Young law students help prove inmates' innocence | "Heroes for a Semester" - Documentary, 2012
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- The film tells the story of a prisoner and his sideline heroes for a semester - students at the Northwestern University in Chicago - in documentary form, partly recorded by the students themselves.
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Young law students are trying to find evidence for the innocence of prisoners whose cases even top American lawyers don't dare tackle. They have one semester, and if they don't succeed, no one will be laughing.
Chicago. A man has been innocently imprisoned - for more than twenty years. All appeals for parole have been rejected. He is condemned to life imprisonment. His only chance: a handful of law undergraduates.
At the Northwestern University of Chicago, several groups of students are working on cases that even top American lawyers don't dare to tackle: cases of innocence without DNA proof. Legal exercises with real peoples' lives: there is no evidence of the guilt of the people they look after - but no evidence of their innocence either - only the prisoners' own statement. The students take the chance to be part of a group of prospective lawyers at the exciting search for clues in the gangland of Chicago.
In search of proof of the innocence of the prisoners, the undergraduates encounter shady witnesses, corrupt and violent police officers and not so credible experts. The search is frustrating and dangerous. In spite of all of this, the young people manage to free the detainees that they have taken on in places - but not always.
Original title: Heroes for a Semester
Directed by Axel Breuer
Produced by Florian Gebhardt
Austria 2010, 52’/82’, English
2012 © Licensed by First Hand Films
The worst part is that none of the cops, judges, or prosecutors involved in these false convictions ever face any consequences.
Brooooo, smh I know they need to pay for this specially when its proven without a doubt they acted in complete dishonestly
I am sorry for him.i know these things happen
AMEN TO THAT! I wish I could share a personal example that turned out very badly. ---The family judge went home and prayed to see if the person on trial was guilty or not. Seven years later they caught someone else.
Prosecutors in America are win at all costs to further their careers instead of what is true justice ,consequences for their actions would make them think twice about illegal practices
@@pjduff7577 I would hope so
Some of the luckiest people on earth are those who end up working in a field that contributes to society and help make the world a better place. Very humbling to these students who absolutely have the purest intentions and I wish them success in their future. It takes a selfless person to dedicate your life to making the world into a better place. To all great attorneys doctors, builders, architects, engineers, educators, artists, athletes, librarians, custodians, presidents, police officers, firefighters and any other professional we all have the power to do our job well, with good intention and change things for the better.
I don't think I could do it I think it would really affect my personal life I wouldn't be able to sit still it can take years to overturn a conviction I'd be trying to bring everyone I got out home to live until they found work. Imagine knowing that someone is 100% innocent but you've exhausted all appeals salute to the true hero's the ppl that do this work who often are volunteers 👍
Adam I agree with you wholeheartedly & I give thanks to this organization for their believing & doing something to help the innocent,
Beautifully said! I gve them my thanks too. I wish all of humanity was this way. What a wonderful beautiful world this would be!
Not only should he be released, compensated financially and apologised to ... the police who were criminally negligent and down right inhumane should be locked behind bars.
The problem is that they have no repercussions to face & if or when they do it's just a slap on the wrist, why wouldn't they do what they do? I agree with you totally,ma'am .
Sad thing is, nothing can bring back those wasted years back to the innocents.
@@AntonArmsberg So true :(
He was release, received $300,000 Compensation (if he had white the payment would have been more). He died of a Heart Attack Oct 2017. 55 years old.
DA Harry Connick should have gone to prison.
@@terririckert7069 That is sad but God is giving great rewards in Heaven the challenges his soul endured were great but his angels are keeping score.
