Forensic Files - Season 7, Episode 16 - Within A Hair - Full Episode

[@ryannewson8727]

How he was innocent and sentenced to more time than the person who fif the crime is a critical injustice.

[@malibuugirl6627]

First guy was (wrongfully) convicted of 2 counts of rape. Second guy just 1 count.

[@tattoo20011]

I was thinking the same thing. It took adding up TWO separate people’s sentences to amount to the same amount of time ONE person was falsely charged with.

[@masongovender9231]

No longer surprising in 2022

[@alvip9322]

@@masongovender9231 im from south bend & the innocent man richard alexander was sentenced to 50 years for killing his ex girlfriend catherine minix on yesterday from a stabbing which occurred in September of 2020.in may charges were dismissed,but supposedly he confessed under interrogation pressure

[@PumaLyn]

Alexander was found "guilty" of two out of the three charges, it was a combined sentence. The real suspects were only charged with one each. Very sad.

[@bradleyr.6385]

Peter Thomas is the only person to ever make the word “automobile” sound cool.

[@jasonhertzberg4818]

My favorite of his is “succinylcholine”

[@TOCC50]

🐵

[@johnnythewalrus]

Gas chromatograph mass spectrometer.

[@kelvinmacharia6459]

@@johnnythewalrus this one is epic

[@melaniebookhart6013]

Every time he says “automobile” I think of 16 candles.. Long Duck Dong

[@vickylynn2432]

An innocent man gets 70 years...and a guilty man gets 30 years.

[@douglasbaise6135]

Yeah that shows how fucking crooked our government is .

[@waveafterwave0723]

The wrongfully convicted man also had more charges against him, thus a higher sentence. Combined between the two that were guilty, however, the sentence exceeds the wrongfully convicted. Had only one person committed the crimes, their sentence would have been larger. Did I really need to explain that to you? 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@petermihacerar1137]

@@waveafterwave0723 no one can hide anything on this experience

[@petermihacerar1137]

Women.......peace

[@petermihacerar1137]

Get it going folks, in the way. What is the way? It is unseen.

[@bmartin1785]

The irony of this is a few years ago in 2020 Richard Alexander was charged with murder stabbing his girlfriend and got 50 years in prison 😭

[@TOCC50]

This is their preferred lifestyles

[@NimbusHex]

@@TOCC50 I'm not excusing what he did. There is no excuse for murdering someone. I do wonder though, would it have happened if he had not been wrongfully convicted of a crime he didn't commit, spent over 5 years in prison, then was not compensated in any way for this?

[@joseph1145]

​@@jvonne5550 people with prior records.

[@brandonmcduff]

​@@TOCC50who is their? Let me guess another computer racist white dude. Yet forensic files is filled with an overwhelming majority of white guys and women killing each other. Dont get me started

[@TOCC50]

@@jvonne5550 look in the mirror like Michael Jackson

[@zuzellogan5613]

I would rather have forensic science than any witnesses whatsoever since they can’t identify wrong suspects. Maybe because of the physical and mental trauma these ladies went through, they identified the wrong man. I am glad Mr. Alexander is free and enjoying his family and friends. Good for forensic science which truly exonerated an innocent man. Awesome 👏

[@traceeteeter9875]

Not so much. He beat one girlfriend and then murdered another in 2020.

[@synergisticcollusion134]

@@traceeteeter9875 He also repeatedly beat the ex whom he killed.

[@coffeepeachesplans]

Forensic science is wrong more often than not tho

[@carsonsmith8607]

@@traceeteeter9875 Fr? 😦 Wow. What a POS

[@abeloliveira6250]

He filed a federal suit against the police department officers, including Cindy Eastman, whom he gave a hug. On May 22, 2007, Alexander pleaded guilty to one count of battery for having beaten a former girlfriend with a lead pipe in 2005. As part of his plea bargain, a second count of battery was dismissed.[ On September 17, 2020, he was charged in the stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend following a pattern of domestic violence.[9] Midway through his trial Alexander took a plea deal for a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter.

[@cw5451]

So the girlfriend knew he was committing burglaries, but she stayed with him. I guess she was desperate. SMDH

[@leetraviusmckay314]

"she identified him but he was in prison" 😂

[@angelaburroughs4584]

Soooo… he was guilty for killing his girlfriend in 2020? What a mess

[@heatherlopez6741]

What that man went through and so many others go through is pretty horrific. They need to pay him at the very least for all 5 years he was in there and dealt with the physical and mental trama

[@QuasiELVIS]

They do in most countries.

[@saadali5407]

He should be paid at least 5 million dollars

[@coffeepeachesplans]

They would

[@peytonbales1046]

Pay 5 years of what he made on average, through a tax paying job the 5 years prior.I’m fine with that.

