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1. 0:04sitting here going through the paper man
2. 0:06over the years checking out the foral
3. 0:08and they like going back in time and I
4. 0:10see probably like afro and big butterfly
5. 0:14uh collars something of the year is
6. 0:16probably like 1970 something probably
7. 0:19like right around 1974 I was probably
8. 0:22like three year old there man and you
9. 0:24know I goof off all the time on the
10. 0:25radio we we do stuff but something very
11. 0:29serious and and and very inspirational
12. 0:31and emotional right now sits beside me
13. 0:35Mr
14. 0:36Jimmy how you doing I'm fine sir first
15. 0:40of
16. 0:41all 35 years of your life Behind Bars
17. 0:47yes 35 years for me that's almost a
18. 0:51lifetime I ain't going to tell my age
19. 0:52but that's almost a Life Time first of
20. 0:55all I will say this welcome home nice to
21. 0:58be here the devil is a liar
22. 1:00yes he is always stay prayed up let's go
23. 1:04back when was it
24. 1:051974 74 you were wrongly convicted of
25. 1:09what a rape charge a rape charge and you
26. 1:13and how many years were you actually
27. 1:15sentenced TW 30 I mean 25 mandatory with
28. 1:19a life sentence with a life sentence you
29. 1:23first do the mandatory coordin is
30. 1:25unlimited at that point and when did it
31. 1:28when uh did this happen where did did it
32. 1:30happen this happened in Lake Wales Lake
33. 1:32Wales in 1974 when racism was pretty
34. 1:36much at an alltime high yes and were you
35. 1:39wrongly convicted of uh raping a white
36. 1:41female no a black female a black female
37. 1:43black male a black male yes Wow Wow in
38. 1:4835
39. 1:50years and when you went to court that
40. 1:53day and a Jud said guilty yes and you
41. 1:55knew in your heart and your mind and
42. 1:58your family your mom and everybody knew
43. 1:59that you were innocent
44. 2:02yes what was like the first thing in
45. 2:05your mind snatch taking away from my
46. 2:08mother mhm the first thing I felt going
47. 2:12into a world I have no knowledge of
48. 2:14uh-huh what I had thought I had paid a
49. 2:17lawyer to get me out of uhh but
50. 2:19apparently he didn't get me
51. 2:21out so let's say first week goes by
52. 2:26first month first two years first 3
53. 2:28years 10 years yes did it ever be come
54. 2:31in your mind like I'm not getting out or
55. 2:33maybe I did this or maybe I was wrong
56. 2:36did it really play a psychological most
57. 2:38definitely throughout the years it
58. 2:41did and you just kept crying out that
59. 2:44I'm innocent I'm innocent I'm innocent
60. 2:46yes all waiting on the new technology
61. 2:49mhm which I never dreamed would come
62. 2:51about but it came about so they weren't
63. 2:53doing DNA testing no it didn't exist
64. 2:55nowhere it was just sent to Washington
65. 2:58DC
66. 3:01uh FBI lab mhm that's where they did the
67. 3:05test uhhuh and it was negative even when
68. 3:07that came up but they still fought said
69. 3:10I was a guilty
70. 3:13part so D they back then pretty much was
71. 3:17nothing was it more so D yeah okay so 25
72. 3:23years we go up to the 30th year at what
73. 3:27point did the uh system or govern
74. 3:29government or your people like hey let's
75. 3:31do this new technology Let's test this
76. 3:34and get this man out of prison or even
77. 3:36give him a chance to reopen the case no
78. 3:38it wasn't like that sir you have to file
79. 3:40a certain motion if you didn't file a
80. 3:42motion you going to sit there regardless
81. 3:44you first have to file a motion mhm I
82. 3:47filed a motion of 3.850%
83. 3:50[Music]
84. 4:00in your same position pretty much your
85. 4:01same story that's in prison right now
86. 4:04yes and what's taking the government so
87. 4:07long or I system so long to exonerate
88. 4:09these men well it's a it's a backup
89. 4:14right now being that the new
90. 4:15technologies is here mhm and from my
91. 4:18understanding it takes a lot of money if
92. 4:20you if you haven't filed your motion and
93. 4:23also a lot of guys haven't filed their
94. 4:25motion because they don't know how to go
95. 4:27by it mhm
96. 4:31you know and and as as I sit here today
97. 4:33was January 21st I really want to be a
