 Hey weirdos, it's Darren welcome back to the channel and another episode of weird it forward And if I look I do look a little sweaty, and I apologize for that Here at Marlar house the air conditioning is out. So I'm doing this in 85 I think I think last I checked indoors. It's 85 degrees in here But it's still better than outside. But anyway, I still I mean So you're gonna hear some noise in the background too because I got the window open But I didn't want to wait on this I just came came across this story that I had to share with you because here at Marlar house when it comes to weird it forward You have an opportunity to make a positive difference in somebody's life as our as the new motto says Nobody can do everything but everybody can do something. Well, here's your chance Let me show you this photo and let me ask you a question Use Ricky is pictured on the left. Okay, Richard is pictured on the right Now if you had to choose which one of these guys is a bad guy, which one do you think? Do you think they're the same guy? Well, a lot of people did and that's part of the reason that we're coming to you today for weird it forward So which one's the bad guy Ricky on the left Richard on the right? Well, let me give you the story and It is believable now everybody has a doppelganger is what they say Luckily, we found his says the lawyer for Richard Jones, that's the guy on the right. He has been freed from prison after surveying get this 17 years for a crime. He has always insisted that he didn't commit Jones he was released by a Kansas judge after lawyers presented evidence that there was another guy who bears an uncanny Resemblance to him and that witnesses could not tell the two of them apart. I mean look at these guys They do look like twins. Don't they there was never any physical evidence linking Richard to the 1999 robbery and he was sent that he was sent to prison for now Jones girlfriend Richard's a girlfriend and family members they backed up his alibi But he was convicted anyway because witnesses including the robbery victim identified him as the guy Well, the victim testified last week that she can no longer be certain that Richard was the robber Richard found out about his doppelganger from fellow inmates over the past 17 years who told him Hey, there's another guy that looks just like you. He even has the same first name as you only Ricky Richard They're both essentially they're both Richard. So while no criminal case has yet been filed against Ricky Who unlike Richard actually lives near the scene of the crime? So Richard was released with the help of Midwest innocence project. Now. Here's the reason that I'm coming to you today Kansas they don't have a law compensating victims of wrongful conviction But a GoFundMe page has been set up to support his return to society. What a Tragedy this is for this guy. So Here again, let me look at this guy 17 years of his life gone It looks like it's probably half of his life. He has spent in prison for a crime that he didn't commit So I've got a link to this fundraiser. It's a it's a GoFundMe account if you want to look for it It's Richard Jones is finally free But the link is actually down in the description and I'll also put the link up here in the video So you can check it out there. They're all they only have a $15,000 goal and as of recording this they have just a little over 13,000 but man, I would love to see that jump over 25 50,000 because this guy really deserves an opportunity to build his life again. It wasn't his fault. He was there 17 years completely gone. So check out the link and give if you can. Thanks a lot weirdos and we'll see you next time