[@clairebear206]

@@peytonbales1046that’s absolute crap. For being wrongfully convicted and locked up for 5 years? You wouldn’t accept that and nor should he. What a whyte person thing to say b

[@starlight-animations]

It's sad though, 5 and a half years is a VERY long time... I hope he was at least financially reimbursed and he doesn't have to struggle fitting back in society and not treated like a criminal.

[@Eli-wr3xw]

He ended up murdering his ex girlfriend in 2020

[@starlight-animations]

@@Eli-wr3xw so a monster was created by the system?

[@thromonesmith1059]

@@starlight-animations Excuses...........................

[@angelaburroughs4584]

@@starlight-animations nahhh…. You gotta have it in you to kill

[@WhyYoutubeWhy]

@@angelaburroughs4584 No. Maybe read a psychology book once in a while.

[@kendall1208]

UMMM HES BACK IN PIRSON "Richard Alexander was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the death of Catherine Minix in September 2020 during a sentencing hearing Monday. He was additionally sentenced to 20 years for the habitual offender enhancement"

[@johnchalmers]

The decision made by a juror should not be based on a feeling ,but on the evidence .

[@judegalligan7985]

Duh ! What are you talking about. The jury convicted him without evidence.

[@raerae6422]

Lol, then he should have been set free because there was no evidence

[@shineandre]

Well said John, however, some people are more sensitive in sensing but lack the hard facts to back up their concernes. Like women can tell when men are oblivious to many things in relationships. The law, however, deals with facts and later decide whether to punish harshly or less based on the person not the crime.

[@shineandre]

@@judegalligan7985 It is hard to deny 3 eyewitnesses. His rap sheet did not help him either. If he had stayed in jail his girlfriend wud still be alive today to care for her kids. He may have been innocent of those previous crimes still the 5 years in jail could not prevent him from going back for life. Perhaps he is innocent again of a brother's crime. The world seeks justice and it was unfortunate but not because of bad detective work. Thankfully he had a second chance. Hatred is like murder. Hate ur brother you are guilty of murder. You only lack the opportunity to satisfy your hate and anger.

[@rahiemthomas5617]

@@shineandre did his rap sheet include a propensity for violence?. That's the reason he never received any restitution for being wrongfully convicted after 5 years, because of his rap sheet?

[@SC.......]

I cannot imagine being wrongfully convicted. I'd probably just curl up and die. God bless this young man for fighting for his innocence to be seen.

[@keletsothipe8069]

He is in jail for killing his ex gf in 2020

[@SC.......]

@@keletsothipe8069 oh no I hope that isn't true. God that's awful.

[@keletsothipe8069]

Unfortunately it is true

[@SC.......]

@@keletsothipe8069 damn

[@SC.......]

@@keletsothipe8069 well shoot

[@tattoo20011]

I fully believe that if someone gets arrested for YOUR crime & you do not step forward to stop it, when they do (HOPEFULLY) figure out that that other person is, indeed, innocent that the actual perpetrator should also get charged with false imprisonment & the amount of time the innocent person stayed locked up should be tacked onto the actual perpetrator’s sentence to be served consecutively with all other charges.

[@geoffreybrooks5207]

I hear you, BUT that would be a clear violation of the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution (the right to not have to be legally forced to incriminate one’s self)

[@QuasiELVIS]

Pretty muddled and pointless scheme.

[@coffeepeachesplans]

That's very possible just depends actually

[@coffeepeachesplans]

@@geoffreybrooks5207 rights have to be exercised so maybe if they have incentive to not let someone else be wrongfully punished they would choose if they want to use the 5th

[@gib59er56]

That makes no sense man. The cops should do time. That makes sense.

[@actionsammy1]

Update: Richard Alexander later served 8 years in prison for beating an ex-girlfriend and in 2020 he was charged with murdering another. Don't know what's going on with that case.

[@brandonmacon3317]

Everyone on here feeling sorry for this bum 😂

[@cindysmith6612]

Thank You

[@toyarose5952]

Still doesn't mean it's ok to wrongfully accuse someone

[@cindysammy2513]

may that is result of being wrongfully prisoned with a bunch of murderers and rapists

[@coryjohnson2486]

@@cindysammy2513 yeah, I’m sure that him going to prison played a role, but u can’t let him off the hook completely. Plenty of people get out of prison and DON’T continue to be (or start to become) violent murderers.

[@ver2uswoman]

It is so disgraceful when law enforcement do not do thier due diligence and wrongfully convict people. They pin crimes on innocent individuals so they won't have to do any work and pacify the victims. This man has been robbed 5 years of his life bcuz of it. So sad that happened to him.