I detest wrongful imprisonment but am beyond grateful for these students and all who work diligently to free the innocent
If you are interested in wrongfully accused cases, my friend Vincent Simmons, has been in Louisiana State Penitentiary for the past 42 years for a crime that never happened, was based on the testimony of three people, who testified against him in court in 1977, Vincent has a Facebook page called Free Vincent Simmons, a website the Vincent Simmons project, and we are currently trying to get a law/review passed to help Vincent and others who are wrongfully convicted the page is called The Innocence Law on Facebook, myself and Vincent want to help others who have faced the same injustice as he is, in Vincent's case, exculpatory evidence was withheld from his original trial in 1977, Vincent was convicted of attempted aggravated rape, his initial charge was aggravated rape, but the death penalty that they wanted to be passed for Vincent's sentence, had been commuted to 20 years and people on death row had their sentences commuted, so the DA changed the charges once he realised that Vincent was not going to get the death penalty to attempted aggravated rape, and Vincent got two 50 year sentences, 100 years, the two twins testified in court that Vincent brutally raped them, the one twin Sharon Sanders, testified in court that Vincent brutally raped her for 30 minutes and climaxed, her medical report ( which along with other evidence was withheld from his trial until Vincent was finally allowed after many years of trying to get the information was finally given it in the 90's) Sharon's medical report said that the Dr could not do a proper rape kit check because her hymen was still intact, he couldn't even insert one finger for examination, all of this type of evidence existed and was available at Vincent's trial but his attorney wasn't given it or had any knowledge it existed, after years had gone by a documentary was made on Vincent, they found 7 jurors still around and alive they asked if they had known about the evidence would they have convicted Vincent, 6 out of the 7 said no, and they were damn right upset when they were shown the exculpatory evidence, Vincent finally after 41 years last October got a hearing to see if he could have a evidentiary hearing, the Judge denied Vincent, he claimed that the evidence had expired it should of been filed within 2yrs of Vincent's original trial in 1977, Vincent hadn't known it had existed until the 90's after years of being denied the right to the information from his case, he couldn't of possibly filed it within the 2 years, it was not Vincent's fault, now the Judge who denied Vincent's evidentiary hearing last October should of recused himself because before being a District Judge, he worked for 18 years in Vincent's original prosecutors law firm, the same prosecutor who withheld the evidence, how could he of been impartial on these grounds, they can't allow him to have a evidentiary hearing because they know the damage they caused, it's wrong it's unfair and it's illegal, they broke the Brady v Maryland Supreme Court ruling, where exculpatory evidence should not be withheld, but because no one is above them they can do as they please, there is no one looking over them, which is why we need the Innocence Law, please if you are interested please join us on his Facebook page Free Vincent Simmons, his website is The Vincent Simmons Project, and our campaign for The Innocence Law, founded by myself and Vincent to hopefully help Vincent and others, if you know anyone who will be interested please tell others and please write other cases on the Innocence Law page so we can help others in same situation and together we can all make a difference, Thank You for reading this, we hope to see you on our pages soon, if you are interested in watching Vincent's parole hearing on CZcams I encourage you to watch his parole hearing which is what caused outcry around the world and the filmmakers decided to do a documentary solely on Vincent in 1999 called shadow of doubt, we need to get Vincent's story out there please join us, Best Wishes to you 😊
I realize no one will see this but, there are more bad police in bigger cities than we realize!! I'm lucky to live in a town with about 8,000 people and the police are very nice.
Mr Wiggins stutters! Yet he smiles. A beautiful smile after all the hell he's been put through. When I listened to him speak, my heart went out to him. He just seems so vulnerable when he stutters. Poor man.
What about the justice for these people? Why are the police not being charged?
Because the police are not above the law, supposedly, so how do they deal with that? They have laws that are just for the policemen, that's how. That is why they are never convicted at trial. They are put on trial in egregious cases to satisfy the public outcry, and to keep the voters off of the prosecutor's back, but, they are never convicted. Look up the Kelly Thomas case from Fullerton, CA. Once they are found not guilty, the prosecutor can say "I tried!" and everyone goes back to sleep.
Actually, the real reason why police officers and detectives do not get charged is because the police, the judges, and freemasons are all on the same page. Freemasons control the police and have a strong influence on the opinions of judges; therefore, police officers are fully protected because of freemasonry.
They have destroyed his life
The first time they went to see him and he burst in with a huge smile it lit my face up too. You could see how happy and grateful he was for their help. These people are even more important than the attorneys at the original trial. It's down to them to decide if mistakes were made that ruined people's lives
CZcams Teezy T Phoenix. Song says it all. Shine light on em.
this is a damn shame. its needs more exposure
This is why the death penalty shouldn´t be allowed. How many innocent people have been executed?
Gitte you are so right we live in a heartless and cold world where mercy is not given.
If you Watch crime shows, you’ll see how many actually confess to the murders they commit. Those deserve the death penalty.
@@madamluis2537 , but there is no way to tell how many honestly confess with out being tortured or threatened. This is such a sad, sad story. The police in this case, should all be fired and go to jail themselves. Totally unacceptable behavior.
@@madamluis2537 but it shouldn't be allowed to put ANYONE to Death just because they committed a crime.
A lot
its a beautiful I get from the fact that young people are willing to give up their time in an effort to obtain justice for the unfortunate
The students are so cute. Love seeing new people get into this field. It needs more awareness.
Dan Sprouse they are cute??? What the fuck is wrong with you????
@@shirinshaikh9268 what's wrong with YOU. You're the one who read too much into that comment. He meant cute as in sweet, clearly. Translation: bless them, such sweethearts. Not everyone is a creep.
I’m into wrongful convictions myself. It is my hope to one day establish my own post conviction / exoneration project myself.
June 20, 2019.....Marcus Wiggins is now 40 years old and continues to fight for his release. Where is the justice?
