Colgate University. Wrongful Convictions: Darryl Hunt, Kirk Bloodsworth, Steven Barnes — Transcript

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1. 0:05good evening today I'm here with Steven
2. 0:07Barnes he was wrongfully convicted for
3. 0:0920 years and was let out 5 months ago
4. 0:12would you like to tell us a little bit
5. 0:13about your life today my life today well
6. 0:17I'm I'm adjusting to society and um I'm
7. 0:21doing well well I got a job at uh the
8. 0:24county I work with uh use and uh uh
9. 0:27re-entry program for night of County for
10. 0:29people that get out on
11. 0:30parole I go around and speak for
12. 0:33innocent project I go to a lot of
13. 0:34colleges and speak about wron
14. 0:37convictions I'm here with Daryl hunt
15. 0:39today he was wrongfully convicted for 19
16. 0:41years and has been out and act very
17. 0:44active for innocent victims he they just
18. 0:47played a documentary at Colgate
19. 0:48yesterday about his life would you like
20. 0:50to tell us a little bit about what was
21. 0:51in that documentary well the documentary
22. 0:54actually documents my trial my whole 19
23. 1:00year experience through the criminal
24. 1:01justice system from the beginning of
25. 1:04from my arrest to my exoneration you
26. 1:08spoke about your faith how that helped
27. 1:10sustain you through your um through your
28. 1:13sentence do you feel that your faith is
29. 1:15stronger now than it was before the
30. 1:18unfortunate event happened to you um yes
31. 1:22it's it is stronger now uh but my faith
32. 1:26was the only thing that kept me going um
33. 1:29through through out the 19 years and
34. 1:32even today is is still the driving force
35. 1:36behind what we do as um as a project as
36. 1:40an individual and trying to help others
37. 1:44would you like to say anything to
38. 1:46families such as the man and woman who
39. 1:48are here today that are uh who have sons
40. 1:51or daughters that are wrongfully
41. 1:52convicted and how they might keep the
42. 1:54faith yes one of the things is never
43. 1:57give up uh always continue to fight
44. 2:01because um you never know when the light
45. 2:05is going to happen so because the one
46. 2:09thing that that
47. 2:11helps um exonorees while they're in is
48. 2:15knowing that someone there is always out
49. 2:18there keeping your name out there and
50. 2:21keeping the word out and so that helps
51. 2:23uh is there anything that you'd like to
52. 2:25tell maybe people coming out of prison
53. 2:28and um maybe still trying to find their
54. 2:30way is there some advice that you had to
55. 2:32learn the hard way that you would tell
56. 2:34them well you have to understand that um
57. 2:38and I was telling this young lady this
58. 2:40while ago that you you have three names
59. 2:44you uh have in life the name you are
60. 2:47given by your parents the name you
61. 2:50inherit from your parents and the name
62. 2:52you make for yourself so uh other people
63. 2:56have been real busy about making your
64. 2:58name up to this point but understand
65. 3:01that you have to uh take things
66. 3:04slow um really pay attention to your
67. 3:08surroundings and stand up for other
68. 3:10people and enjoy your life