[@drewizkoollikeicecre]

It was a travesty, however he was arrested again in 2020 for killing his girlfriend and is awaiting trial now.

[@jamonfalin1528]

yes when is about blacks they don't care who pey

[@reneilwemoshidi5164]

@@drewizkoollikeicecre wait hold oonnn are you serious right now.

[@drewizkoollikeicecre]

@@reneilwemoshidi5164 Yeah, unfortunately it is.

[@WhyYoutubeWhy]

@@drewizkoollikeicecre Well maybe if they didn't fuck up that man's life,send him in prison for nothing and not dedommaging him he would not have ended up this way.

[@josephbolton5199]

That cop is a piece of work. After the fact she's like: " It really bothered me that he was convicted. I had my doubts, but I didn't do anything about it. I just shrugged my shoulders and said oh well"

[@cshaffer8258]

I have seen every Forensic Files and I don’t understand why they are re-releasing all episodes? I can never get tired of watching them all!

[@s.tavares3257]

They started forensic files 2.. but it’s just not the same without Peter Thomas.

[@cshaffer8258]

@@s.tavares3257 he is the best narrator ever! His voice was so soothing

[@nginstarkigoma2335]

Even me I ave watch all episode

[@domeshane]

Ads? The previous uploads didn't have opening ads

[@msgaffney2357]

I keep trying to come across a new one lol

[@davisj3920]

Wrongful convicted but found himself back in prison after killing his ex girlfriend smh.

[@jamesutley3072]

Wowwwww smart Playa he is what happened to the $$$$$$$ he won in the lawsuit Unfrickin Believeable now he’s where his butt belongs

[@shineandre]

If he had stayed in jail his girlfriend wud still be alive today to care for her kids. He may have been innocent of those previous crimes still the 5 years in jail could not prevent him from going back for life. Perhaps he is innocent again of a brother's crime. The world seeks justice and it was unfortunate but not because of bad detective work. Thankfully he had a second chance. Hatred is like murder. Hate ur brother you are guilty of murder. You only lack the opportunity to satisfy your hate and anger.

[@rahiemthomas5617]

@@shineandre if he stayed in prison from 1996-2020, the girlfriend would be alive. Thankfully, the justice system works for the wrongfully convicted?!

[@rahiemthomas5617]

@@jamesutley3072 he never won anything... *FROM WIKIPEDIA* 👇 On June 4, 2002, Richard Alexander filed a federal suit against the city of South Bend, its police department and 14 of its officers, including Sgt. Cindy Eastman, an officer instrumental in securing Alexander's release. The civil rights lawsuit was eventually dismissed by the United States district court, a decision which Alexander appealed. But on January 3, 2006, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld the district court's dismissal of Alexander's lawsuit. *The court stated that Alexander had not proven his rights were violated during the trial which yielded his wrongful conviction.*

[@ivonned32]

@@rahiemthomas5617 he was wrongfully convicted for crimes he did not commit. However, whatever happened to him in there left him with ptsd and obviously changed him to the point to become a murderer or maybe he loved it in prison and couldnt wait to go back in?

[@Dallas_AWG]

Richard Alexander was jailed for murder of his ex girlfriend in 2020. No happy ending.

[@seafoambeachcomb]

Yes & he also beat an ex gf with a lead pipe in 2005 and got some time for that assault.

[@angelaburroughs4584]

Shitttt!!! Really?

[@datn1ggaa.698]

i ain’t protecting him by any means because if that’s true that’s messed up but those 5 and a half yrs in prison can mentally changed you especially with the stuff he witnessed

[@WhyYoutubeWhy]

@@datn1ggaa.698 Yes you are right. You can hardly expect him to live a normal life after what he has been trough. Particularly that they didn't pay him for their mistake it seems.

[@odigieofure132]

Where can I watch it

[@Tell_It_Right]

This is why I stay in my damn house.

[@bernardniiaddo3085]

If the rape and burglars has stopped he would still be in prison.

[@touchofdumb]

The flip side is he wouldn’t have killed his girlfriend in 2020 either. Strange how things play out sometimes

[@tessmoore3762]

@@touchofdumb Richard Alexander killed his girlfriend?

[@shineandre]

If he had stayed in jail his girlfriend wud still be alive today to care for her kids. He may have been innocent of those previous crimes still the 5 years in jail could not prevent him from going back for life. Perhaps he is innocent again of a brother's crime. The world seeks justice and it was unfortunate but not because of bad detective work. Thankfully he had a second chance. Hatred is like murder. Hate ur brother you are guilty of murder. You only lack the opportunity to satisfy your hate and anger.