"Justice" seems to have a new definition these days. The word has always meant just, due process even if you are sentenced to life, or worse. Just desserts. Today, if a thug doesn't get off free, it's claimed he didn't "receive justice" as if justice was a synonym with innocence. There are great many people behind bars who received every ounce of justice.
Jenn Coers he's still incarcerated?? This is silvery sad🙏🏼
@Katrinka San Francisco Bay Area I'm unable to find anything for 2020 about him. An update would be nice.
Shit I was so praying he was out...devistating
Seriously? I'm in middle of this documentary, and I was so sure by the end he was winning his case and getting released! U kinda blow my bubble. Hi can they still keep him in jail with no concrete proof...
It makes me cry to see these inmates who carry all of their court documents with them....their life depends on every piece of paper in that large yellow envelope. They hold onto it closely because they know it is their proof. Dear God help them please.
All of this should have been done BEFORE he was taken to trial. We MUST increase the burden of proof necessary for someone to be charged since juries DO believe cops over civilians bc they assumed that you're GUILTY not innocent just bc you were arrested. Bc the police hold power over life and death, they MUST be held to a higher standard PERIOD. ANY abuses should be absolutely not tolerated in ANY way and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law PERIOD. But that won't happen bc those in power want to keep the power thus our justice system is rotten to the core, but ONLY if we stand together and speak out will things change. However it will be difficult bc those in power FEAR the ppl. Thus they want u to feel as helpless and insignificate as possible as well as that it doesn't matter bc it doesn't affect you. IT DOES matter! If you in ANY way want to be free. Bc IF our justice system worked, the land of the free wouldn't house over 1/6th of the entire WORLD'S prison population. Obviously something is SERIOUSLY wrong, and when something is SO unbalanced you ALWAYS know the motive, money, control and most of all POWER
Amen!!!!
❤️AMEN INDEED 💪🏾🙏🏿
Here here .
Yup, and we the people need to stop giving into the divide and Conquer methods used against us. Those in power have used the divide and Conquer tool, for years. Sadly, it's a tool that still, to this day, works. Only if we come together, things will change.
Everyday we find many corrupted police destroying lives everyday. They are never held accountable even when their caught committing crimes.
Glad to see the students who helped on this case where able to make a positive impact. Thanks to the brave students and a wonderful New York attorney Marcus is finally free. Now he and his family need to be compensated.
Yes, he should have restitution in the form of monetary means. Any type of business that can harm others, should carry some sort of insurance, that pays for their wrongdoings. I know its a publicly funded business, however I still think they should carry insurance. We the people shouldn't have to pay the tab for the systems wrongdoings. Don't say that the police department and Justice system isn't a business, because it is a for profit business. Private prisons should never had been allowed to exist. We the people will lose our Republic, if we continue to allow elected officials to carry on as they are. Private, for profit prisons, is an unjust business. Why would anyone want to own a prison, because prisons are gigantic cash cows. The companies that partner/contract with the prisons also makes billions. I'm referring to the phone companies, commissary companies, food companies, and any other business that has a contract with any prison. How and why did we the people allow for private, for profit, prisons come to be? If we continue to allow private corporations control our government, and supposedly state run facilities, we will lose all our rights. When any prision becomes a business for profit, they should carry insurance and be held responsible for any falsely accused person. Their insurance company must pay heavily for any fasly imprisoned person. How can a state funded system put people in a for profit privately owned prison? This should be a conflict of interest. What are your thoughts?
Meanwhile the real person who committed this crime walks free ! Wtf off to commit more crimes
Inmates are a paycheck, weather they are wrong or right. And that is what is sad about our government!! Way to go interns....
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OMG. How is this man still normal softly speaking obviously a gentle kind human 😉😉 thanks for these idealistic young law students
UPDATE: From *Chicago Suntimes January 22, 2021* ... Wiggins was paroled in October 2020 and no longer lives in Chicago, Bonus said. His family has been very supportive since his release, but his
re-introduction into society has brought more than a few challenges.
“He’s OK. He’s trying to get a job. He’s working on getting his driver’s license,” Bonus said. “He’s trying, you know, to reintegrate, but it’s difficult. He’s a murderer. By all intents and purposes for society, he’s still convicted.”
Awwww...I listen to this young man and my heart just melts with sadness for the situation. But I am happy for the opportunity he has for the people who all believe in his innocence!!! Great team!!!
That poor man! My heart hurts for him and his family. This is so wrong on so many levels.
This is a goddamn shame! I want2 see these police in jail for this! How can they live with themselves? WOW!!!
Finality is a joke how many innocent people are gonna suffer under this ridiculous law.
Foresic files
I feel exactly the same way April.
