....
2024
2004
1984
1964
1944
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1884
for anyone confused reading the comment the guy got out of prison 10 years ago
His attorney stood by him for 15 years respect ✊🏼
Absolutely
No his white attorney chased the bag for 15 years. He’s not happy the guy got out,he’s whitely happy he finally got the damn bag.
@@proustruk5681 what if he didn’t get a bag
@@proustruk5681 as a black man,this is one of the most racist nonsense i have read.White people wasnt created in a lab.God made everyone.Culture and Mindset paved the way as well.The same could be said about black people.Others could say that we are only good for gang wars,killing each other and fatherless kids.Is all of us bad?NO!!!Stop this racist BS and love HUMANS.History/slavery did us bad.We sold ourselves to the white colonizers.They capitalized and profited.But dont "damn" an entire race because of past wrongs
Talk about loyalty! Wow
Imagine being imprisoned for 68 years and after getting out you're in the middle of lockdown and quarantine
I think it didn't bother him that much :)
More like the end of a lockdown
guess its home from home.
@@SedriqMiers Still muchh better in the cell.
To him, the quarantine is the most freedom he ever had, in comparison, but it is ironic.
I spoke to my son last week about staying out of trouble because the system is broken. I can't imagine being in jail for one night much less 68 years. My heart goes out to him.
what about the 2 people that he stabbed 68 years ago? they are both dead. does your heart go out to them? or their families?
@@johnnyboro9558 TRUE , but 68 yr for a 15yr old ,,
@@johnnyboro9558 Like this one guy said I dont care that he was dying
I can - just a few seconds can change one's life forever! We're that powerful.
@@johnnyboro9558 it seems like they'd rather blame the system. I don't think they can imagine someone being dead and being in unalive jail for the rest of their life without deserving it. No one thinks about that.
He was practically put in a time capsule
Nope. He got to see the worst society had to offer throughout time
No lie I was in prison with this man!! I was only 19 at the time and he was the nicest person I met in there. He sat me down and taught me so much I haven’t gotten in trouble since I’ve been out. I’m so thankful for him n I hope he’s living it up!! ❤️
OMG. You were meant to cross paths.
No that was me, this guy asked you to pick up his soap...
What did you do?
@@antitiktokunion3894 dont ask that
@@kdm187 oh
The fact that the attorney who represented him was born while he was already in jail is insane.
Samuel, that’s remarkable!!! Truly!!!!
@@darleneachille491 Life is a suprising stuff.
Hi Darlene Iam from Mozambique
Uhh. That’s time works, you’d be hard pressed to find a lawyer his own age since they most likely be retired
@@shidposting4011 we obviously know how Times works, it is crazy because 68 years in prison AND letting him go is crazy
Most people were born when he was already in jail.
When he was 15...... OMG..... unbelievable..... I love how he's just walking around, happy as can be, being able to do what he wants when he wants, no schedule but his own..... that would be heaven!!! His family is finally 💓complete!!!
He would have his own family if he wasn’t locked in for life
The first time he was free to do what he wanted he killed two people
RIP to the two people who died that day 68 years ago
This is absurd. Nobody is defending him or saying he’s innocent but serving 68 years after being sentenced as a minor is crazy.
Even crazier thinking that a minor shouldn't be held to account for murdering 2 people and stabbing 6 others.
@@jeffd6527 l will need to know a little more about his case, BEFORE making a statement like yours.
@@jeffd6527 Yeah that's crazy. However you're the ONLY one who said anything about not holding a juvenile into account.
He wasn’t even born then,don’t listen to him.
@@jeffd6527 maybe he stabbed somebody. But he was 16 years! and sentenced for more than 60 years without parole! smh
After 68 years I feel like you wouldn’t even remember the crime you committed
If you take a soul away from someone that stays with you forever.
I think if you stab someone you would remember, not to mention the 2 poor souls who lost their llives in that terrible attack.
The victims and their families remember..
@@interabang right??? These freaking people talking about a violent criminal like if he's freaking Mr. Rogers...... Sickening.
I really don't have any pity for this guy . I have pity for the victims family .
Former CO here. When I was at the facility, my favorite block to work was the “isolation unit” reserved for those who committed the most heinous crimes. It was basically all former death row guys. I used to greatly enjoy talking with this one inmate who had been incarcerated since the early 90s. It was like having a conversation with a living time capsule from my childhood. This man would speak with me about stores, businesses, and places that had closed 20+ years ago - but in the present tense. He never used a “car phone” or “the internets.”