[@coreym162]

@@touchofdumb Damn! So, now no one is innocent in this case. Mind blown!

[@coryjohnson2486]

I came here to say that this is the absolute BEST episode of Forensic Files- the GOAT, if you will. Twists and turns, surprises, and nice and concise (like Forensic Files always is). Edit: wow, after reading more comments, I learned that the innocent guy is in jail RIGHT NOW awaiting trial for murder in a different case!! WHAT?!? 😳 🤯

[@synergisticcollusion134]

Not awaiting, he plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter of his ex-girlfriend, Catherine Minix.

[@donsilva6452]

I disagree about this forensic files episode being even close "one of the best" BECAUSE it fails to mention that Richards was a victim of racial discrimination. When he was tried by 9 white & 3 black, he was found NOT guilty. WHY on earth the jury was changed to all-white fellows??? Nobody thought of this action to be pure evil racism???

[@ThisIsJ.Nicole]

Yeah. My mind is blown.

[@davidb2206]

Yeah, you can bet his record is not as "innocent" as he wants to claim in this film.

[@torpedodropkick59]

He had a record of criminal activity!

[@johnchalmers]

It's amazing that the perpetrators always keep the shoes ?

[@kangaroo717]

I've always thought that.

[@reneilwemoshidi5164]

It's really just being sloppy at this point.

[@cookiesmom2079]

I don’t remember what channel it was on, but the perpetrator wore shoes 2 sizes too small during his crime… they still got him 😂

[@traceeteeter9875]

Right? There is at least one episode where the perp wore the exact shoes into the police station to be interviewed. 🤦🏼‍♀️ Not sure if he was that dumb or plain arrogant. Maybe both.

[@reneilwemoshidi5164]

@@traceeteeter9875 oh I actually remember that episode lmao. They really was dumb dumb

[@kimmyfreak200]

THEY LOOKED NOTHING ALIKE!!!!!

[@dance7soccerr]

I have seen episodes where everything points to the criminal but they needed forensic evidence before an arrest. In this case they just went off an eyewitness account smh they were so wrong for convicting him without forensics and for sentencing him longer than the actual offender.

[@touchofdumb]

The same Richard Alexander wrongly accused here went on to beat his gf and ultimately kill her. From Wikipedia: On May 22, 2007, Alexander pleaded guilty to one count of battery for having beaten a former girlfriend with a lead pipe in 2005. As part of his plea bargain, a second count of battery was dismissed.[6] On June 14, 2007, Alexander was sentenced to eight years in prison, with two years suspended.[7] On September 17, 2020, he was charged in the stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend following a pattern of domestic violence.

[@jasonhertzberg4818]

Wow

[@ellelively5693]

Prison was his place afterall

[@priyokabi]

The three men DO NOT look the same at all, but people make mistakes when they are under stress, I get that. 'Glad forensic testing set the 1st man free but he went through hell for years, that is sad. He deserves some compensation

[@bryonwatkins1432]

That’s been a proven fact many times!!!!

[@trixie9777]

I wrote the same in a different comment that they look NOTHING alike!

[@greatestnitemare6626]

He's a subhuman who beat his ex, and killed someone in 2020.

[@holdsteadfast]

I thought the same thing but it did have me dying every time they’d bring their pictures up next to each other like they were identical or something… lol and the white lady at the end trying to justify it. Also dudes shower rape story had me in stitches too. 😂😂😂 greatest episode ever

[@sherberts]

@@trixie9777it's easy to see differences in PHOTO but in real life some people look similar. Some people don't look like their own photographs.

[@nyk3334]

5:47 “ brushes with the law” lol. Ok.

[@williamcooper2502]

Yes Richard, we know what you're saying.

[@marymwaluko3364]

😂

[@brianwilliams6167]

He got convicted for murder few yrs ago

[@coryjohnson2486]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@leetraviusmckay314]

The three men looked different 😂

[@KimberlyBishh]

This is the perfect case to prove if the system really works.

[@robs1873]

@5:46 “ Previous brushes with the law “?? Looks like a lifetime rap sheet a mile long with despicable crimes

[@Me707B]

This why you don’t just believe people as was once suggested in the media

[@antdell8730]

I wonder just how many Richard Alexander's are in prison. The criminal justice system has to do better.

[@zuzellogan5613]

I don’t think that Richard Alexander and Michael Murphy looks alike, no way José. Richard has a longer face while Michael is more roundish. And as far as Mark Williams goes, he doesn’t resemble either to Richard or Michael! People make mistakes when they are under extreme stressful circumstances, and these woman made a huge mistake identifying Richard as the rapist being in that particular stressful situation. I am glad that Richard Alexander was exonerated and is a free man, thanks to forensic science and DNA the only tool that proves without a doubt who is guilty and who is not. That is Justice in my book.

