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mahatmakanejeeves

(70,757 posts) Sun Oct 14, 2018, 07:24 PM Oct 2018

World Record for life ruined? Wilbert Jones, 19 when arrested, released after 45 years

World Record for life ruined? Wilbert Jones, 19 when arrested for rape in Baton Rouge LA released after 45 YEARS when @InnocenceProjNO proved the cops hid evidence all along it was someone else https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/crime_police/article_c5ad2f20-ca20-11e7-8e2d-e3f477e6b847.html … If they'd just given him death he could be long gone @Reprieve

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World Record for life ruined? Wilbert Jones, 19 when arrested, released after 45 years (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 OP

Sweet Heaven irisblue Oct 2018 #1

How do you make up for an entire life wasted in prison? TreasonousBastard Oct 2018 #2

Carpe diem. EndGOPPropaganda Oct 2018 #3

Gods bless the innocense project tymorial Oct 2018 #4

19 is so young. zentrum Oct 2018 #5

k and r..thanks for posting... Stuart G Oct 2018 #6

More bad luck: Danascot Oct 2018 #7

irisblue

(37,927 posts)

1. Sweet Heaven

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2018, 07:31 PM

Oct 2018

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

2. How do you make up for an entire life wasted in prison?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2018, 07:47 PM

Oct 2018

EndGOPPropaganda

(1,117 posts)

3. Carpe diem.

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 14, 2018, 08:05 PM

Oct 2018

He has some days left to seize.

(A terrible story and the reason why we must fix our justice system. But better late than never for his release. I am an optimist.)

tymorial

(3,433 posts)

4. Gods bless the innocense project

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2018, 08:06 PM

Oct 2018

And all the people who donate their time for justice. It is a tragedy when this happens and it's far too often. One innocent is too many.

zentrum

(9,870 posts)

5. 19 is so young.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2018, 08:39 PM

Oct 2018

What a hideous trauma to live with for so long.

Hope he recieves all the help, support and love he needs to move back into life outside.

Wonderful smile. Not crushed.

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)

6. k and r..thanks for posting...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2018, 09:57 PM

Oct 2018

Danascot

(5,294 posts)

7. More bad luck:

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2018, 11:51 PM

Oct 2018

Kavanaugh already claimed the World Record for life ruined.

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