I would absolutely love to speak with joe or just walk around Philly with him for a day!
What happened to his nose?
This guys lived basically his whole life in prison...I'm surprised he lived and STILL had a calm happy mind. Insane.
He deserved it
I was 12 the first time I was arrested. In and out of juvi until the judge sent me away for a year and a half. I received therapy, rehabilitation, schooling, and taught independent living skills. Fast forward 20 years later I'm a social worker, raising three incredible children, working on getting licensed. I didn't need an insane sentence, I just needed help.
Bless you ❤
That's a fact. All it takes is the proper guidance.
Word! That's saying quite a bit!
I love it man!!! You are even more credible than if you didn't go because you went the lowest of lows in your life choices, crawled out of that and here you are a better man.
This is true for too many people in prison, many of whom were significantly traumatized as little ones. Now, I'm not saying predators should ever be released, but statistics show that 40% of the US and UK prison population are people with Borderline Personality Disorder and those are people who NEED intensive therapy, not prison.
PTSD in adulthood will turn your life upside down, so imagine what it does to a child's developing brain.
So glad you are helping others. People NEED to know they can get out and, with some patience and perseverance, get back to living a productive life.
Can barely survive 2 hours in a car, can’t imagine 68 years.
I am with you there. Takes two days to get to Vegas from Phoenix. No attention span
I had the same thought as I watched this but thinking my house and yard. Poor people. I see good change in the future. This is terrible and against our moral obligations as people.
I whould go nuts in a week
This poor man NEVER should've been in there that long!! I am happy that he is free but I'm sad that he lost the majority of his life because of something he did as a child!! Is he a CHANGED man?! He wasn't yet a man when he was incarcerated!! God Bless You Mr. Joe! I'm so sorry that they did this to You!
After the first year you become institutionalized
Being released from prison after 68 years is like waking up on a different planet. Almost everything and everyone he knew and loved is gone, replaced by technology and people he only has limited time to know.
only if you're really stupid and never read a book
Imagine getting out of prison in 2060 and everything is robots different t
@@corpingtonseverything isn't robots lmao
Apt
@@grandmaLilithBy 2060, our society is going to be DRASTICALLY different compared to know. Think 1984 to 2024 - 40 years. Now think 2024-2064.
Taking parole in the 70s while middle age was the better choice then coming out of jail 50 years later being very old.
your mom is very old
do you not think he did that ?
he shouldn't taken part in killing two people... he got to wake up every morning meanwhile two people's lives were taken forever sleep and no chance of making their families... i believe in eye for an eye
@@temujinkhan6326Are you stupid or something? if you must pity someone pity the dead, not the living.
A lot can happen at the heat of the moment, no one deserves to imprisoned there whole lives for that...
@@temujinkhan6326 well thankfully you're not in charge. An eye for an eye is a fools philosophy, and gives zero chance for rehabilitation. You're basically saying he should have been executed, for something he did as a child. Executing children sound good Mr eye for an eye? A man isn't only the worst thing he has done....
I like burgers and fries.
exactly
Most don’t get jail time at all they get long probation time but that’s it
keeping it at 69 likes
OK keep in mind he got convicted during the time when segregation and during the 50s so things are a completely different back then when someone is getting sentence especially a person of color so just keep that in mind. You’re talking about pedophiles and rapist or getting convicted in this day and age not from the 1940s 50s
You got a point
Imagine, there was a lot of people born when he went to jail and died before he came out.
Dang!! Such is life!!
Damn when you look at like that thats just mind boggling
It's weird what will happen when you participate in 8 stabbings resulting in 2 murdered people
ን አንሳሬ ሰብ አንሰሙንአንሳሬ ሰብ አንሰሙን he killed 2 peoples, lmfao?
My mother.
Apparently he was offered clemency in the 1970s but rejected it because he didn't want to be on parole. I'm pretty sure parole doesn't last more than a couple years usually. So that was dumb. All of his co-defendants accepted the offer but him.
"I don't want to be supervised on Parole"
>proceeds to CHOOSE to be under 24/7 surveillance for another 40 years.
what the... I mean it changes the way I view this entire story. What a joke!
He wanted the free food and home in jail
Dont know about PA but in some states paroled murderers stay on parole for the rest of their life.
He was 15 when he went in. He didn't know anything about work and paying bills ever to start with. I think it says more about his child like mind from being in there since he was 15 possible a side effect@@XL_aUdio_Lab
@@CrocodileWhisperswith that knowledge i think he was just crazy and insane. What sane person would make that decision
My fathers name is boise. He was the other man on this case. He got juvenile life. He explained to us that it was not a robbery. It was gang war.