[@damorea2006]

I live in south bend and have never heard of this case. The crime is still high.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

All's I'd need is a car to drive south. Sleep in it. Better than living there, for certain. Especially if you're not making enough money to get out.

[@boduke8869]

If you were playin the kno what I'm sayin drinkin game with this dude..... You'd be f***ed up in no time...... Lmao

[@terredee]

The black juror and the niece complained about “another black man” going to prison. What did they expect? The perpetrator was a black man. Or perpetrators, in this case. It does no good to make excuses for criminal behavior and for the criminals themselves because they’re black. That said, the second jury absolutely should have included black people - a jury of his peers. Clearly, they got it wrong and a man suffered mightily for their mistake.

[@davidb2206]

The black community loves its felons. The two females voiced their irrational excuses for a violent black predator. The race is a moral failure, with seventy-five percent now born to unwed females. It was not always like that until after the 1960's and the Welfare State broke up black families.

[@koisneurotypical]

I know this is an unpopular thing to say, but the one holdout juror hung the first jury for the wrong reasons. You can't convict based on your personal judgment of the person- you have to assess the evidence, right? And when they interviewed her later, she said "another black man going to prison." And although she is 100% correct, and I totally get it.... I just don't think you should acquit someone for those reasons. Based on not wanting another black man going to prison and/or not "getting a feeling" that he was guilty. And I'm a person of color- not that it's relevant, but just worth mentioning.

[@traceeteeter9875]

I get what you are saying. On the flip side he beat another girlfriend half to death and now is in jail for murdering another.

[@koisneurotypical]

@@traceeteeter9875 right- so I think we are agreeing- based on the evidence, he’s guilty. My only comment was just to reflect on why that one Juror they interviewed hung the jury. First she said he didn’t look guilty. And when she found out they retried him and convicted him, she was upset, saying ‘another Black man going to prison,’ which is her personal belief about macro level racism in our country (which is totally present- I’m not denying that). But still… I was critical of her for hanging the jury because she had a feeling he was innocent and/or didn’t want to see another Black man in prison.

[@traceeteeter9875]

@@koisneurotypical Agreed.

[@gryakillie6769]

I totally agree with you. But sometimes you knew something's wrong subconsciously. Most refer this as gut feeling.

[@Bobba_raekus]

One could argue that his wrongful imprisonment made him into a hardened criminal , and if he hadn't gone then the subsequent murder might not have happened. Had he NOT been proven innocent and let out, the subsequent murder definitely would never have happened. Sometimes you just can't win.

[@dennisdobson4236]

Holy shit! Not that I think these guys deserve lighter sentences but they got more time than murderers I’ve seen on this show 😮😮

[@knotcliff432]

Many a times it is seen all these crooks spend three or four years and come out of prison instead of spending 30 or 40 yrs originally given to them.

[@QuasiELVIS]

You got any modern examples of those numbers?

[@suprememagnetic4850]

And he got a snow bunny when he got out 😂😂😂

[@kendall1208]

LMAO

[@krisannecajano9684]

I been hook ever since i first watch it, the program is informative... The narration is unbelievably amazing....i really enjoy their way of fact finding....and that at the end of the stories the perpetrators suffer the consequence of their actions.

[@shineandre]

It is satisfying to see justice done. Imagine one day there will be no more crime, pain or death when the wicked are cast into hell and the righteous through faith in Jesus Christ inherit the new earth and heavens.

[@QuasiELVIS]

@@shineandre most people in prison are religious.

[@coryjohnson2486]

And the way they can make it so amazing while still making the episodes nice and short. That’s why I love it. No filler or unneeded details.

[@zuzellogan5613]

Forensic Science is what solve crimes, never mind witnesses. They might be too traumatized about the experience and confused and can make serious mistakes like in this case the witnesses did, who sent the wrong man to prison. Hats off to to this lady detective, she was very instrumental in solving this case. I trust Forensic Science rather than any witness 100%

[@TOCC50]

Blacks always have to grape every time

[@felix_remmie6048]

Give this man his millions! I kept waiting to hear how much the court was giving him💔

[@touchofdumb]

He killed his gf in 2020 so he’s back in prison.

[@ChrisSmith-dd9in]

Some states don't give money if you were wrongly convicted

[@keletsothipe8069]

U can only sue law enforcement if u dont have a prior criminal record, unfortunately his hands were not clean

[@veenavenkat6485]

@@touchofdumb after seeing your msg, I checked online n it’s true 🙀unbelievable!!!

