"12 Years Taken From Me": Help End Wrongful Convictions

[p3tr0114]

As long as there is prisons there will always be innocents suffering like this.

[STEALTHNMODE]

God Bless!

[flimmaker04]

WE need to stop those fucking white victims rights groups they are to blame for most of this them and their lynch mob mentality you dont see minority vicitms with that crap cause there smart enough to know the damage that shit can do. Stop victims rights amendments and knock sense into white victims let people be proven guilty

[springthunderboxer]

If you can't sue judges, and you can't force them to follow binding precedent, and you can't prosecute them, and you can't remove them from office, how are they any different from Saddam Hussein and Kim Jong-Il?

[springthunderboxer]

judicial immunity is nothing more than bullshit english common law idea that the king can do no wrong therefore King's delegates for dispensing justice, accordingly "ought not to be drawn into question for any supposed corruption [for this tends] to the slander of the justice of the King.

[springthunderboxer]

the fact that judges and prosecuters are immune from consequenses of their actions is deplorable. they believe if you do wrong they should punish you. but if they do wrong they shouldnt be punished. that isnt justice

[springthunderboxer]

@mr grevy. By totally insulating judges from personal responsibility for their actions, the judicial system allows judges to escape the consequences of unlawful and outrageous behavior. The public loses respect when it sees a judge "beat the system," while the victim loses the chance to be made whole for the injuries flowing from the judicial act. do you see the logic in that?

[springthunderboxer]

@mrgrevy you are a moron if you think police judges and prosecuters must uphold law but not be subjected to it. your a hypocrite who's opinion his irrelevant. Due to lack of logic. You fail

[MrGrevy]

@springthunderboxer You couldn't be more wrong. There is no lack of logic on my part and you cannot point any out. Judges and prosecutors are immune. That's a fact my uninformed, uneducated friend.

[springthunderboxer]

It is not stupid to hold people who meet out punishment and death sentences accountable for their actions. That would allow curruption among otherthings. Apparently you feel other people should have unchecked authority over your life.

[springthunderboxer]

@mrgrevy it appears you support the criminal justice system and holding people accountable for their actions? Except people judges and prosecuters who must not be held accountable?

[u2hubbard]

I went to the same university this guy did, and I met him. I'm glad to hear he's doing well. Let's go Herman.

[FalseAccusers]

Happens all the time, thanks to the Feminist nazi's and their "War on Women" propaganda. It's more like a "War on Men!" You piss them off, they accuse you of rape or some other sexual crime, and your life is over....

[bojedis]

We run a system for EVERYONE no matter WHAT RACE!!!

America's Wrongfully Convicted . c0m

[taregass]

Its white mans system-- the rest are slaves... IF You want to end this you gotta start fighting with your hands.. and stop thinking things will change by itself..

THE ONLY way to defend this demonic satanic system is terrorism against the terrorists ..

[Bluestar6264]

this is wrong how people can get put in jail for things like that with no evidence

[MrGrevy]

What a load of crap. Most of the time the person arrested is the guilty party.

[iTzGiNz]

@MrGrevy Well all the evidence points the other way now doesnt it.

[MrGrevy]

@iTzGiNz If you're saying all the evidence points to most people who are arrested being innocent, then you are delusional. Police almost always get the right person.

[iTzGiNz]

@MrGrevy No most people arrested are not innocent BUT most people arrested are only apart of the guilty party not the party themselves.

[MrGrevy]

@iTzGiNz WHA?? What in the world are you basing that on? Any evidence? Studies? Reports? Anything? Didn't think so.

[iTzGiNz]

@MrGrevy Based on a Census. Now come stop with the insults for a minute and really think. Most rapist when been charged get charged for more than one. So that means that they did not catch the guilty party for all of those cases AT FIRST.

[MrGrevy]

@iTzGiNz Okay that doesn't come close to making sense. Rape is one crime out of many, and you are making an incorrect assumption that someone is arrested and convicted for EACH rape committed, which is obviously not true. Did you even go to high school?

[remsensor]

Did you know only 28 states give compensation to the exonerated? No wonder he have the highest incarceration rate. Without consequences for wrongfully convicting and punishing people for no reason prosecutors and everyone else have to worries about putting the right man behind bars. They just was their win.

[springthunderboxer]

The only way to end wrongfull convictions is hold judges and da accountable by sending them to jail when they wrongfully convict some one

[cpc28655]

@springthunderboxer I can agree with what you are saying to a point. A wrongful conviction is usually, but not always cause by incompetence on the part of the police or da. But some of them are honest mistakes. I don't think this case is an honest mistake, but some are.