Of course he’s gonna say that
Ask joe, I got nothing to gain. One thing I know is my dad's rep.. and it fits all the way into who he was. All the Clymer st oldheads have co-signed
If you don't mind me asking, what do you mean? What actually happened?
Joe is a good example of what can happen by hanging out with the wrong people. Steer clear of those people or, like Joe, you will be pulled down with them.
Can we talk bout his attorney who stood by him for 15years?? He is a God sent 😊🙏🏽🙏🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Absolutely.
Wow. An attorney did his job.
I mean he got paid...
that's his job try getting one
Bruh wtf u talm ab ? His attorney stood 16 years strong
“They locked me up,but they didn’t lock my mind up” dats real.
He’s strong most people break I would have lost myself .
@Knuckle Up SUCKA I don't get it bro why be racist
@@muhammada5560 Nothing racist about facts people lie numbers don’t I’d post them but this snowflake channel deletes the comment
@@CurtainCloser21 i highly doubt that. People can change and we're all not perfect. Showing a lack of forgiveness shows how your no better anyway.
@Knuckle Up SUCKA so you’re assuming that all black and Hispanics are dangerous you sound goofy
My father didn't even live that long. Passed at 61. Enjoy bro. You've done your time
Joe, you say now SORRY. Killed 2 people and found guilty. Saved how MANY lives by you being in prison.
He got sentenced before his lawyer was born that's crazy.
Imagine! Sometimes life happens.
Or worded another way......he stabbed another human being before his lawyer was born that's crazy!
@@JohnSmith-su3ze a person who did not even die!
@@cadespencer6320 According to Joe Ligon. Does it occur to you that criminals lie?
@@JohnSmith-su3ze his story checks out
George Zimmerman walked away free, but this man did 68 years.
My point exactly but were suppose to ignore racism
White privilege at it’s finest
Zimmerman is Latin American lol. It’s hilarious how the media has painted him out as a white supremacist and you morons eat it up 😂😂😂.
Zimmerman is Latin American lol. It’s hilarious how the media has painted him out as a white supremacist and you morons eat it up 😂😂😂.
YoungRT ENTERTAINMENT Zimmerman is white. Hispanic is not a race
That's to say, my grandfather（maternal）was born in 1953 and died of cancer in 2021, exactly when the dude was released.
RIP Charles Pitts and Jackson Hamm.They did not get a second chance.
Ya who did the killing?
Bros attorney held it down for 15 years 💯🙏🏻 that’s a good soul
That February night, Ligon and four other teenagers drained two bottles of wine, ripped through the streets of South Philadelphia near his home and stabbed eight men, two of whom died.
@@tooreal8968 two bottles of wine ? I drink two bottles of wine & im just fine.
@@chosensevenosev7013 *AA has entered the chat*
@@chosensevenosev7013 they were 15, they were children.
@@joblessmf420 but it was two bottles of wine split between the 4 right?
This may sound weird, but I bet mentally he's still a teenager. I got locked up at 18 and did 6 years in prison, and although my physical age was 24, mentally I was not. I had never paid rent, never paid a water bill or electric bill, never had taken care of a child, never even had much of a real job. Basically, I didn't know what it meant to be an adult or even really how to act like an adult. I knew how to survive in prison, and that was it. Responsibility I knew nothing about. So I can't imagine being incarcerated at an even younger age and then being locked up for so long.
Not weird at all...I know a fella that went down at 21, got out at 40, and was still 21 mentally. He only lasted 8 months before he went back...shame..
And he carries himself like a mature old man too
I had a nervous breakdown at 20, severe anxiety disorder was followed. Its been almost a decade and I still feel like that 20 year old.
@MrMaplezfan bro get off ur knees and wipe ur mouth
Thats actually an interesting concept I never hear about but makes total sense.
you do the crime, you do the time. I feel sorry for the victim's family.
Facts, i dont feel sorry for him at all
@@JimmyStruthers1000🤡
He is amazingly strong . He survived 68 years of horror .