98. 4:38spokesman or a person because three or
99. 4:40four years ago Allan crosson out of St
100. 4:42Pete yes he was wrongly convicted of a
101. 4:44rape and he did 25 years in prison and
102. 4:48when I was speaking with him the most
103. 4:50profound thing that he said he says
104. 4:52people asking me about the money I'm
105. 4:54going receive of being compensated he
106. 4:56said that's not important the most
107. 4:58important thing that I wanted was a 5
108. 5:00years I wasn't with my mom cuz his mom
109. 5:02died in prison yes and your mother is
110. 5:04sick now right yes but I lost my
111. 5:06stepfather oh man while I was doing
112. 5:09those 35 years mhm which they both made
113. 5:12agreement that I have something when I
114. 5:14got out way before he passed so they
115. 5:18already had had the faith that you it
116. 5:19out yes and I know that has to be like
117. 5:22the most sadden Harden thing when a
118. 5:25mother's child is in prison and she
119. 5:26knows your mama know yes your mama know
120. 5:29when you write wrong mama know when you
121. 5:31stole that Cookie Out the Cookie job she
122. 5:33know but so many things Obama yes
123. 5:37president yes did you ever think in your
124. 5:40uh uh Wildest Dreams or your imagination
125. 5:42when you was locked up in that cell that
126. 5:45all these things was happened that you
127. 5:46were miss out on no never thought i' see
128. 5:48it in my lifetime not only mine my
129. 5:51mother
130. 5:52uh-huh so what is like the hardest thing
131. 5:55for you to get adjusted to today today's
132. 5:57actually in society today for for me to
133. 6:00adjust is the technology mhm otherwise
134. 6:03just with people I think I can cope with
135. 6:05just the
136. 6:06new things that have came about so you
137. 6:10still remember the rabbit is and old
138. 6:12school dollar phone tearing your finger
139. 6:14up and all that stuff we can put you up
140. 6:16on that we put you up on the iPhone and
141. 6:18all that you know just just stay with us
142. 6:19on that I will so when you're out and
143. 6:22about in public and a public place do
144. 6:24you kind of cringe just because no I
145. 6:26don't I don't I think I could fit well
146. 6:29in Society M it's just the technology
147. 6:31around me uhhuh we'll get that I you
148. 6:35know talk to Joe mama he do know
149. 6:36anything about a computer at all you
150. 6:38know he's just horrible so don't don't
151. 6:40feel left out on that part don't even
152. 6:42worry about that man but you know like I
153. 6:44said man anything we can do for you you
154. 6:46know welcome home man like I said man
155. 6:48people just have to stay prayed up yes
156. 6:50because 35 years that's your life gone
157. 6:54and for you to have the attitude that
158. 6:56you have are you bitter at all no I'm
159. 6:58not bitter I cannot be I left it in God
160. 7:02come on preach preacher because I mean
161. 7:04preacher sir but I you know what I'm
162. 7:06saying I know now what got me out of
163. 7:08here yeah what preserved me
164. 7:13mhm and I give it to you man I give it
165. 7:16to you stay strong uh continue success
166. 7:20um it's been you I mean they say God
167. 7:23puts you in positions and you know he
168. 7:25won't put anything harder on you that
169. 7:27you can bear you know and like I said I
170. 7:31I I give it to you 35 years I'm innocent
171. 7:35crying out somebody hear me and the day
172. 7:37comes and you walking with your head
173. 7:39high not bit at all people the example
174. 7:44of a real man and to my young Brothers
175. 7:46you got any messages for my young
176. 7:48Brothers out here on the streets well I
177. 7:50would like to see as many as I can
178. 7:52through my journey M because I think
179. 7:54that's God purpose of mine to do this
180. 7:56yeah and it don't matter what race or
181. 7:59national
182. 8:00Okay and like I said I'm with you man if
183. 8:03anything we can do to get the message
184. 8:04out to help these youth man because it's
185. 8:08it's sad it's a sad situation it's a
186. 8:10revolving door for the prison system yes
187. 8:13it is it's a business business of making
188. 8:16money all right God bless continue we're
189. 8:20here for you man thank you