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0:01hey guys so I hope everyone had a great
0:05Thanksgiving I know my head looks a
0:07little weird my hair looks a little
0:08funny because I don't want it to get cut
0:11off so I realized that I have a white
0:13headset which is going to cut my um head
0:17off and it was very annoying when I
0:19watched the last video that I recorded
0:21So in my quest to find different stuff
0:25and in my quest to change my channel a
0:27little and make it about True Crime not
0:31just about making a murderer and Chris
0:34Watts which I'm going to do a video on
0:35as well um just to let you guys know I'm
0:38still doing a live tonight at 9:00 so
0:40this video is just like an add extra
0:42bonus so in my quest to do this I ended
0:46up thinking you know who can I who do I
0:49know personally that's ever been wrongly
0:52convicted or had a false confession and
0:55I remember that there was this huge case
0:58I'm not even sure how I forgotten the
0:59first but but there was this huge case
1:01when I was growing up um you may have
1:03heard of him by the name of Martin
1:05tangli Marty was a typical 17-year-old
1:09very very rich kid his parents owned a
1:12bagel star that we all used to hang out
1:14at and it was in a shopping center that
1:16we all used to hang out at and any of my
1:18personal friends that are watching this
1:19video know exactly what I'm talking
1:21about and we all knew that he didn't do
1:24it it just I mean this was a really rich
1:28kid there is no I mean he would have
1:30made more money with his parents alive
1:33than I mean it was just a big nightmare
1:36but the thing about it was his parents
1:38weren't just killed they were executed I
1:40mean it was bad and there was just no
1:43way this 17-year-old kid did it it was a
1:46false confession he falsely confessed
1:49from what I remember him telling us or
1:52telling me is that like they had him
1:54interrogated for like 48 or 72 hours or
1:58something they wouldn't feed him they
2:00wouldn't give him drinks and this is
2:02suffa County Police the highest paid
2:05police force in the entire world I mean
2:08they I know cop your regular street cop
2:10in suffa county is making about 120,000
2:13a year as compared to New York City
2:15where they make like $30,000 a year I
2:18mean everybody wants to be a suffa
2:20County cop because they are making bank
2:23but needless to say they had him like
2:25locked up for like 72 hours they
2:27wouldn't feed them they wouldn't give
2:29them drinks they wouldn't let him sleep
2:32I mean they were not giving up until he
2:35confessed to murdering his parents and
2:37finally he did that kept him in prison
2:40for 17 years and I don't know how many
2:43of you guys are familiar with New York
2:45state prisons they're no joke I mean
2:47they're comparable to like St Quinton
2:50you have places like Atta um Riker's
2:53Island I mean these Max security prisons
2:55are
2:57serious don't compare to other places in
3:00Max Securities in Alabama or Max
3:02Securities in I mean they are for real
3:06anyway um moving on fluffing not
3:09fluffing Not Butter wants to go out and
3:10he's going to annoy me this whole video
3:12I wish I had a pause button on OBS but I
3:14don't so you may have to hear him for a
3:16little while so needless say um I
3:20contacted Marty I'm still Facebook
3:22friends with him I haven't spoke to him
3:24in a while but I'm still Facebook
3:25friends with him and I have spoken to
3:29him you know like we all knew each other
3:31when we were young so hopefully he'll
3:34get back to me and agree to do an
3:35interview with me but what makes his
3:38story so unbelievable remarkable so
3:41unbelievably remarkable is the fact that
3:44he's now an attorney for New York State
3:47he works with you know trying to free
3:48the innocent he works with the innocent
3:50project of New York he's a DieHard
3:52Advocate obviously for you know people
3:55that make false confessions I know Laura
3:58Brendan's attorney had done stuff with
4:00him but if you haven't checked out a
4:02story you should his name is Martin
4:04tankleff absolutely inspirational story
4:07so until he gets back to me I'll let you
4:09guys know hopefully he's watching but
4:11I'll let you guys know um for the future
4:14if he agrees to do this you know
4:15interview with me for the show um but in
4:19my quest for it you know reaching out to