True, life in prison is a nightmare
And he deserved every second of it for the horror that he delivered to his victims and their families
@@trollnerd he was 15 do you really think he fully realised the consequences of his actions
idont think you deserve to be punished that harshly if youre an immature person
@@Aymen19827 15 is years beyond old enough to know the gravity of taking a life. I think you should ask the person who lost their loved one. Have empathy for the victim instead of the murderer
@@trollnerd bro 15 isnt old enough to know the full gravity man have empathy for the victim instead of the murderer like wdym this man lost 68 years of his life in a literal prison also you should ask the person who lost their loved one really ? if you ask a person that lost a loved one 100 percent they will say 15 is mature enough because they would be biased
anyways you really dont understand that people dont realise stuff all the same if you think every 15 year old realises the gravity of taking a life
This is a damn shame, most people even today don't even live to be 68 years old.
Rick King and that's for the free ones smh
Thank god he got a chance to be free & not have to die in the system, it definitely is a double standard in this country concerning this but I’m a strong believer that those that oppress operate on racism and hate and refuse to change will be held accountable have to realize none of us are here forever need to think about where your soul goes when your body expires.
That's true
Well 80 years old is the average age of death
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He missed out on his whole life, basically. All he can do is try to enjoy whatever time he has left on this earth.
Hey dont do the crime if u cannot do the time as they say...
Somebody lost life too
Not much is left of his life
@@vincentmotonya2859 that’s why he said whatever time he has left stupid
@@evanbrad7327 15 year olds are children who cant weigh the consequences of their decisions. Grow up nerd
I know a guy, was in Army, went in at 20 yr old, protecting his son's mother & their baby son from gangsters, got out at 36 yrs old, disabled from injuries sustained in the pen. Two months out, they lost his son, before he got to meet him. When he went inside we had beepers, cassette tapes and landline phones. When he got out we had smart phones, Wi-Fi, internet, debit cards and blue tooth.
He's still lost. Says he feels like the caveman in the film Encino Man that was frozen and thawed after the world changed completely.
He says people are way more rude, disrespectful, antisocial and narcissistic than they were in the late 90s before he went away.
He says even children & teenagers no longer smile. Just look jaded before they're even adults.
He says it's weird how women are covered in tattoos, like prison gangsters, and so many females wear bright color hair.
For him it's like the twilight zone and he's still literally stuck in 98. He even looks young, like he physically didn't age, and can't accept he lost his youth.
Women his age look old and are burnt out, jaded, bitter. No longer interested in romance.
But he's too old for 24 yr old women and has zero in common with their generation. Even though they think he's their age by his appearance.
He's lost. Time forgot him. He often talks about the 90s & 80s like we're still in it. . He still can't believe Burger King stopped the 'have it your way' policy. And he can't believe bottle water is so expensive!
He's frozen in time. He isolates mostly and stays depressed. He often says he wants to go see his son, but his son is gone, he has no son anymore. Also, he still acts & talks like he's still in the Army. He was active duty when he got arrested.
interesting. Yea i'd probably hate the world too if I got to experience the 90s and then all of a sudden had to live in this nightmare which is the 21th century. It's different when people experience a slow decay in culture and have time getting used to everything getting worse vs. an instant change which is what he experienced
That's sad.
@@Hallo81398he would have even been fine if it was around 2010/11, things are just bad now
I was a kid in the 90s, so it is true, it's not bc it's my childhood, it's a simpler, more decent time for everyone... . But i strongly suggested that guy to go to Therapy, i think there's still enough PTSD left in him.
Dame 68 years is a long time hope this man enjoys the rest of it. I hope he lives a positive life.
Imagine he gets out, his parents are no longer alive, his friends, he has no kids, barely any family. Just absolutely sad. Give this man his money
Money..... two ppl were MURDERED
@@MrYoung11 but who said he did it? and he was 15 when his mind was not developed yet they should have gave him at most 20 years because nowadays adults who commit murders only get 20 years.
@@MrYoung11 always one of you. I’m not surprised!
NOW!!!!!!! HE WAS 15 YRS OLD... A CHILD AT THE TIME... DID HE DESERVE TO BE PUNISHED??? ABSOLUTELY, HOWEVER, 68 YRS, STARTING AT AGE 15!!!!!!! COME ON PEOPLE... TALK ABOUT INJUSTICE!!!!!!!
Wow so sad
He outlived everyone, lawyers, judges, attorneys, prison guards, government officials, media. Prison mates, jurors and victims family. God bless. Move on with your life and don't look back.
His life over
@@christytea1798 I work in a nursing home and life isn't over until your last breath ...
That’s a positive way to look at it god still showed his grace.
That’s because he was in prison you idiot smh man you people are slow
@@CurtainCloser21 and your just straight up ignorant for such a comment & with the title of your profile I don’t have to guess why so buh bye.
"He was convicted of guilt by association." It's not really guilt by association if he personally stabbed someone.