It was NOT just Police. The DA saw/read all the paper work & then did illegal things. The DA should have done something when he read the Police reports. The buck stops with the DA & staff.
The DA - Harry Connick Snr should have gone to jail.
This is so effing frustrating...these bastards should pay for their crimes against humanity...I will be following this case and plan on joining the innocence project...what the eff could have been the reason for not releasing him...it's crystal clear he's innocent and those bastards took most of his life away...was the torture not enough!? An eye for an eye seems more than fair in this horrific case...everything and everybody failed this poor soul...I am being angered
justice4all please can you have a look at Vincent Simmons case, if you are interested in wrongful convictions, he is awaiting a appeal, he had exculpatory evidence withheld from his original trial in 1977, which could of prevented his now 42 years in Louisiana State Penitentiary, he was on 3 documentaries available on here CZcams The Farm at Angola, Shadow of Doubt, A decade on the farm return to Angola, he has a Facebook page called Free Vincent Simmons and we are trying to get a law/review to be passed that could help others as well as Vincent, our Facebook page for that is called The Innocence Law, please look us up and share our fight please, Thank You
@@oldorleans9583 I'm so very sorry for the delayed response, yes I will share and expose. I hope all goes well.
justice4all that’s ok thank you so much for coming back to me
UPDATE: From Chicago Suntimes January 22, 2021 ... Wiggins was paroled in October 2020 and no longer lives in Chicago, Bonus said. His family has been very supportive since his release, but his re-introduction into society has brought more than a few challenges.
“He’s OK. He’s trying to get a job. He’s working on getting his driver’s license,” Bonus said. “He’s trying, you know, to reintegrate, but it’s difficult. He’s a murderer. By all intents and purposes for society, he’s still convicted.”
When an innocent man is tried and convicted the ones responsible shoukd be held accountable.
I wish this was an entire tv series (instead of just a documentary).
That's one job where you really are making a difference.
Where justice fails ANARCHY PREVAILS. I wonder if a confession could be tortured out of those detectives?
Yup!
Yeah and then anarchy gets out of hand and losers like you catch and torture innocent people for crimes they didn’t commit.
This is shameful, disgraceful and horrible. How can such a horrible error and incident happened? Something is definitely wrong with the way the law is practiced and enforced. They should sack all the people involved, the judge, the lawyers, the police and others. And JAILED.
You're hoping in an outcome that you'll NEVER see in the United States of America.
@@deanjones2525 You won't see it anywhere in the world. The Asperger justice system ("Asperger-Justiz") is a global phenomena, and due to their lack of power of judgement they cannot judge the extent of their peers' failure either.
I'm pleased he's finally been paroled. Good luck to him.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? He still wasn't released after all that? I'm beyond disgusted and my way of thinking is completely changed. Justice system? Is that what we call it?
This Task of Reality Checks upon Our 'Justice' System, into wrongful convictions, MUST be put into Every Law School's curriculum. : }
Knowledge is Power; Great Job! WHAT Would this teach students? TRUTH, Investigative skills, TRUTH, mistakes, Corruption, TRUTH & Justice.
The dedication of these students !!! Respect
Good people need to unite. These are good people. Hope none of them are effected by today's politics.
My question is why after the torture, those officers were allowed to continue serving? Thats what is wrong with law enforcement and the system that condone those evil acts.
This has happened time and time again, because there is no one holding them accountable, even when u catch them red handed( w/video, audio, and witnesses)😒Its starts from the top, and the sheeple follow😒
@@sierrareed8225 yes exactly!!!! That is why I say it is systematic. As I understand it, upon arriving at a scene, the police is mandated to first as much as possible, de escalate the situation, but they oftentimes do the opposite. How can they breach the SOP's almost everytime and is not held liable? Its like they are re writing the policies. They know they are sheltered by evey single one tasked with holding them accountable, and this would include the police chief, the District Attorney, the pathologist, the judges, juriors and everyone who are strategically lined up to ensure they receive little to no reprimand. Can prejudice get any more blatant than this?
@@roxannedevonish9684 exactly, thats why I agree with the defunding of the police, because just as well as politics; there is to much money and corruption overflowing throught these tax payer funded entities, and there needs to be a complete overhaul starting by the dismantling of the system as we know it. We as a ppl should not be funding these criminal enterprises, especially when its not benifiting us whatsoever😒. We have an INjustice system and these ppl need to b held accountable, and that wont happen if they are ALL apart of the problem and continue overseeing themselves. Did u know that long ago police used to be elected officials as well🤔 As they grew the lines got blurred, and policy began taking the place of law smh😑. We need to unite as ppl, and get these corrupted Politicians, DA's, Sheriff's, and everyone else who dnt serve the ppl that we pay salary OUT😑!I!!✊🏾✊✊🏽✊🏿✊🏻
Wow.... I'm so speechless.... What had happened to the justice system??? So evil
What justice system? The US legal system has never been any different. Most of the times misconduct happens and just is never detected or proven. Who do you usually believe more readily? A convicted murderer or those employed to uphold the law?
Racism Lives! America has never changed. These evil bastards just were absorbed into the "system" to continue where they left off.
Nothing happened to it. It is the same as it has always been smh where in the world do you live?
@@CologneCarter That clearly is lost in her knowledge of the american justice system.
Nothing "happened" to it - this stuff has been going on since the beginning. You just get to hear about it more, because of all the media options we have to tell people's stories.
I commend the integrity of these young students and their passion for justice. I personally remember Marcus case as I lived in Chicago at the time of the murder and I don’t believe anyone in the public eye ever thought he did it. There just simply wasn’t enough evidence. The evidence we as country convict on imo is ridiculous and an atrocious miscarriage of justice. The time spent in prison awaiting and during trial is also against the constitutional rights of our citizens. Innocent until proven guilty is such a false statement in this country. We need major reform! The burden of proof falls on the prosecutor not the other way around!
I'm curious how it is initally determined which cases this organization under takes. Thank you for this noble work💕
"Young law students help proove inmates' innocence"
*Young law students help prove inmate's innocence
I almost didn't click on this story due to "proove" in the title! This is easily avoided by using any of the ubiquitous "spell-checkers". The misplaced apostrophe becomes obvious by the end of the video.
These students may help prove _many_ inmates' innocence, but this story is about them proving one single inmate's innocence.
This is messed up on so many levels. I don't even know what to say, other than: FREE MARCUS WIGGINS!!!
Damn shame so many people are sent to jail for life just to make a conviction. How is that more important than someone’s life. The prosecutors and police that did this will burn in Hell for that.
Damn this broke my heart
Just phenomenal work guys
Thank you for your courage and devotion to truth, Justice and freedom.
God bless you.
You are amazing people thank you we need people in the world like all of you. I love the innocence project. Free Marcus
BLESSINS TO ALL WHO HELP!!!!!!!!!!! U R THE REAL HUMAN PERSONS WHO DEFINE JUSTICE🤗😊😊
time to call Kathleen Zellner
There is just not enough of her to go around, right? When that lady passes it will be a sad day. Cause it will be the end of the amazing, tireless, devoted work she does for so many wrongfully convicted. She's done so much for so many people that it's hard to imagine there EVER being an end to her work! I adore her.
UPDATE: From Chicago Suntimes January 22, 2021 ... Wiggins was paroled in October 2020 and no longer lives in Chicago, Bonus said. His family has been very supportive since his release, but his re-introduction into society has brought more than a few challenges.
“He’s OK. He’s trying to get a job. He’s working on getting his driver’s license,” Bonus said. “He’s trying, you know, to reintegrate, but it’s difficult. He’s a murderer. By all intents and purposes for society, he’s still convicted.”
THANK YOU, GIRL!
The sad part is that the real perpetrators remain free to destroy other lives. As law enforcement, do you not ask yourself who really benefits/wins when a victim of crime does not get justice? It's all about greed, prejudice & evil, this so-called justice system.
Projected Parole Date: 02/26/2021
Projected Discharge Date: 02/28/2024
I salute you guys for what you do!
The frequency with which these kinds of miscarriages of justice occur would suggest a justice system that makes this a point of pride in some kind of warped sick way.
This is the definition of travesty of Justice. Not only was this man railroaded into prison, but the victim never got their Justice either. No one seemed to really care, they just wanted to close the file on the murder.
"We ain't meant to survive, it's a setup." Tupac
Steven Avery & Brendan Dassey a serious case of injustice..
Please consider it
Better training and re-education of authority figures is a must. This is an example. Bless everyone fighting for others justice. Please upload more videos on these topics. Highly appreciated.
Training won't help. We have an Asperger justice system and you cannot train cognitive empathy and the corresponding power of judgement to people who have a lack of cognitive empathy, trouble in getting a global picture and black- and white-thinking. Such people have to refrain from judging matters that are too complex for them.
if they would be cool with me doing research from my house I would LOVE to help out. Research is my thing for sure as well as connecting the dots, and Ive been doing research into forensic psychology, micro expressions, and profiling.
I could use your help.
Profiling can be very dangerous and it takes a special person to be able to do accurately.
You should email these people and see to what assistance you could be to them . this is disheartening to watch and only IMAGINE how many others are out there in the same situation so if u really want to help find a way that u can please .