[MrGrevy]

@springthunderboxer Shut the hell up you criminal supporting idiot. That is a stupid idea.

[errerer94]

...... Blame it on the Christians they dont "beleive in DNA evidence".....

[saludahead]

@shmouts

NO LOL HE NEVER RAPED NOBODY!!! His DNA is in the California DNA Registry! Guess what? NO HITS!!!

Did you know that his father is a California Highway Patrol Officer? Do you even care? I bet his dad has a different view of the American Judicial System now!

[Zurround100]

I hope that prosecutor gets in prison himself

[smokeykeita]

It is ashame the injustices we African Americans endure from the justice system I wonder Why they have choosen us or is it the fear that we are truly Gods choosen that they want to suffer us on this earth .

We must alienate ourselves from them and not fear those who want to destroy us we must fight intelectually for our God given right in pursuit of freedom.

We must learn to recognize the INVISIBLE NOOSE they have placed at our necks. FREE THE SCOTT SISTERS.

[Belizeiangodess001]

I absolutely distain all the rude and disrespectful comments on this video. Herman Atkins is my father and i am not only proud of all his accomplishments but i am also proud that he was able to make it through all the hardships he had to face after being exonerated. For all the people on Youtube who are leaving these bizarre and disrespectful comments i am praying for you. Praying that one day you will move past your ignorant ways and stop judging others whom you havent even met.

[BXBOMBERFOREVER]

@Belizeiangodess001 I am so compelled to say I can't imagine what your family was going thru the years your dad was incarcerated, i'm very happy that your dad is a free man and furthered his education..to all the people leaving negative comments,they just have hatred within and to themselves,at the end of the day, your dad is free,educated,and has become an icon in many black communities.may you and your family stay strong and know that there are millions of people that fully support your dad

[JackLivesTogether]

It sounds like cops think it's easier to grab ANYONE to get it over with. But that ruins even more lives. They just don't THINK>

[vgmaster9]

I just heard of a 54-year old man who was released earlier this month after first being arrested at the age of 19. He was accused or raping and murdering a young kid. When he was released, he said : "I'm not angry, because I got god".

[JackLivesTogether]

@vgmaster9 Was he wrongfully convicted?

[vgmaster9]

Of course, his name is James Bain. Google it

[bob00246]

this is why i solute cop killers they make more harm then they fix

[awc4justice]

The judicial systems do as they please. In America or Texas in this case, You are guilty!, guilty!, guilty! unless you have enough money to prove your innocence.

Just look at the Robert McClendon case on a site called Americas Wrongfully Convicted. The only evidence against that man was perjurd testiony which consisted of over 150 inconsistancies in testimony and nothing else. They could not keep their stories straight and they kept changing the series of events. The judge did nothing about it.

[niggachris23]

thats the goverment lockin up negros 4 racial matter i bet they knew he hadnt commited those crimes

[Belizeiangodess001]

If you would like to follow this short interview with my father, than please rent the movie After Innocence. The movie not only features my father, but others who have been through the same unjust ordeal! Thank you!

[ExpungementReform]

ExpungementReformdotcom

[xbennitox]

the truth is, is that when they tell you your innocent till proven guilty its a complete lie.

its the other way around. guilty till proven innocent!

i am still undergoing something that i did not do, and i am being treated like a criminal. i went to jail, did 2 months, on house arrest and they still have a pending court date..the system is unjust!

[MaiProd]

how can a man like this who was wrongly proven of crime and what seems like to a be a very educated man deserve this?

[mvbrutosky]

Innocent Edward P. Contreras similarly has now had 15 years of his life taken away too. Ed cannot take advantage of the new DNA testing because DNA does not directly figure in his case. Ed has a sentence of life without parole for a murder he tried to stop. The confessed killer asked Judge John S. fisher if he could testify to Ed's innocence but Fisher said NO! See Ed's photo , case, and evidence on the site for Americas Wrongfully Convicted. Use link there to donate to his legal fund. HELP!

[flisko123]

to be responsible for something u didnt do, thats the worst thing of them all

[wolfintheforest]

think it has something to do with fact that america has large minorities of asians, hispanics and blacks. maybe american justice is so harsh because it's a racial thing. in the 60's america had almost the same seggregation laws as in south africa. now that's the land of the free

[sosmart3]

Alan Newton  of New York underwent something similar.

[diah4]

The justice system is just that, the "just us" system. People wonder why I say fuck the police? Because of this right here.

