Freed, after 26 years, for a murder they didn't commit

[@edwardeno1314]

Thank you John Grisham for the work you guys did and for writing this book.

[@hellosunshine3304]

This is completely unacceptable!! Sue the state of GA for millions!!

[@sereneprincess4940]

That's a lovely image, but they tried to cover up the lynching of an innocent black man until footage recorded by one of the trio responsible was discovered. Months after the man was gunned down in the street for the "crime" of going for a job in his neighbourhood. Look up Amaud Arbery, if you want more evidence of the (un)usefulness of the Georgia "justice" system.

[@flok.8317]

Absolutely infuriating that innocent persons are wrongfully convicted...

[@mike_p941]

now imagine how many innocent people are executed

[@bold58]

The corrupt prosecuter who withheld evidence and put these men in prison should spend sometime in prison himself . Also the witness that admitted he lied should spend some time in prison.

[@Jebbie1976]

John Grisham is a master storyteller. I have everything he's ever written in my personal library.

[@kingknights5107]

What are some of your favorites..? I kind of like his books, but never got into it seriously..

[@Hexspa]

@@kingknights5107I think I have two of his books I haven’t read yet

[@gingerstoudt6978]

These stories are heartbreaking. God bless these three men and all those wrongfully convicted.😢❤

[@carlynhenry2038]

Thank you for doing good for these men!!❤

[@Moonlightmoonlight39]

I thought I was having a bad day . To these 3 veterans all my admiration to endure all those years in jail, been innocent. 💪❤️

[@joannepackus5736]

That is just insane! I feel so bad for these men and what they lost. Many of the best years of their lives. I hope the guy the falsely accused them gets some time behind bars.

[@MrRidleyDog]

That black guy that lied on them needs to be in prison for life.

[@isaacvanderbilt4505]

Prison for life is too good for him.

[@alanm03]

Why did you say "that black guy"? Why just not just say that guy?

[@MatthewDePasse-sm9qf]

Wait what..? What happened to the police officers and attorneys who railroaded them???

[@2_thumbs_up_baby]

Nothing probably. Happens everywhere Corruption

[@aroukapenn]

NOTHING- Police, Judges and Prosecutors have QUALIFIED IMMUNITY when they falsely convict from decades ago

[@leanneadams2549]

Exactly. NOTHING happened. No one is held responsible anymore. You don’t know that ?

[@gudlisner501]

Probably got promotion on the back of their “success” in tidying up the books and fixing things.

[@youMatterItDoesGetBetter]

Proescutors should be charged and arraigned immediately. 5 years, flat time, no deal. Lose their law license. Felon for life.

[@stephen5147]

And that black guy on the witness stand.

[@sidly9324]

I got teary-eyed. Nobody shd be "framed" and imprisoned like this.

[@TinLe120]

So uhh, what happened to the lying eyewitness that pointed these 3 guys out?

[@propbraker]

He got a NAACP liar of the year award,

[@ToCam-fl8ry]

I'm writing all the way from Poland, and I have been following cases like this in the US for a long time, but it still makes me so so angry when I hear about new ones! Sure, it happens everywhere, not just in the US, we in Poland have cases like this too, but the difference is, that it's not happening as often as in the US, and we don't have capital punishment/death, so at least we are not killing the innocent people. But what occurs within the 'justice' system in the US is really insane! The number of awful, corrupted cops and prosecutors who twist people's words during the interviews, manipulate people and just straight lie or plant evidence is terrifying and disgusting!! Also, what's worse, how is that possible, that these evil cops and prosecutors, and lying 'witnesses' never pay ANY of the consequences/for ruining the lives of innocent people!! I'm so glad that John Grisham uses his power and voice for this great cause, to help the wrongfully convicted!! God bless these three innocent men, I wish you all the best now, all the love, comfort, and happiness possible!!

[@leviathan68w78]

Prosecutors withholding evidence should be in prison. Police officers who hide evidence should be in prison. Witnesses who knowingly lie should be in prison. We convict so many people in this country without any solid evidence. This is the exact opposite of what America is supposed to be. Our justice system assumes you're guilty until you prove your innocence which is in violation of the Constitution and English Common Law. It's not just convictions either. Cops are constantly detaining people in violation of their 4th amendment rights on fabricated suspicion. Obviously some localities are much worse than others.

[@aimee3594]

The justice system is terrible!

[@ACarchives]

Eye witness should have to do 26 years. So ridiculous.

[@RDEnduro]

Georgia owes them, should be a million for every year.

[@Indusxstan]

And taken out of the salaries/pensions of the incompetent police and judge AND the false witness!!

[@Msfruity44]

Wow!!! This is awful! We are still not free!

[@sundaysmith5942]

I dont blame these men for not trusting anyone

[@Indusxstan]

As a brown man I am disgusted that 3 white men were framed and imprisoned just became they were white, and easy targets.

[@againstallodds6055]

Again I repeat The Detectives and the prosecution are so quick to close a case that anyone can be prosecuted just for being in the wrong place at the wrong time

[@x77punk77x]

False prosecution and imprisonment happens with alarming frequency and yet the majority of Americans still support the death penalty.

[@debbysalmon2498]

Their is a case going on right now, the man was going to be put to death and it was stopped for now. Even DR Phil, who i can't stand, testified. The guy was accused of shaking his daughter to death..this was years ago, the child was sick, had medical problems. Now they some doctors are saying, saying she wasn't shaken to death.

[@brandymendoza1390]

The man on the stand should be prosecuted for lying on the stand.

[@leeyaferguson9019]

THE SYSTEM NEEDS CHANGING!! AGREE?! Great witness. Unbelievable.

[@debbysalmon2498]

Yep they should be held accountable, put in prison and serve as much time as wrongfully convicted. Maybe the DA and the Cops and The judge will think twice before trying to frame innocent people.

[@Nena84734]

Damn….that’s just so wrong!

[@cindyweaver6785]

What happened to the guy that lied?

[@chimichang3232]

People know this happens all the time but nobody is interested in fixing the problem.

[@yayac6503]

And we live in a free country.

[@xmmx9909]

Especially before DNA, this was common. Police have an arrest quota, prosecutors want to raise their batting average and media exposure. And our favorite, racist cops. The Innocence Project is also a non-profit helping exonerate innocent people. Poor countries dont have a way to freedom - so you are still in the best democracy.

[@laurafay2796]

I think we've all been brainwashed by Law and Order. Every day that goes by I trust the police less and less

[@davidshane9139]

Delivering Pizza ? They should be compensated with millions of dollars

[@coreymcclammy1459]

GA owes a LOT OF PEOPLE!!!

[@susank2463]

The book is so disturbing and upsetting, we couldn't read it!

[@Ghostofachance-iw8pr]

Was the witness thst Knowingly lied punihed? Is he paying restitution to the men he put in prison?

[@lpperrone]

Those responsible for this horrible injustice will have hell to pay!!

[@Lubi419HH]

Witness should be imprisoned

[@edyann]

So they were freed because of forensics?

[@Sakja]

The prosecution didn't share evidence that could have exonerated them.

[@Rick-k3p]

So the prosecutor pulled a Kamala

[@marthahendricks9529]

They just did this very thing in Indiana. The Delphi murders… Richard Allen.. when the state comes for you they will do whatever it takes to make sure they bury you… guilt or innocence doesn’t seem to matter! I would love for Grisham to look into the Delphi murders.. it would make an outstanding read!! 🙏🙏

[@janicebailey6112]

What would have happened if they were given the death penalty instead of life ? What DA, "eye"witness and prosecutor would have been okay with blood on their hands.

[@Emy53]

Why did it take this long?

[@deanne7125]

I watch true crime for years and years and years now and every two or so that I see are about people that were wrongfully convicted, and I've been hearing about this for more than 25 years but I'm sure there's many many cases the cocky lying cops and the extra cocky super criminal detectives push and force convictions on people that are innocent and it really makes me sick to my stomach I worry about this every week every month every year because too many people are have been put in jail that are not guilty....omg.... America wake up wake up , this happens all the time

[@ulfanfinneriksen4643]

How is this possible?

[@richardlindquist5936]

So what was that piece of evidence that was left out of discovery? What did it say?

[@teleopinions1367]

It is also a business. Many prisons are privately owned and they charge the state or the federal government to run them. It is a business to convict and keep innocent people in prison. We also have a very puritanical sense of justice. It is not enough that people lose all their rights by going to prison, most Americans want people to suffer every single day while they are there. Very unchristian, very inhumane. This country is so messed up. It is a decaying democracy and its body parts are falling along the road.