I agree, heartwarming story if it wasn't for the part where he said he participated in the stabbing. Honestly, they shouldn't be celebrating this like some kind of miscarriage of justice because it wasn't, he admitted he took part in the slayings.
@@SlickRick330 Study up on the American system more, you'll come to the realizations most of us have had for decades now, about how things actually work.
and it sounds like even after being in prison for 68 years he still can't admit he did anything wrong, just that he was "in the wrong place at the wrong time". When asked if he has remorse for stabbing someone he only says "he HAS to feel remorse", as if it's something being forced upon him.
@@GS-md3hr Why does he have to admit anything to anyone? He served his time, is that not enough for you?
May God bless this man ... he is so humble, The greatest crime is the amount of time he did. Sad indeed!
And he is still able to smile...
That’s the worst and best part 🙈
More than his victims are able to do.
@@joannemartin3952 right. They don’t get to experience big buildings and the rest of their lives but he does ig 🤷♂️
unlike his innocent victims
its crazy how hes able to still smile and TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS FOR MURDERING 2 PEOPLE.
Such a sweet man, he is very humble & grateful with his life as it is now and looking forward to what’s to come. God bless him ❤
The dude could have gotten out in the 70's but chose not to... Sure he's a sweet man but wow is he dumb
Wow, how old are u calling this man dumb? 😮
@@kimb8078 he was given clemency in the 70s but refused it because he didn’t want to be on supervised release (which would have only lasted 3-5 years) so he chose instead to be under 24/7 surveillance for the next 40 years instead. All the other teens in the case took the clemency. He is dumb
Im glad he was strong enough to make it out. Good luck to you!Ĥave a wonderful life!
This was HORRIBLE! Best Quote: "They locked me up, they did. But they didn't lock my MIND up" Prayers for you Mr. Joe!! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
well don’t go around stabbing people!
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@@Sb-sz3cn well if someone were to do that now they probably wouldn’t get the amount of time this man got
@@Eliemun Can you really imagine how all the pain that those victim went through?
@@kovarian3919 okay ur point, time to move on
It's incredible how a man, who was 68 years in prison, can be happier than most people nowadays, who weren't in prison.
Because selfish people and people who don't have any self respect are always happy.
Nirlajjam Sada Sukham
means One who don't care about respect is always happy.
He learned to derive happiness from himself, not his surroundings.
We can't assume he's happy based on a five minute report. For all we know he might cry himself to sleep every night.
@@bryantparker7390 It is good for him then.. Atleast the victims parent are not alone who cries at night.
Believe me he is not so happy as he looks and acts this is a broken man and he looks like he is 120 years old
Even after all this time he won't fully admit his crime.
1953 He got in Prison
-WW2 ended 8 years ago
-Elvis graduated highschool a year until his career starts
-The Beatles are still 7 years awau from their debut
-The Cuban Revolution started that year
-The Mcdonalds Logo was introduced this year
-Humanity still didn't reach the Moon
Presley had no 'Career' in the 1953 to 1956 era...although he was employed, it was not as an entertainer nor 'recording artist'.
The 'Beatles' history is very well-documented...and as Lennon said "We really didn't do much of anything until Richie came in
and Martin liked us a little and we got a contract and all that...that's when everything really started to happen for us and we got to record our own music instead of doing 'covers' most of the time because in clubs and things we had to play the tunes that the kids all knew...we really weren't all that good until the Hamburg thing and all that because we played constantly then...that's what made us the 'Beatles' everyone knows".
Also at least 2 people died that year because of black people
@@gerrynightingale9045 You missed the entire point ..
@@Zeroshiki No...there is no 'Point' to miss.
Writing-out random factoids for 'compare & contrast' has no meaning in relation to the length of a prison sentence.
I write "I'm 67 now...one year less than that man's time in prison" means nothing other than I've been alive far too long, at least in my perspective.
(A far more pertinent analogy would be the life of 'Robert Stroud' the "Bird Man of Alcatraz" who made a remarkable
life for himself studying the physiology of common 'song-birds' and developing actual medical treatments for diseases
and syndromes...all while locked in a cell)
*Please let me know when you have something of actual value to say to me other than 'jibber-jabber'*
But white people are still in the lead
This man isn't broken. I pray he remaining days are filled with health, wellness, happiness and prosperity🙏🏾
And I hope he lives to reach 100.
Amen! Definitely!
Ligon has probably already re-offended and stabbed yet another person during a robbery. Now the taxpayers can support him for another 68 years.