4:22him yesterday I came across on his
4:25Facebook another exer that he recently
4:28helped get out and after 27 years this
4:32guy's story was so unbelievably touching
4:36I wanted to share it and I spent hours
4:38yesterday doing a PowerPoint about it
4:40with showing all of his artwork I really
4:43hope I don't get in trouble for redoing
4:45his artwork so let me state that
4:47throughout the PowerPoint there there is
4:50a link um it's Valentino
4:54dixon.ca I made it into a PowerPoint
4:57showing his amazing artwork once I get
5:00into the PowerPoint I kind of repeat
5:02that but so be it it's absolutely
5:05unbelievable I mean this man made these
5:07paintings in a 4x8 gel cell over 27
5:12years and his artwork just speaks for
5:15itself so without further Ado let me get
5:18into the story so you guys can see
5:21exactly what I
5:22see his name is Valentino Dixon I'm
5:25calling it making an Exon only because I
5:28didn't make that title but I'm doing it
5:31because that is what Georgetown
5:33University uh named the class in order
5:36to get him out and you're going to
5:38understand all that by the end of this
5:41presentation and I said this incredible
5:44story of never giving up
5:47hope so as I already said all the
5:50artwork that you're going to see is like
5:52every single picture on here is one that
5:54he drew from prison you can find you can
5:57buy all of his artwork at Valentino
5:59di.com
6:01um picture all every picture is $99
6:04except for the ones that have four which
6:07you'll see later on in the presentation
6:09um those are uh
6:12239 or
6:14299 but again you can see it all just
6:16going to Valentino
6:18dixon.ca my mind that he did this stuff
6:21with wood pencils and in a Jael cell
6:25it's just it's crazy to me and you'll
6:28see what I mean as we go
6:34on what he States is because the law
6:37states that the prosecution has a duty
6:39and an obligation to seek the truth not
6:41just a conviction I thought that quote
6:44was awesome to open this up with because
6:46he's right and I find so many
6:49similarities to the railroading that
6:51happened to Steph and Brenan and the
6:54false confession and how prosecutions
6:57just they don't care about the truth
6:59they just want to
7:01convict so I was he says he was hanging
7:04out a fast food restaurant now
7:06journalist Max Adler which you're going
7:07to see how he ties in at the end of the
7:10presentation um says there were about 70
7:13teenagers at the restaurant that night
7:15popular hangout spot kind of reminded me
7:18of the shopping center we all used to
7:20hang out at and there was a fist fight
7:22that turned into a gunfight shots rang
7:24out he uh Dixon jumped in his car and
7:27pulled away he fled um didn't want to
7:30have anything to do with this Adler says
7:32there were four people shot one of them
7:34was a teenager by the name of Toriano
7:36Jackson he ended up
7:40dying it can happen to you it can happen
7:43to a loved one it can happen to a family
7:45member this is why it's so serious and
7:48what he's talking about is a false
7:50confession or falsely being accused of
7:53something that you didn't
7:57do so the investigation started is he
8:00left the scene then shortly he was
8:02pulled over police interrogated him they
8:05asked him you know were you at the scene
8:07next thing you know I'm being charge of
8:08murder just because I said I was there
8:11he could not believe what he was hearing
8:13but he felt like all right you know what
8:15IE Witnesses are going to clear me of
8:17this it's all good dozens of witnesses
8:20not one person had the same
8:22story um according to Adler who spent
8:25years following this I I'm sorry who
8:28spent um tons the time uh reading
8:30through pages of pages and pages of
8:33files um he said eyewitnesses insisted
8:37that Dixon had not committed the crime
8:40and two days later after the shooting
8:42Lamar Scott confessed to the murder but
8:45the prosecution didn't care they still
8:48went after Valentino Dixon and what He
8:51suggests is that nobody wanted to admit
8:53that a mistake was made came down to
8:56embarrassment came down to egos the
8:58culture was that well well we're not
9:00going to say that we made a mistake here
9:02um that sounds a awful lot like curn
9:06when in Steven's first trial anybody
9:09that knows me knows that I'm was never
9:11capable of what they accused me of and
9:13that's what hurt me to the core you know