[@shineandre]

@@veenavenkat6485 you are awesome for fact-checking. Fortunately, most people on here don`t joke around. But still, it is best to double-check. Now IO am sure as well. If he had stayed in jail his girlfriend wud still be alive today to care for her kids. He may have been innocent of those previous crimes still the 5 years in jail could not prevent him from going back for life. Perhaps he is innocent again of a brother's crime. The world seeks justice and it was unfortunate but not because of bad detective work. Thankfully he had a second chance. Hatred is like murder. Hate ur brother you are guilty of murder. You only lack the opportunity to satisfy your hate and anger..

[@TleeMN]

Wow the guy got exonerated and in 2020 he killed his girlfriend. Wow.

[@davidb2206]

He was an evil thug all along, both before and after this case.

[@cherryphilip7019]

Black men and women eliminated from the jury in the second trial , to forcefully make the innocent black man guilty, that's really bad.

[@chantallvardas0730]

Convicted of 1 count of burglary, when the detective said that he knows of at least 250 that the man committed… Gee Whizz… Zero Justice!!!

[@davidb2206]

Committing more than two burglaries should be automatic death penalty.

[@morganosborne9258]

Mr. Alexander's story broke my heart. He most definitely is owed a huge apology and monetary compensation for his wrongful conviction. His entire family had much suffering to endure over the years he was incarcerated.

[@southbronxny5727]

He lost his 55 million wrongful assrest lawsuit but later served 8 years for battery and then stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death in 2020.

[@TexasRattler101]

He’s now doing life for killing his ex girlfriend in 2020!

[@synergisticcollusion134]

He lost both lawsuits for wrongful conviction and was never compensated for the time he spent wrongfully imprisoned, but now he's there legally and rightfully.

[@shineandre]

If he had stayed in jail his girlfriend wud still be alive today to care for her kids. He may have been innocent of those previous crimes still the 5 years in jail could not prevent him from going back for life. Perhaps he is innocent again of a brother's crime. The world seeks justice and it was unfortunate but not because of bad detective work. Thankfully he had a second chance. Hatred is like murder. Hate ur brother you are guilty of murder. You only lack the opportunity to satisfy your hate and anger.

[@marianadominguez8262]

@@TexasRattler101 Hi, where did you do your research???

[@danielisfearless288]

he should serve the 5 1/2 years extra for the innocent man

[@brideofduscur]

Native Hoosier here. Indiana absolutely sucks when it comes to sexual assault/rape cases. Mine was overlooked, as are many, many others. If convicted, they are given plea deals that reduce their sentences, most of the time eliminating prison and released on parole.

[@esrefcelikcelik8789]

Did the state pay him for its mistake?

[@ria1313]

Nope, read his Wikipedia page, he sued for millions, but didn’t win. Now he’s a murderer and back behind bars, so sad.

[@southernmocha7571]

He’s paying in prison

[@lopezcarmen2901]

They did not resemble one another

[@greatestnitemare6626]

Who cares? This animal killed his ex in 2020

[@jimk.7663]

Sadly there are some states prosecutors today still use eyewitnesses testimonies as 100% proof of defendant's guilt, since then technology had advanced a lot in the last 20 years. Today, most prosecutors rely on science instead of eyewitnesses or if someone has an actual video of someone breaking a law. Even the US Supreme Court agreed that eyewitness is not 100% reliable. In this episode the police had doubts that Mr. Alexader had committed any of the crimes, but an over zealous prosecutor had ignored that science said the samples did not match Mr. Alexander, but relied on eyewitnesses testimonies instead.

[@WhyYoutubeWhy]

I swear! Witness testimony should only be used to have a suspect and then make an investigation out of that.

[@atuchukwuazubike5672]

That prosecutor should b e made to serve about half that sentence in the actual prison the offender served ... And so should every juror whom wrongfully convicted him despite NO actual evidence

[@GymGirlToks]

how did he not get compensated for those 5 years of false imprisonment who was his lawyer? i litterally never seen anyone lose that lawsuit besides him on this show

[@bukarabdullahi127]

Apologies? Sue them for millions..

[@vm6824]

I wonder if the great Peter Thomas thought to himself, “ aw shit. I have to say “ pubic hair” in this episode...”

[@karenconcepcion]

I absolutly LOVE this show💙

[@cynicannkeel8899]

when I think about all the innocent people who've spent part/all of their adult lives in prison, what they've missed in life because of errors, sloppy investigative work, focusing on one person as the perpetrator rather than a wider investigation, slights of hand by prosecution or defense attorneys, bias of jurors, just plain errors, I'm willing to consider the possibility of wrongful convictions any time someone claims their innocent.