[waltsa200]

This IS a very, ,very, seroius problem wide spread thruout America. Thank You Innocence Project(s)...

[Tarchomraicer]

I just read the Steven Truscott story (sentenced to hang when he was fourteen, in 1959). Only recently did the government of Canada admit they were wrong. The justice system HATES to admit being wrong. But one injustice that few know about is the injustice of a child being ripped from their parents because CPS says the parents are unfit or abusive. In these cases, the parents have less rights than an accused murderer, and almost never win their child back, no matter how much evidence.

[baggagequeen]

This scares me. This could happen to me or you, or anyone else. Makes me wonder how many people wnet to jail, or even their deaths, despite their innocence! I do believe in do the crime, do the time........ but........ I once was arrested for something I didn't do; I was let out the next day , thank goodness. But because of that experience it gave me a taste of what this must be like! This is definitely a cause to believe in!

[ziparmux]

Tha sent a shiver down my spine, I'm glad at the least your mum saw you again as an innocent man, and no amount of money/compensation can give back your life and that of your mum and family. Wish you well for the future :-)

[antiTyph0n06]

fuck the ACLU!

[pamfrancis]

Believe it. It happens all the time. Mr. Atkins was lucky that his case actually had evidence to refute. DNA cases can be reversed. Steve Peace was convicted of a murder 20 years after the fact. Try fighting against witnesses that have been given immunity, and say oh, yea, now I remember, he said he did it. So therefore he must have done it. Take that and a lawyer who takes your money and doesn't bother to prepare for a defense. Bingo ! Off to Prison . Search for the Steve Peace video on Utube.

[azores82]

OMG just imagine the innocent people that have already been put to death....or killed in prison...the families torn apart...fucking unbelievable... :(

[raw420x]

Thank Mr. Atkins for sharing such a horrible experience. I hope you were awarded millions to make up for your time.

I just sent you a video post of my recent experience with "Malfeasant" law officers.... my story is nothing compared to yours.

[stan3211]

poor guy!

[gdfsob]

He not the only one - every day, innocent people wind up getting screwed over in the cook-eyed courts for things they never did and either get 30-90 days in jail or fined - and the kicker is that even when there's evidence to PROVE their innocence, the prosecutor generaly gets his/her way and it's barred from consideration!

[shmouts]

you know he was guilty of SOMETHING

[catrinachaos]

I don't understand what you're trying to imply, shmouts. Even if what you say is true (and the evidence points otherwise) do you believe that Atkins deserved to sit in jail for 12 years?

[shmouts]

yes. tell me about his other convictions

[vikingligrveldi]

Man that is so messed up. Makes you wonder how many other innocent people are lost in the system, and how many have been wrongfully murdered by the system.

[awcdotcom]

We must put a stop to wrongfull convictions.

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[catrinachaos]

I took action to slow down the death penalty fast track! I hope you will too. (The Take Action link is at the end of this clip.) -catrina

[LovingFilmmaker]

Yes. He looks innocent. We need projects like this!

[shmouts]

whoa whoa he sure as hell doesn't LOOK innocent

[Belizeiangodess001]

Well first of all that is my father your talking about. and you said that he doesnt look innocent? for a man that went to prison he came out with a wonderful family life. When someone gets out of prison it is extreamely hard to start your life over but my father i remind you took the chance and went to college and ended up getting his masters in psychology and his bachelors in science thank you very much. And also at this very moment in 2008 he back in school for a law degree so before you judge

[Belizeiangodess001]

him search him on google. My father has been through alot. 12 years were taken from his life. So dont go talking trash and saying he dont look innocent because first of all what does innocent look like and second you have no idea what not only my father Herman Atkins has been through but what our family has been through. So follow the old saying dont judge a book by its cover you ignorant ubnoctious dimwitted unmature judgeing butt hole!!!!!!!

[baggagequeen]

Hi Belizeian godess001, is that father for real? I wish him- and you the best, for real. I favorited this video and a few others like it. Wasn't your father featured in After Innocence? Shmouts, you sound like an ignorant racist asshole! I bet this guy has way more intelligence than you do!

[Belizeiangodess001]

Yea hes my father!!! And yes he was in the movie After Innocence along with others that i know. And i also wish you and your family good luck!!! :D

[kathCT]

I'm so sorry about what your whole family, especially your dad, had to go through. I can't imagine what it's like to have 12 YEARS taken away from you like that. Your entire family (especially your Dad) is in my prayers. The same goes for all others who are or have been in jail for a crime they did not commit and their families.