9:16like why would you accuse me of this and
9:19then when you realize that I didn't do
9:21it why would you ignore that mistake and
9:24I think that's one of the things that
9:25bother us about Avery
9:27is admit you made the mistake and move
9:30on don't try to cover it up by accusing
9:32him of something else um I mean like
9:35it's the worst thing in the world that
9:37you can blame a person for is murder I
9:39don't know if murder or rape is worse
9:41but like it doesn't get any worse than
9:45that uh Gandhi once said be the change
9:48you want to see in the world and I
9:50couldn't agree with that more and that's
9:53what we have to do as sleuths as online
9:56detectives whatever you want to call us
9:58we have to be the change we have to show
10:01the world that this stuff needs to
10:03change like we can't keep living like
10:05this so then the trial comes and before
10:08I even get into that I mean look at the
10:10detail on this this is in jail with
10:12pencils wood pencils that is insane I
10:17mean I I was so In Awe by this guy's
10:20artwork and his artwork is what
10:23eventually what got him free so the case
10:26went to trial in '92 he hoped that the
10:29discovery process would clear his name
10:31but next thing you know prosecut is
10:32charging two of the witnesses of perjury
10:35before trial so for stating that he
10:38didn't commit the crime they charged
10:40them with perjury I've never known
10:42anybody to charge him with perjury and
10:45he had some criminal record
10:47like you find out that you know he was a
10:48cocaine dealer he carried a gun like he
10:50wasn't the you know most perfect angel
10:53but they were railroading him just for
10:56having a you know probably one for being
10:58black and I'm not one to say that you
11:00know that's why they go after them but
11:03it's it's a very good possibility
11:05because he was black it didn't matter
11:07that the other black man killed him
11:09maybe they were after for some other
11:10reason maybe they just didn't like his
11:12clothes I mean it's so
11:14horrendous so then this other witness
11:17was afraid of coming forward um instead
11:19of just kind of letting the jury have
11:21all the facts and letting them sorted
11:24out prosecutor very vindictively
11:26selected who would testify and that was
11:29the only people who agreed with his
11:31version of the story a good attorney
11:34would have been able to protect his
11:35client but Dixon's public defender who
11:38had only visited him once in 10 months
11:41leading up to the trial was anything but
11:44that so inless you guys want to hear
11:46fluffing not of bark all day I got to
11:48let them out hold
11:55up okay so fluffing not is out of the
11:58room
12:00um moving on so the trial began the
12:03lawyer didn't even give an opening
12:05argument Dixon said he waved his opening
12:08argument and then he didn't even call
12:10any Witnesses not one witness to the
12:12stand he didn't even introduce one
12:14exhibitor in trial jury found me guilty
12:17give me 38 years 38 and a half years to
12:20life now when he got convicted in
12:221992 it's a different system than it is
12:25now in New York because even before I
12:28left New York now it's mandatory
12:30minimums so if you there's no more like
12:3318 to life you get 18 years you get 25
12:37years you get 50 years you get life you
12:39no longer get out for early Behavior you
12:41like it's it's different than it was in
12:43'92 but in '92 we got 38 and a half
12:46years to
12:48life so he was 21 years old he went to
12:52ateka atut is one of the worst prisons
12:54in New York state see Infamous U Maximum
12:57Security Prison in Western New York
12:59state which is Upstate New York um for
13:02the first seven years he was in such a
13:05state of depression he said that he
13:07didn't have any drive or determination
13:09when it came to anything positive he
13:11learned what he could about the law at
13:13the prison Library he kept a meticulous
13:15list of the mistakes that have been made
13:17in trial I mean when you're 21 years old
13:20you don't know what your you know lawyer
13:22did wrong you don't know what you need
13:23to do he filed an appeal the same judge
13:27when we filed a post conviction motion
13:28said said I received a fair trial who
13:31does that sound like ad says Valentino's
13:34family was still fighting for him they
13:36were not going to give up his father did
