He Did 16 Years In Jail, When The Video Showed Someone Else Did It

[@Daniel_Rood]

Perhaps the prosecutor, judge and defense attorney should all spend 16 years in prison...

[@fumblerooskie]

Together. In the same cell.

[@kpanyc]

We all say this, but nobody votes for the revolution that would actually make it happen.

[@win4jesse]

I came to the comments to say the same thing. Seems fair to me

[@kellynine7438]

You're too kind. They deserve 16 years for each time they shut down his attempt to prove his innocence.

[@Epic-so3ek]

Gotta protect themselves, pigs

[@Bigrignohio]

Name and shame the Judge. The prosecutor. The defense lawyer.

[@randyross5630]

Defense Lawyer... Ha, Ha, HA! You don't know how the System Works do you, that's the 3rd Prosecutor, 2nd is the Judge! Once I managed to Shake my Public Pretender and I had to Shake 3 to be able to Represent myself after Stupidly Signing the Paperwork for a Public Pretenders, and when I managed to Fire the 3rd One, and was able to Represent myself like I would from there on out (getting my next two cases Dropped Pro se Pretrial like a Ross!), I told the Whole Court Room, I don't need another Prosecutor and How that's my Problem Here as I looked at the Judge who was a former Prosecutor in that Office, while shaking off the Public Pretender who was also a Former Prosecutor in that Office! You don't understand how Court Works do You!

[@cplmpcocptcl6306]

@@randyross5630It’s great you were able to win your case. Congrats. The OP is just pointing out that when these people are shamed at least they will have to change their behavior. When they are only known as judge, cop, lawyer they have nothing to lose.

[@charleshanks6186]

This a problem for the people you don't name the defense attorney the prosecutor and the judge...in fact your letting then get away with subverting the law

[@drewideas]

@@randyross5630tool

[@dougcorcoran5455]

They should all be disbarred.

[@thisiscompletelyreta]

The prosecutor needs to go to jail for hiding evidence, lying about it, and aiding and abetting the criminals.

[@randyross5630]

Yeah, you are Right, that is Aiding and Abetting, Intentionally Letting the Actual Criminal Go and Pinning it Intentionally on someone else, seems like the Prosecutor was On the Take from Organized Crime, and Covered for their Crimes by Pinning them on other People..

[@frazergeno4557]

Many Prosecutors are more interested in a conviction than the actual truth. Seem that this Judge didn't care if the victim was guilty or innocent.

[@kerfluffle3781]

The judge in question has had his sentences reversed 19 times. He was a DA before he was a judge. He retired earlier this year due to scrutiny from advocacy groups, but he would have been required to retire anyway due to his age. The defense lawyer is still working as a defense lawyer and is quoted saying "These things happen" before refusing to be interviewed. I hope they get all they deserve.

[@paraax]

Hmmm, what is the average number of reversals in a career? I didn't mind a number of reversals against any judge, since that is what we want... The system to be unafraid to review and free people if things weren't done right. This specific case of course is horrendous.

[@beepboop8374]

WHATTTT

[@willy4571]

if these people are still alive they should be charged

[@braddl9442]

I want them in JAIL, what they did was pure evil

[@xstanstanstan]

And yet, not only will they not be, but they won't face any consequences at all! Yay! What a fair and just system! /s

[@kavinh10]

The judge if its the same person just retired from the supreme court a few months ago. The defense attorney just said a bunch of nothing burger and wishing mr.Marshall well along with that he doesn't remember anything about the trial. It's pretty disgusting that they can be aiding criminals and get off scotfree. there's a summary of events on law.umich

[@Epic-so3ek]

Goddamn pigs wont charge them.

[@MarkiusFox]

All of the cases the judge, prosecutor, and defense were on should be scrutinized. