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

When the innocent go to prison, the guilty go free. Hear Herman Atkins, a man exonerated by DNA evidence after serving 12 years in prison, tell his story of injustice and hope. Join him in the cause for freedom by taking action and urging the California legislature to help end wrongful convictions.

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[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!

[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?

[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?

[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?

[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.