Lucky he didn’t stab you
I hope he learns that he is an Israelite and finds everlasting life in Jesus Christ his King. Let the Father's Kingdom come. Let His will be done here as it is presently done in Heaven.
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That sentence was wild. He deserved to learn a lesson but not that kind, jail for so many years. He is a changed man. At this point of his age he is remorseful but there was so much taken from him just for being guilty by association
God bless his attorney who stood by him all those years and never gave up on him!
“They locked him up but they did not lock his mind up”
My mom was 7 years old and her dad died when he was incarcerated. She now has 4 children, 11 grand babies 22 great grand babies and 2 great great grand babies. That’s a long time to be locked up.
She is blessed to live to see 4 generations. This is very rare.
@BRANDON PRESSOIR She’s 77 and happy. We’re a very close family that started out small but loving.
Good Lord did your family have kids at 14? Great great grandchildren at 75?
@@arrqw4633 No, my mom was 19. There are 3 sets of twins from the grandchildren. 22 year old great grand daughter had twin boys. There’s also 3 legally adopted great grand children.
@@TeeTee-2016 Oh, ok. Your family is like 5 times the size of mine, lol.
That’s insane he was arrested 38 years before I was even born
Jesus christ. He had been in prison since 1953. He must be so confused at the world he lives in
"They locked me up, but not my mind" Israel is strong
What does Jesus Christ have to do with it ?
No doubt. Look at how much technology has changed in the past 15 years. I can't imagine how different the world looks to him since 1953. That was the year my mom was born. It's hard to believe that during her entire life this man was behind bars.
This reminds of the movie Life
@@tommybrown3477
Who is Jesus Christ ?
I've been alive 31 years...to think I would have to do another 31 to get somewhat near what this man served 😱 blows my mind
I'm 31 and I was thinking the same ahhahahah
hey baby
@@IBroLLyISePhIrOtH hey luv
@@imhigh5106 Mother! xD
Insane isn't it 68 years Or 24,820 days that's more than the average life expectancy!
2 dead, 6 stabbed. Other inmates said it was a gang war. This man could have been released 50 years ago but refused parole. This is poor reporting.
So happy 4 u. Sad it took so long. God bless .
He’s “institutionalized” he’s going to need help with his day to day. A lot of help.
Why do you say that?
@@chewy99. I was a corrections officer I would often see guys re- offend right away. They’re not used to the day to day of regular life like making your own food, going to work, how to pay bills. A lot would literally tell me they couldn’t hack it. The touched on it a couple times in Shawshank redemption.
Lol ain’t no one helping me navigate this crazy harsh world. If you’re a man then you are on your own in this world, sad to say
@@faulsname8869 if you e been in even 4 years you don’t know anything about social norms never mind 43, technology is going to way beyond his comprehension etc. I’ve seen it happen he won’t talk to any other race ( in prison you talk to other races it could mean death) he won’t talk anyone in a uniform unless he has a friend or family member there to back that he didn’t snitch etc. The world is going to be an alien planet to him.
Most people out here don't relate to that statement...don't understand nor do they give a f___. Reason why many reoffend. They are alienated from this self-righteous tRumptonian society.
He was 83 when he got out but his other teen friends died in jail and never saw freedom again. Can you even imagine watching the world develop through a shared tv screen nearly 70 yrs?
@@seren4911 The fk are you talking about? It's a gang. They have laws now that if you're in a group and that group is complicit in a crime then ALL MEMBERS OF THE GROUP SHARE THE SAME PENALTY. I think this is a fair law.
Obviously the system needs a lot of changing and it’s not happening anytime soon. Prison is an industry and that’s the bottom line.
@@Sometimes_Always the government is the biggest gang in the world
I did 10 hrs. But 70 is a long time. Honestly couldn't imagine
@@apbdolo1817 I’m facing potential time for something that is blown way out of proportion. Nobody was injured no damage to any property but cops hit me with multiple felonies and I want to take it to trial but my lawyer says that I should take a deal if one is offered. I feel trapped man they took my license away it’s been 2 years since I’ve driven a car cause COVID hit right when I was fixing to get this squashed. Hopefully you’ve changed your ways man Amy advice?
Bell pepper nose is a murderer and shouldn't be released. His victims and the families also got a lifelong sentence.
Maybe he should go talk to some youths about consequences of their actions and this could happen to you
"...They didn't lock my mind up."
This man...so strong wow!
S t f u.
@@Gameboy-Unboxings Dunce
He still stabbed someone.