[@hlatsenakeng]

bullshit. these men definitely did not resemble each other at all. smh

[@TheSlong123]

They ruined a man's life because they "kinda looked alike" when they all look NOTHING alike. Even their skin tones are different.

[@Confessions089]

Lots of innocent people suffer and it is B.S!

[@adelasposito7642]

This is messed up! So the innocent guy actually killed his girlfriend years later !!!

[@motherofthreeb6337]

Why wasn't the girlfriend charged if she knew he was commenting these crimes? 🤔🤔🤔

[@apointtomake1517]

Funny how a black juror ignores the trial and bases a "not guilty" verdict based on a "hunch" on how he looked and acted in court. That is just as bad as someone voting "guilty" based on skin color (which they were trying to push in this video). Relying on Jurors to decide a person's fate is far from perfect or even fair.

[@dauntless0711]

“Let’s pin this crime on another Black man.” So Police were supposed to ignore the victims’ testimony that they were assaulted by someone Black?

[@davidb2206]

She clearly did not belong on any jury. That is what undermines the whole system. Such a system was never created in Africa and the two worlds are apart.

[@lenald6618]

I don’t see how they all have similar stature. Kinda messed up.

[@smallwhisperers2930]

Even with just 2 positive identification, it is still weak against an inconclusive pubic hair and unmatched DNA and yet he was put into prison. It should not even be a doubt. I hope he was compensated for the wrong accusations against him.

[@davidb2206]

He later murdered, so he clearly belonged there.

[@fawamaco1848]

Idk about everyone else but none of those guy in the three pictures look similar to each other.

[@elizabethannegrey6285]

What about tried by a jury of your peers? An all white jury?

[@verityowens9638]

They need to make sure people are guilty before they throw them I jail.Pretty awful doing time when you are innocent.poor guy !

[@lets-getbrandon4192]

Odd how that all the eye witnesses identified the wrong man. Just shows to me how unreliable eye witnesses can be.

[@potterbond007]

Just for the record, this "innocent" guy pleaded guilty in 2020 to the voluntary manslaughter of his girlfriend and got sentenced to 50 years in 2022

[@CP-xu5yv]

So?

[@torpedodropkick59]

DNA testing primitive back then, but today it’s amazingly accurate!

[@TOCC50]

DMTBKA

[@JH-ti3lr]

Uhh, those guys do not look alike. Besides being young and black, they do not share even similar features.

[@greatestnitemare6626]

Who cares? this animal pos killed his gf in 2020

[@reneilwemoshidi5164]

Alexander Sir...how much money they give you????!?! Screw an apology hell nawww...you should be getting a mill

[@brianwilliams6167]

He got convicted for murder few yrs ago

[@caseymucha171]

I'm sorry, she said from the first day she could feel he wasn't guilty? She doesn't belong on a jury

[@tipsynailsbymichelle]

so the 2nd jury found him guilty based on him being black? wow

[@RealMACGamer]

Just goes to show that judges have too much discretion on sentencing

[@Zeus8YT]

On June 4, 2002, Richard Alexander filed a federal suit against the city of South Bend, its police department and 14 of its officers, including Sgt. Cindy Eastman, an officer instrumental in securing Alexander's release. His lawyer, Roseann P. Ivanovich, said she expected to ask for about $55 million in damages ($10 million for every year spent in prison). The civil rights lawsuit was eventually dismissed by the United States district court, a decision which Alexander appealed. But on January 3, 2006, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld the district court's dismissal of Alexander's lawsuit. The court stated that Alexander had not proven his rights were violated during the trial which yielded his wrongful conviction.

[@catherinekeddy2816]

😯😯😯😯😯

[@user-dm7ik4uy4c]

There was NO JUSTICE in the South Bend, Indiana Justice System when they said Richard had not proved that his rights had been violated having been kept in prison by Indiana for five and a half years, for crimes he did not commit. How could they say that, when he OBVIOUSLY and clearly was convicted of, and sent to prison for crimes he had not committed. INDIANA JUSTICE IS A SHAM, IN MY OPINION. Even though Richard is in prison now, I think he should get a good lawyer and SUE INDIANA.

[@Leosandoval-pd6di]

Wow, they look nothing alike. Im glad hes out and got compensated 189,000 , which to me is nothing based on what he;s been through.

[@brianwilliams6167]

He got convicted for murder few yrs ago

[@Metallization]

I hope from the bottom of my heart, that Richard got big amount of money as a small compensation for those lost years of his..

[@coryjohnson2486]

He’s in jail for murder now

[@Metallization]

@@coryjohnson2486 oh really?! Do you have an article about it, that I can read. If it's true, it just gonna add another sad chapter to the story.