13:38all he could to take the investigation
13:40into his own hands and attorneys would
13:42take his money and then really do
13:44nothing it became his nightmare and he
13:47was desponded I mean you can't blame him
13:49I'd be the same
13:51way and he quotes as well that you know
13:54for the first seven years he was in such
13:56a state of depression but the reason why
13:58I put this up here this picture is the
14:00one that got him noticed by Golf Digest
14:03Magazine which is essentially what
14:07Freedom so my uh I'm sorry Alan Turing
14:10had put a quote that I thought fit
14:13perfectly with this whole story and that
14:16we can see a short distance ahead but we
14:19can see plenty that needs to be done to
14:22me that scream you know I I heard the
14:25quote I thought of the quote and I
14:26thought you know what that so applies to
14:29the justice system because it's so
14:32true so Dixon Drew every day um and you
14:35can find his entire story online um I
14:39just took bits and pieces from different
14:41stories to put together you know one
14:44complete presentation so in 2010 his
14:47drawings got attention to the warden one
14:50day he says Dixon you think you could
14:52draw me my favorite golf course and I
14:54said sure I'll draw it for you um it's
14:56no more than a landscape and a flag so
14:58why not
14:59wouldn't brought in a photo it was
15:01Augusta I believe it was the 12th hole I
15:04drew it for him he loved it a soulmate
15:06told him he should draw some more golf
15:09courses so he's his feeling was the hell
15:12am I going to draw golf courses for like
15:14what's the point um I've never even been
15:17to a golf course so his soulmate said
15:20because I think you do really good at it
15:22so for whatever reason this cellmate
15:24planted the seat of why he should draw
15:26golf courses and Dixon said it was like
15:29strangest thing that he's ever dealt
15:30with so another quote from that story
15:34that came to mind was you're always
15:35trying to be normal we will never know
15:37how amazing you can be because I mean if
15:41you think about his life and what he's
15:42endured for however amount of years when
15:46he started WR you know drawing golf
15:48courses it's Maya Angelo just came to
15:51mind with an inspiring quote because you
15:53know he was so down on his luck and so
15:56dead on his luck and you know now he's
15:58got inspiration
15:59and when you're doing 38 years to life
16:02you need inspiration in jail just to
16:04survive every day I like I I can't even
16:07comprehend 27 years same thing with
16:09Stephen I can't even comprehend 27
16:13years um so how this all started was he
16:18started reading columns with Max Adler
16:21Max Adler is a co-author or has a yeah
16:24co-author of monthly Golf Digest column
16:28so they Chronicle the ways that people
16:30use the game to get through a hard thing
16:33that they were going through in their
16:34life like why golfers you know what gets
16:36through Golf and any golfers out there
16:39who know I'm sure have read this
16:41article now Dixon on the
16:48flip okay Dixon on the flip side sorry
16:51about my technical difficulties and dog
16:53difficulties but it's too long of a
16:55video to keep redoing so we're just
16:57going to deal with it
16:59um Chronicle the ways that people use
17:02the game and Dixon says he have friends
17:06that committed suicide in prison you
17:08know you could be strong today and
17:09tomorrow can be like you know what I got
17:1120 years and I'm ending this I would um
17:15I can't do any more time and I felt like
17:17at that point I was on borrow time and
17:19golf was going to was saving my life
17:22then one day in 2011 M now remember he's
17:25been in there since '92 Max Edler went
17:29to his office at Golf Digest and in his
17:31inbox was this letter from um Dixon and
17:35it had a picture in it I'm not going to
17:37read verbatim but it had a picture in it
17:39and in that picture was a golf course
17:42and he said the Tranquil image of grass
17:46skies and tree and water he said it was
17:48as far away from your cell as one could
17:51possibly get so Martin Luther King I
17:55didn't want to change the words of such
17:57a great quote but if you can't can't fly
17:59then run if you can't run then walk if
18:02you can't walk then crawl but whatever
18:04you do you have to keep moving and my
18:07feeling is if you change moving to