@@evam5589 yes... thats an amazing revelation. Thank you.
@Richard Myers if that's you want you can do it, I don't though.
I can't imagine doing 68 years in jail, then coming home to no family. I wouldn't wanna live anymore........
😞😞😞
His family was literally in the video. 🤦🏾♀️
@@westcoastorbust2462 Oh Yeah!
If only that man was that nice and respectful back in 1955.
If you know any about black history and back at that time being nice and respectful could still get you hung ,that was the jim crow Era
The man spent 68 years in prison, you miserable p o s.
Why plead guilty if the punishment was going to be life without parole? Was the death penalty on the table for 15 year olds at that time? Avoiding a death sentence would be the only reason to plead guilty for a life without parole sentence.
Keep in mind this was back in 1952 in the era before the Civil Rights Movement. This guy was probably pressured and coerced into pleading guilty and likely didn’t get the same level of legal representation as a wealthier defendant.
Refused parole because he didn’t want to be supervised for the rest of his life. I think that speaks volumes about how tough this man really is, in order to stand on principles like that.
F.R
So he would rather be supervised and locked up?
@@isabellavalencia8026 that’s what I thought lmfao
@@isabellavalencia8026 because parole is like prison on the outside
@@isabellavalencia8026 maybe he wants to drink or smoke weed or do psychedelics or travel or something else because that's what I would do at his age especially after all them years in prison anyways I'm not sure but when your on parole you probably have to do drugs tests or something and they'd send him back
His attorney got him free, out right. No parole. Good for them!
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Hello Ammon
it was a fair and good system in the USA. And now for killing a person you can get a prison sentence of 5 years. It's just funny and crazy.
thank the democrats
This is so terrible sad an unfear America you need to change.
“he’s a changed man” well obviously it’s not like he’s gonna go back to stabbings after 68 years in jail.
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yeah his victim is died,died is died
@@jonoliousbrigerton370you mean dead
@@jonoliousbrigerton370, 68 years is STILL too long.🙄
Thank you Jesus.
Crazy .... that a murderer gets to walk free
Ur acting as if he didn’t do 68 years… he’s no threat anymore. He’s clearly changed
@@Turbopro27 Doesn't matter lol. His victims don't become undead
@@GoldenAgeofCOD what difference would it make to keep him in prison right now?
He was an attempted murderer of a man that survived whom he stabbed, it was the others that took lives.
After 27yrs I was blessed to have my brother back home because of this he was 16 when he went away here, funny thing they know each other...
I'm glad Your brother didn't get rammed this this poor man did! I also hope Your brother stays out of those situations that could take away his freedom.☮️
♥️♥️♥️🙏
I watch "Forensic Files" all the time, and I see "adult" murderers get out in less than 20 years.
All those killers on Unsolved Mysteries go to prison for like 8 years when they run the update.
Serial killer
The man that help him my god bless him forever and ever!!!
for someone whos been locked up his whole life, hes still got a sense of humor
He went to prison a year before I was born. All the things I've done in my life, world-wide travel, CA national guard, army reserve, Iraq veteran, high school, colleges, earning two degrees, playing piano, guitar. I will be 67. Meanwhile this man was behind bars the entire time. What does a person say other than "Bless him"
He was part of a gang that killed two people. If that had been your father or mother I don't think you'd be saying, "bless him". Just something to think about it. He destroyed his life and ended two others. Don't forget about the real victims
This is exactly what it means to be 67 years old.
@@Sometimes_Always people don't hold grudges like that. People change and you not the same person you were when you were 15 *68* years ago
You mentioned a lot of things that you have done. I noticed that you didn't mention murdering someone. That is the reason that you're free.
Why you lying for RUclips comments? 🤡
Over sentencing for POC, let's be honest about this.
Ok racist.
Not people of color.... Black.
@@kas3583 Thank you. 💯
@@kas3583 yeah.... let’s be clear.
For Black Americans, not people of color.
And how do the courts skip around that ? Charge kids as adults... Its bs
My heart hurts for this man. His situation is one example of why this country is far from great
PA has been under demoRATic rule for too long. They absolutely proved this by CHEATING & pushing racist propaganda on everyone in this state! PA did not vote for China Joe! Jared Kusnear did a wonderful job re: prison reform & most of the people & their relatives looked the other way. Remember when nasty Nancy tore up President's great state of the Union Address! All the democrats sat silently - talk about a cult of dummies!