My brother I’m very sorry the torture and abuse plus the amount of years you lost your youth. I pray to god (Allah) that those who inflected so much pain and suffering to you that they be punished in the lowest level of hell. Believe me all those individuals who abuse their power in this temporary world will have to stand and answer to the creator.
Be strong, live well and I’ll continue to pray for you.
Fair play to the students . Who took a genuine interest and did a good job .
Class Action right here! I am so very sickened by how this innocent holding his grandchild was treated!
I so wanted this to have a happy ending for Marcus. Fight on good people.
UPDATE: From Chicago Suntimes January 22, 2021 ... Wiggins was paroled in October 2020 and no longer lives in Chicago, Bonus said. His family has been very supportive since his release, but his re-introduction into society has brought more than a few challenges.
“He’s OK. He’s trying to get a job. He’s working on getting his driver’s license,” Bonus said. “He’s trying, you know, to reintegrate, but it’s difficult. He’s a murderer. By all intents and purposes for society, he’s still convicted.”
@@b4ubcomeold thank you.
Praying! Do not give up!
You people are the real heroes in life
I want to know what happens to the police officers that put people in jail that cost them many years behind bars that are actually innocent ? I think that they should go to jail for lieing under oath and providing fake evidence to commit this innocent mans life to jail . why is it that just because he's a police officer that this is ok to do and also think by giving these INNOCENT people money thinking that will mk everything ok when they can't get bk that time ever again . how do these people live with themselves and its obvious they were white police officers that did this to him and many others this is a crime within itself they should be punished for putting this young man in jail for a murder he did not commit . they should be jailed for lieing and conniving shit they came up with all of them should be in jail and he definitely should get paid also with a national apology.
What a touching and moving documentary. I’m so glad these individuals fought for Marcus and showed him love. Those officers should be ashamed and deserve to rot in hell. And I even support the police as a whole. Can’t believe cops would do that to ruin a persons entire life. I’m so happy Marcus gets to live his life free. Very inspiring.
Does anyone know how to contact the film makers please
The directors address is in the description of the documentary.
Sharon Monroe ok thanks very much
Since as far as I can tell the cops never even took the time to do a actual "investigation", they just arrested someone, then working BACKWARDS they manufactured their case. Something I hate the most is cops using their "guts" instead of evidence. The reason being is that ive dated more then a couple cops and believe me, to them EVERYONE is guilty, even with evidence, witnesses, alibis. Thus if someone look halfway good for it, they latch on to you and NEVER let go nor EVER look at anyone else, since at the end of the day they want to close cases and make arrests as FAST as possible, hence no recovery of the bullets, no casings, no GSW test, destruction of MOST of the evidence even though by '99 and they should have kept it. Thus I smell a rat.
Also the next HUGE issue and this is a MASSIVE one, bc any evidence that calls into question his guilt MUST be given to the defense, cops are VERY good at ONLY running tests on things that wil make their case stronger, and they will NOT inform experts about the full case, thus they don't know that they are being used to bolster a theory that the expert witness IF told would tell them was totally BS. They are also very good at creating evidence by their interrogation methods.
This is why I say continually, you will NEVER talk you way OUT of trouble only into it, and your rights are NOT to protect the guilty but to protect the INNOCENT from the govern abuses. Thus when a cop says "if you're innocent you'd agree to do x,y,z. Don't fall for it. Also don't worry for ONE second about how it might look to NOT speak to the police, regardless of the situation. Since their "gut" and their suspicions about you will NEVER get you charged with a crime bc exercising your rights CANNOT be used against you in ANY way, nor be seen as evidence of guilt. Since your constitutional rights are given to you by GOD not the constitution. Bc you have a right to be safe in your person and effects, you obviously have NO obligation to speak, you have EVERY right to defend yourself both physically and legally, and you have the right for you to say what you WANT to say while filming them.
You will only EVER lose by speaking to the police, if that had probable cause you'd be arrested, so we Americans need to STOP helping cops arrest us. Bc when a cop says, "it'll go easier for you if you comply" he really means it'll go easier for HIM. Since at the end of the day the purpose of EVERY conversation you EVER have with a cop is for the cop to get incriminating evidence so he can arrest you PERIOD and often times the ONLY actual evidence of ANYTHING is the recording of the interrogation NOTHING else is in ANY way solid. Bc our juries are quick to throw someone's life away on a maybe bc lets face it the majority of ppl believe (bc thinking otherwise is scary) that IF someone has been arrested and charged the cops MUST have a very VERY good reason why. Thus this presumption of innocent until proven guilty is 100% false, you are in for the fight of your life PERIOD.