[@leshgooo1016]

@@Metallization yes it’s true. In 2020 he murdered someone. I think I read it was his girlfriend. Cant remember.

[@cleof1503]

@@Metallization en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Alexander_(exonerated_convict)#Subsequent_legal_troubles I wonder how much the violence he experienced in prison had to do with his violent behavior after release?

[@juliefennell1329]

​@@Metallization he stabbed to death his ex girlfriend

[@juancarloslopezpadilla143]

They found a hood, a bike a knife a bandana hahaha then I'm guilty!!!

[@wendythompson6323]

He needs an apology and monitary compensation.

[@brianwilliams6167]

Won't mean anything now....he got convicted for murder few yrs ago

[@dfygoh3215]

Richard's Jury belongs in prison

[@bjt81366]

LoL, I guess we all look alike. Those dudes don't look alike. That's scary that professional investigators would believe that.

[@trixie9777]

Sooo VERY wrong what happened to the innocent man. It’s beyond words …they look NOTHING like each other. Eyewitness testimony shouldn’t carry much weight in a trial.

[@ShirleyPotts-ud3nb]

Just horrible what happened to the victims.

[@iseehowitis9382]

South Bend man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in connection to a deadly stabbing. 55-year-old Richard Lee Alexander was charged with killing 37-year-old Catherine Minix. Police were doing a welfare check in the 900 block of Fairview Avenue in South Bend when they discovered her body outside. Alexander was sentenced to a total of 50 years-30 for voluntary manslaughter and 20 for the habitual offender enhancement. Alexander was initially sent to prison after a series of rapes in the River Park area in the mid 90′s, but was later exonerated through DNA evidence.

[@andreabowers2227]

Clear case of racial profiling and narrow minded authorities who just want to close the case quickly to appease the victims and the mideia and public rather then looking for the truth because eye witnesses are not completely reliable and the physical evidence is supposed to be the deciding factors in any case.

[@greatestnitemare6626]

rAcIAL pRoFiLiNg This DOG murdered his ex in 2020. STFU

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

How is it profiling if he was a black guy?

[@juliefennell1329]

he's in prison for the stabbing death of his ex girlfriend

[@Confessions089]

He shouldn't have done that but just imagine all the rage you would feel being wrongfully accused.

[@_xBrokenxDreamsx_]

this is why you don't convict without dna or other direct evidence - it's better to let a guilty man go free than to victimize an innocent man and cause the public to lose trust in the justice system.

[@craigime]

18:51 you got to be kidding me. all 3 of these guys look completely different! are they blind??

[@blackism4everokpeyen871]

It not just made sense none guilty 70 years then guilty 30 years😂

[@DaniHMcV]

May have been innocent in this case but in 2005 he beat his ex-girlfriend with a metal pipe and was sentenced to 8 years in jail. Then in 2020 he took a plea deal of manslaughter for killing his ex-girlfriend. He had a history of domestic violence. Some people might say his time in prison psychologically affected him but it takes a special kind of person to take a life. If the is was try the case society would never send anyone to jail. He was a bad apple from the start imo. If he was never found to be innocent in the first case, at least a couple of women wouldn’t have had to experience his abuse and one woman would not have been killed. I’m not saying it would have been right for him to be locked up as an innocent man of the rape case, just pointing out the events that subsequently occurred after his release.

[@Flridian]

💯💯💯💯

[@sunshinedayz2172]

That man deserves financial compensation for 5 years of his life!

[@VuTang858]

Hmmm, they don’t look a like to me. And Richard should get paid for the years he spent in prison doing time for something he didn’t do. Poor guy suffered for nothing.

[@karlahildebrand9041]

They should pay him for keeping him hostage in a prison for over 5 years...i find it ironic how if you do something wrong...even a speeding ticket...you have to pay fines n etc...but if the justice system is wrong...it's basically...oops...my bad!!! He shouls sue their asses!!!

[@touchofdumb]

He’s back in prison for murdering his gf.

[@shineandre]

If he had stayed in jail his girlfriend wud still be alive today to care for her kids. He may have been innocent of those previous crimes still the 5 years in jail could not prevent him from going back for life. Perhaps he is innocent again of a brother's crime. The world seeks justice and it was unfortunate but not because of bad detective work. Thankfully he had a second chance. Hatred is like murder. Hate ur brother you are guilty of murder. You only lack the opportunity to satisfy your hate and anger.

[@efrainmartinez5408]

they should have paid you for wrongful imprisonment

[@venetiazaharias9164]

Indiana... and people say New York City is dangerous. It is. It's everywhere. I won't live anywhere else. I grew up here, and I'm still living here.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

I'd take the MIDDLE, far, far away from anyone else, for the taxes.