18:10believing you just have to keep
18:11believing so my advice to Stephen and
18:14Brenan is just keep believing keep
18:17believing in Hope keep believing that
18:19the truth will come out because
18:21eventually it just has to it's going to
18:23happen
18:25eventually um you guys did not commit
18:28this rrific
18:30murder um so Dixon in 2012 invited Adler
18:35to come see him and he did and Adler
18:38said he went in there with some serious
18:41doubts he didn't know um what was going
18:45to come of it and he ended up pouring
18:48over thousands upon thousands of legal
18:51documents and then the story appeared in
18:54Golf Digest it was a first piece written
18:57by Valentino ghost written by Adler
19:00which he explained a peace and
19:01Tranquility that he found in the look of
19:03the sport and then attached to that was
19:05a much longer piece investigating his
19:07case and show that it was pretty clear
19:10instance of local officials seizing a
19:12moment to Railroad a young guy with a
19:14criminal background into a prison for a
19:16crime he didn't commit major news
19:19outlets became interested I mean that's
19:20the thing when you have someone like
19:22Adler you know do a worldwide story like
19:26this with you know reputable people
19:29people are going to notice and it
19:30noticed Georgetown government and law
19:32professor Mark Howard he noticed uh
19:36that's also who Mart um uh Martin
19:38tankleff is a professor for them as well
19:42as being an attorney um in January of 18
19:46Howard presented Dixon's case at
19:48Georgetown in a class called making an
19:51exonerate three undergrad students
19:54definitively went to
19:56work and on September 19 19 of 2018
20:00exonary was made Valentino Dixon got out
20:03got his first real day in court he
20:06walked out that day he walked in that
20:08day in shackles and literally walked out
20:11a free man it's it's amazing it took 207
20:15years like it's it's still mindblowing
20:18to me so I mean the moral of this whole
20:21presentation was we need change in the
20:24justice
20:25system one no one person can do it alone
20:29but collectively we can do it
20:32together false confessions I mean I
20:35understand that our system gets it right
20:3895% of the time but when 3 to 5% of
20:42prisoners are innocent and you have
20:44someone like this with a talent like
20:46this that completely was wasted because
20:50you know he got in trouble when he was
20:51young or he had a criminal record or
20:53Martin tangli was a you know who knows
20:55what he could have been he may have
20:57still been a lawyer but the fact that
21:00these people you know so many false
21:04convictions this is what we need to
21:06focus on because this is what needs to
21:08change and you know you hear story after
21:12story after story that sounds like the
21:14same story but it's not it's all
21:16different states now Martin got Marty
21:19got eight a couple of million dollars I
21:22don't know was 3 million or 8 million
21:24from New York state but I can assure you
21:27if he's if he hadn't have been blamed in
21:29the first place that $8 million is
21:32nothing compared to what his parents
21:34would have left I mean I'm I'm he was
21:36that rich so the fact that he still went
21:40to be an attorney he does everything
21:42that you could that's what I see
21:44Valentino I don't see Marty giving up
21:46fighting for Valentino um Valentino
21:49deserves everything he gets he should
21:51open up an art mum with all of his art
21:54and I wish him the absolute best I'm
21:56going to try to reach out to him since
21:58it's new maybe I can get an interview
22:00with him as well but his story is so
22:02inspiring to me um I just had to do a
22:05presentation on it so that was all I
22:08have don't forget we're still doing a
22:10live tonight at 9:00 I got to take my
22:11kids do a little shop Black Friday
22:13shopping not much but a little my son
22:17has to go to GameStop um but I want to
22:20let you guys know that I I totally lost
22:24my train of thought I'm sorry for my
22:26little beep in between make sure you
22:27subscribe make sure that I will see you
22:30guys tonight at 9:00 and I hope you guys
22:33have a great day and again I hope you
22:34had a great turkey day and break out the
22:36Christmas trees this now all right have
22:40a wonderful night guys

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