NEVER underestimate a jury to convict you on NOTHING or literally ONE piece of evidence bc lets face it especially in the south, the Republicans fan fear in ppl continually. Since if you make someone less afraid who is Republican they IMMEDIATELY bc democratic in their thinking, but making sure that the poor, minorities and downtrodden are felons insures that they CANNOT vote, they are also deprived of ALL of their right until they are off parole, however even when they paid their dues to society they STILL cannot vote since the courts add TONS of fines on top of everything and they MUST pay this first, obviously this is a direct attack on minorities and the poor (it's also a republican state thing), though the WORST state is the flip state Florida where you require a governors pardon to get your voting rights back. Thus over 1.5 million ppl can't vote, or in essence enough ppl that IF they voted, the state would slant Democratic.
Thus this widespread racism and targeting of minorities has a purpose, and remember DA's are in a elected position, along with the judges, mayor, sheriffs etc... They want power and they want control, and especially they want to keep their power. Thus the way the system works atm, is it doesn't work at ALL! It's there to convict you and thus make it near impossible for you to get the result overturned, since juries forgot that their PRIMARY purpose is to see that JUSTICE is done. They DO NOT have to abide by what the law says, or in essence IF they believe that someone did commit the crime they can STILL find him not guilty. Their purpose AGAIN is to protect us from the government, yet we've been brainwashed into just doing their bidding and judge insisting you have to look at the definition of the charge and IF u think he did it, you MUST convict. NO if THAT is what the constitution wanted there would be NO need for a jury since a judge would be FAR more able to determine guilt or innocence based on the LAW.
The thing I learned thats the MOST important is that NOTHING u say to them will in ANY way prove ur innocence. U will not talk ur way out of trouble ONLY into it. If a cop starts asking ANY questions not directly related to the incident in which u have contact with him DONT answer, just redirect him back to said traffic violation. Since he has absolutely NO right to have u answer any of those questions, let alone right to ask UNLESS u answer. then u give him the window. The ONLY other time is if he has suspicion but make him spell it out. Never ask a cop about IF ur legally required to do something, he'll ALWAYS lie. Finally NEVER trust a cop in anything he says. They are taught to lie, to keep u from suspecting what they are doing, to pretend ur free to go when ur not, and in essence to keep u from saying a couple magical words. "I want a lawyer" in fact the entire thing is to try and get u to either like the dude, or be afraid of them and thus NOT exercise ur rights including ur right to remain silent. This doesnt mean saying nothing, it means not answering questions unless ur legally required which btw is ONE thing only Your name, dob, and maybe, MAYBE ur address but NEVER more then this. Thus No giving out ur ssn, phone, or anything else and ONLY tell him this if he has probable cause uve committed a crime, are committing a crime or are going to commit one. Other then that he cant get ur name, or NOTHING.
However be prepared for a fight especially if you are a young black or hispanic males. Bc the reason they are willing to violate ur rights, assault u, harass u, threaten u, is all for ONE purpose. They want to run ur license and see if u "pop" aka have a arrest warrant out. Thus they try to ID anyone and everyone they meet, and they target anyone in a POS car, anyone who is a minority especially if a black male. They will threaten u with impeding a officer in the commissions of his duty, of course he has to actually be doing something, aka u have to physically be in the way or committing a crime atm and IF he could arrest u, u'd be arrested since remember this WHOLE song and dance is so he can arrest u. Of course they'll throw out failure to ID, which btw requires to be already arrested and down going through booking at the jail OR driving a vehicle and caught breaking traffic laws AND ur the driver. ALL passengers have done nothing, thus technically they could get out and walk off. Of course if u fail to do anything less then bend over and take it up the ass the cops will want to make sure u know their the boss, the ONLY thing that'll stop them is if ur VERY articulate, know the laws, and remain calm while filming. If ur anything less ur toast. of course they wont even charge u, or drop the charges but all the same its intimidation, false imprisonment, violation of ur civil rights, assault, falsifying evidence, tampering with evidence, abuse of authority. and this they do ALL the time without thinking about it and we the people have FORGOTTEN that we hold the power.
IF we ban together like what happened up in Chicago about the cop that murdered a 17 yro guy, who never threatened ANY officer and whom they were ONLY looking at bc he'd popped a cars tire. He was shot 17 times, with 14 of those times while he was on the ground. This cop was paid for 400 days, and the mayor did EVERYTHING possible to hide this, but when the news station (the reason for the first amendment btw) finally got the footage of the shoot, the mayor then arrested him. Of course the ONLY reason this happened at all is bc the ppl wouldn't let it go away. They keep at it, they protested, and finally the mayor got nervous since remember our power is our numbers, thus ANYTHING we do together we can succeed at. Thus we have to STOP allowing them to divide us (both sides to a degree), making us feel like our votes don't matter (we have the LOWEST voting avg in the developed AND non developed world) bc literally if 1% of the population of the US, or 3.5 million of us got together we would be unstoppable. That's literally ALL it takes. Since power ALWAYS lies. What we don't realize is that the REAL voting that counts ISN'T the presidential but our own backyards, the city, the state, and the prelims. Since at the end of the day THAT'S the vote that decides who's on the ballot, and that's the vote where only their most stanch supporter vote in. Thus THEY are controlling our entire fate by insuring we don't have any good choices.