@@sallyg6456 Pennsylvania did vote for Biden. Russian Orange Hitler needed help from his boyfriend Putin and I’m sure you heard this morning Russia tried to help Trump cheat. Sad when the only way you can win an election is to cheat, right Trumptard. F the alt-right republicans, you all are headed to 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@sallyg6456 Please go some place else with your IDIOTIC conspiracy theories.
Try to use your God given intellicence.
I feel for the people they killed and stabbed
Joy Austin me too. He actually beat the system because he was released and never served his full sentence. Just like most criminals.
After 7 decades...that man done lost most of his family member ...he will never get that time back smfh...this system needs to change!
I agree
Did his victims get their time back???
He didn't want parole, because he didn't want to be supervised for the rest of his life... so he stayed in prison?
It better to serve your sentence out right. Parole sucks.
Bless, sir
I hope CBS compensated this man for this interview and not just exploited him for his story!
S b , ain't that karma for ya!
Don't be stupid okay
@@Sb-sz3cn Why do people like you always hide in someone else’s comment?
Tell it to the DEAD.
@@stevenmichaelcunningham4760 The DEAD will have their turn at justice. This ain't the end as we are about to find out!
Damm...68 years, a lot of people don´t even get that old. My best whishes to this man
he killed someone
@@alexandrawoof1894 And he clearly paid the price. Everyone deserves a shot at redemption.
@@Blake-pn6xm paid the price for killing somebody? 😆 The only payment for that is death
Yeah a lot of people don't get that old... like the two people he murdered.
@@Blake-pn6xm does dylan roof deserve a shot at redemption?
I cant believe that my entire 51 years of my life this man was locked up behind bars. my whole life
The public defender is a saint
Wowoooo shame to all of us, all this presidents that grant forgiveness every end of their president to criminals. 68years .Shame
It was a state charge. Even if a President wanted to pardon him, they only have pardon power for federal crimes.
@@bucs03sd The judge that sentenced this man to life in prison while he was still a teenager, is far more of a criminal than this man could ever be. But obviously the law was crafted to protect white collar criminals in the highest seats of power.
ruclips.net/video/Ri4FfZpjw4Q/видео.html
excellent point. Look who Trump pardoned and even considered his family and himself first
@@Coneelfrancis Absolutely you are right. What can we do? Only we can do praying for this man's well-being. We cannot change the world.
The breaks my heart into a million pieces. We’re all a different person than we were at 15. I’m a different person than I was a year ago. I hope this gentleman lives to be 100 or more!!
Absolutely just sad simply it’s inhuman. I don’t know the man but I couldn’t stop crying.
@@hudamohamed5972 While he himself maybe should not have gotten this long, do you seriously not agree that murderers should be locked away forever, regardless of how old they were. You're a different person than who you were at 15, but when you're 15 you still realize what you're doing...
I am crying 😭 and so much in my mind that I can not follow
I hope he finds out he is an Israelite, joins the true faith and lives forever. We are Straitway Truth Ministry.
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Well I don’t know about you but I never killed two people when I was 15
Thanks Gail, for letting us know that stabbing someone to death is deserving of understanding.
Imagine the situations he's been in during the 7 decades inside and the story's
It must have been like stepping out to a futuristic alien planet. The technology now, compared to when he went in, is incomprehensible. People back then couldn't even imagine what it would be like today
Well he said he expected the buildings and cars to be different, but yeah computers and such would be crazy
I’m sure they watched TV like everyday...
Dude in jail got smartphone and facebook
Yeah, well we never got to find out because this anti-criminal justice system propaganda piece spent 90% of the video attacking the justice system
@@JohnSmith-su3ze conservative idiot
“They locked me up, they did. BUT they didn’t lock my MIND UP” if that isn’t an eye opener for you, idk what is! POWER TO THIS BROTHER ❤️
Knowing he was in jail my whole childhood till now is wild. 3 times my years on 🌍 wow
All I can say....God Bless You!
There's nothing great or happy about this man's release, everybody he knew is dead, the whole world is a place he doesn't remember, there's nothing great about getting out of prison after 68 years. Let's get the help this man deserves instead of just talking about it let's help him.
exactly
Real life Shawshank Story this is beyond humane
Being in his 80s just makes it even more bittersweet. Hope he has good five to ten years to enjoy to the fullest.
Help him how. No one can give him 68 years of his Life back ...thats why the man himself said. He Leaving that in the past.
I agree, being released back into society after being locked up for 68 years is not celebratory. He is not connected to current society. He doesn't have enough time left on earth to try to get up to speed on things. I just don't think he will last many more years. 😏