[@tricianottingham1785]

James white lied???? Was he charged?

[@timippolito1182]

And the guy that lied on the stand, has he been prosecuted?

[@Tbow9999]

They need to put the liar in the pen and you wonder why people dont trust anyone including myself I put my trust in the Lord Jesus Christ amen

[@leanneadams2549]

I couldn’t imagine !! It would be the very WORSE form of punishment!! Yeats and years for something you did not do !!!! And money will not buy back time but someone’s going to pay for this !!!!

[@Gambrellgirl]

It's happening to Karen Read in Norfolk County, Massachusetts right now. They are absolutely ignoring evidence that absolves her and ignoring evidence pointing to 3rd party culprits because they are law enforcement. Beyond shameful.

[@aroukapenn]

*THIS TOO IS WRONG!!!*

[@bobknull7502]

I never even considered the social security aspect.

[@averagejoe9436]

Prosecutors should pay... Grisham is superb..

[@grumpyvet7670]

I hope they sue the city, fight to get military back pay, retirement from the military and an honorable discharge.

[@tricianottingham1785]

Based off of one eyewitness??? So sorry.

[@weston.weston]

I am a big John Grisham fan. Erin Moriarty makes me cringe, I have seen her doing some horrible reporting (not referring to this case).

[@keithmeyer3749]

Did they ever make it to the club is it still there

[@karllongan9535]

Yet another case of we got some guys....they'll do. Guilt or innocence is irrelevant.

[@youknow2469MitakuyeOyasin]

Well well WELL!!!

[@ellenadams7354]

As long as they can charge ANYBODY!!!!!!!!!!

[@Rick-k3p]

They were locked up because of there race , its disgusting . where's all the support from the public!

[@laven111]

Just a question ? Did you change what he said like you did with Kamala

[@leanneadams2549]

If this country had An “ eye for an eye “ the crime rate would fall dramatically!!!!!

[@Rick-np9vz]

Hmmm, maybe this isn't as isolated as most folks believe!

[@isaacvanderbilt4505]

Those three Gentlemen have basically become one being with their shared, same exact traumatizing lives and wasted years. Like the same person got divided into these 3. I guess if any good came out of this they each have two of the Bestfriends anyone could ever ask for. Something beyond even what Twins experience I'd assume..... like Conjoined twins level of closeness and that's pretty cool.

[@manfrummt]

Looks like prison fed them well

[@passionateherbs8183]

💔💔💔

[@alanknight1597]

If this interests you listen to the podcast Wrongful Convictions with Jason Flom.

[@malissawooten3423]

So wrong…

[@yvonneplant9434]

Why is CBS dragging out Whitaker so much lately???

[@niningsetia4213]

Dih Ya Allah ya rabb

[@Jefe-qh8kd]

You mean the state provided evidence and proved guilt beyond a reasonable doubt....for something he didn't do ? Hmmmm

[@calgenius]

Terrible 😞

[@13thofMayTV]

Only in America

[@Emy53]

Gosh, they gained weight in the the same areas. Just an observation. Happy they are free and they can make the best of time left. I would travel...

[@gerrydooley951]

apparently the food is very good in prison

[@debbysalmon2498]

Do you think they are given healthy foods to eat in prison??? Even if that was a joke, if not funny. These men should never have been in prison.

[@edscott4729]

He's stealing material from journalists? Bye bye.

[@mikei7498]

It’s not racism it’s recidivism

[@sheerwillsurvival2064]

Racism goes both ways that guy was getting some revenge on them..

[@HenryLemons-be8gy]

Think about how many black men are still in there for crimes they didn't commit ?

[@tractor629]

The black dude who lied on the stand should be in prison that’s for sure!!

[@seanmaginn8844]

NEVER accept an Alford plea when in your own mind that your innocent

[@colleendeborah1581]

The good ol' days. NOT

[@josevillalpando4829]

First comment 💪🏾💪🏾

[@Jebbie1976]

Here's your cookie. 🍪🙄

[@jujujupiter]

Your family must be so proud!

[@averagejoe9436]

Grish- paint the wall...incredible....jg gives insight to how cities operate..

[@Creek....123]

cant get that time back.