Police were following DA Harry Connick's instructions. DA had decided Marcus was guilty with hours of the murder.
Is there any update on Marcus' case?
And why the hell did they need that final witness before they would get him released? Then even with all that,still wasn't released. The law is an ass. even one witness alone along with the other evidence should have been enough. they had about 7 clear evidence to prove his innocence. one of which should have been enough to reopen the case or at least have a thorough look into it.this is awful. the same Justice system that finds you guilty, should also be the same justice department that looks into mistakes or wrongful convictions,not leaving it to justice groups only.the law needs to be reformed.soon as they find a reasonable case for any error made, they should separate that convict and house him in a safe and comfortable environment till they do the full investigation.
34:30 -35:00 PROVES THE COPS FRAMED HIM AND MURDERED A WITNESS. All the cops involved in this case should all be questioned and charged for their part in the double crime.
Can't wait for the day you walk free brother Marcus . Stay strong brother and God Bless .
Man those law students are all so pretty. So glad they didn't go into modelling.
Solving crime takes hard work, dedication, ability, time and effort and money. Very few police officers are up to the job in the first place. It is much easier to decide whom is guilty and then manufacture the necessary evidence. Unfortunately this happens all too often. Prisons are full of innocent people. Low pay= incompetent police
The average pay for criminal detectives is 100k give or take depending on the state!
There is no innocence project whatsoever in the UK
I wouldlike to see these people help Vincent Simmons in Louisiana
I'm a 3th year lawstudent in The Netherlands. And I 100% need to say; from what i have seen and read about the US justice system, those laws are in a way much more interesting and thought provoking than the law is here to me. 😂
Any update?
As far as I can tell (well through Google) he is still in prison. Is that correct?
samoryTure he got out, received $300,000 but died of a heart attack in 2017 😪
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Thanks!
I just couldn't find anything online and was hoping he wasn't still locked up.
Yes
@@GZarou-dr7vy are u sure? Just read elsewhere he was still in prison
Marcus Wiggins released on parole in 2020 having unjustly served 20 years in prison. His conviction has not yet been overturned. Wicked police officer Burge served 4 years and died in 2018, straight to hell I’d say. One despairs of the justice system.
This is so difficult 😭😫😥 to watch. I feel sick to my stomach 😫
I hope they got his conviction overturned, and every single cop, lawyer, and judge that put him there, and kept him there are scrutinized and charged. It's beyond time for our criminal system to get cleaned up. It's beyond time to hold the real criminals accountable.
I’ve heard he’s out on parole but he needs to be exonerated.
This pains my heart this could be my son or brother hold on my son joy comes in the morning
May God be pleased with this young lady before you call a white person prejudice look at your self and ask am I prejudice?!🤔🤔🤔
OMFG!!! This was still happening in the 90’s to this extent!!! Those officers want locking up and putting on an open wing with the men he had tortured and that are still in prison.😢😖😤😠😡🤬😱.fkn a** holes
UPDATE ON MARCUS??
He should be interviewed now that he’s out
Where is he now? UPDATE?
Age13 in prison please God help this man Juliet in Britain
Now America can yall see why we as black men don't trust the police?
The sad thing is that Marcus Wiggins shoulda been one of those men in the end who were on the microphone telling everybody thank you for setting them free!!! Stand tall Marcus Wiggins and God Bless You!!
Well that was a huge anticlimax.. I kinda assumed we would see this man walk free
Marcus Wiggins was released from prison in October 2020 thank God.
No one was proven "innocent" because they weren't innocent. He remains convicted.
just wow
Only half way through watching this and Marcus had a lousy defense team, I know that because 3rd year college students are accessing basic information to exonerate Marcus, which his defense legal team missed? Cmon Man!!!
What type of justice system is this? They torture him as a kid, try to frame him for murder(s) and are still allowed to the work on the case which finally gets him locked up. Secondly, it might be just a coincidence but the female students are good looking, I'm thinking that was a strategic move, I understand why. The witnesses were willing to talk to those pretty girls.
Bingo 🎯 and more than really pretty, as young as possible .
May God bless this amazing lawyer's.
send a letter to a attorneys general to withhold all body cameras are accessible and account able bad ass cop camera don't lie always know your rights
I am shocked! WTF. Keep Marcus in our prayers.
The death penalty must be federally abolished. How many innocent people have been put to death?