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- I think it was very admirable that this man was willing to suffer that long in jail to stand up for truth and justice. It is about time somebody did! This case should make people everywhere, especially in Texas, where this occurs all the time, take a long, long hard look at our Justice System and stand up and make the changes that would keep innocent people with their families and maintain their American- given right to freedom. It should start with changes in the DA's offices throughout Texas!!! Well-done IPOT and Craig Watkins!
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- What a shame that these 17 men have had to endure with the irresponsible acts by the prosecutors of the Dallas District Attorney''s office. It''s good to know that there are still a few good attorney''s that really believe in justice being served through the Innocence Project. Unfortunately, the cycle yet still continues when innocent people are found guilty for crimes that they did not do. www.angelfire.com/crazy4/texas/trial
Let''s not let history repeat itself under Distrct Attorney Craig Watkins watch by sending innocent people to prison. District Attorney Watkins, don''t be a disgrace to Dallas County like District Attorney(s) Wade and Hill have been. Make a difference and a change...a change for the better!!!! - Reply to this comment
- THE DA WADE SHOULD BE THROWN IN JAIL FOR LIFE BECAUSE HE TOOK SOMEONE''S LIFE. HE SOUNDS LIKE A RACIST. I''M WILLING TO BET THAT MOST OF THE MEN HE SENT TO PRISON WAS BLACK AMERICANS. HE BETTER HOPE THAT NONE OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS EVER SUFFER AN INJUSTICE. HE IS A VERY COLD HEARTED PERSON TO SEND PEOPLE TO PRISON WHO CONTINUALLY CLAIM THEIR INNOCENT FOR YEARS AND THEN TO FIND OUT HE WAS. THE JUSTICE SYSTEM NEED AN OVERHAUL BECAUSE IT IS NOT UTILIZING EVERY ASPECT OF THE CASE TO BE COMPLETLY SURE BEFORE YOU TAKE AWAY SOMEONES FREEDOM. I GUESS IF ENOUGH WHITE PEOPLE WERE BEING WRONGLY ACCUSED IT BE CHANGES OVER NIGHT, BUT FOR BLACK AMERICANS WE DO NOT HAVE THAT LUXURY OF A FAIR TRIAL,WE ARE JUDGE BY THE COLOR OF SKIN AND THEY ARE SEEN AS HUMANS. THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WRONGLY ACCUSED SHOULD BE GIVEN MILLIONS FOR THEIR FREEDOM THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY.
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- What a disgrace that this, the richest country in the world, doesn''t give him a bunch of cash as restitution.
We appear to have unlimited funds to promote war and terror abroad, but not enough to take care of our own.
This man deserves better! - Reply to this comment
- I got chills I as watched this.
Mr Woodard''s comment "A man has to stand for something." as to why he didn;t was he was sorry and admit his guilkt.
Mr Woodard - I hope you are reading these - you have suffered an injustice no one ever should. Through that you have stood your ground and been proven INNOCENT! Your strength and courage should be a shining example for all. You truly are a great man - overcoming this while staying storng to your own life. You are amazing! - Reply to this comment
- Texas is not the only state that has innocent peoples in jail. My cousin Rodney Macon has been in a Louisiana prison since the age of sixteen, the youngest ever sentence to life in prison for a rape he did not committ. He has been in jail for twenty nine years. He now sufferes from heart failure. His pray now is that the innocent project will take his case and he can died outside of jail and ouside of the state of Louisiana. Shame on the America justice system when D.A.s moves up the civil service ladder by the number of people they send to jail. Whether they are innocent does not matter. SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!
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- I thought this was a great story. I am glad for this man James Woodard. I am so sorry it took so lang for him to be found inocent.
I am telling this story in churvh on Mother''s Day.Henry Wade that convicted Woodard was also the lawyer that had Roe. Vs. Wade. law about abortion.I am the director of a crisis pregnancy center, and am daily trying to convince young men and women not to kill their babies in abortion. Alexis Hoff is the law student that pick James Woodards file and choose to work his case and found the DNA didn''t match. James was set free. Alexis Hoff is the law student that choose his case. The part that grabbed me is Alexis Hoff wasn''t even born yet when James was arested. Alexis was chosen by God to be the one to set James free. In Psalm 139:I saw you before you were born. Everyday of my life was recored in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. God chose Alexis to be the one, three decades later to set James free. WOW!!!That is one of the reasons she was born.... Amen Amen... You go girl..... - Reply to this comment
- Well - good news - at least for one - and his family. And even better news: that a prosecutor admits that things can get wrong - even deliberately, just for vanity''s sake - andthat he is dtermined to avoid that in future.
The bad news: without the Innocence Project none of thos would happen. Think of it: If the ones at the top can coomit crimes others were hanged for in Nuremberg, what can you expect from those lower down the line - but still in the line of power?
Think of the thousands who "confess" every year, because they got "5 years to life" and would never get out unless they "confess". And also remember that 50% of all rape accusations are false! How many innocent men does that make in US prisons (out of nearly 1% of the US population who are in there)? But you have seen DA Nifong and the Duke accuser: She has not suffered one iota of penalty - Is that what Women''s Rights should mean? A bad state is bad enough. But women going that way too? Let''s turn it all around. G.W. AND N.O.W.!
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- Well - good news - at least for one - and his family. And even better news: that a prosecutor admits that things can get wrong - even deliberately, just for vanity''s sake - andthat he is dtermined to avoid that in future.
The bad news: without the Innocence Project none of thos would happen. Think of it: If the ones at the top can coomit crimes others were hanged for in Nuremberg, what can you expect from those lower down the line - but still in the line of power?
Think of the thousands who "confess" every year, because they got "5 years to life" and would never get out unless they "confess". And also remember that 50% of all rape accusations are false! How many innocent men does that make in US prisons (out of nearly 1% of the US population who are in there)? But you have seen DA Nifong and the Duke accuser: She has not suffered one iota of penalty - Is that what Women''s Rights should mean? A bad state is bad enough. United bad States are worse. But women going that way too? Let''s turn it all around. G.W.B. AND N.O.W.!
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- smitty448
What else would you expect? Geo. Herbert Walker was Hitler''s patron, and Prescott Bush Hitler''s Banker. The Third Reich was a Bush Family enterprise.
I think you mean *** the Butcher (Henry VI, act II) - Reply to this comment
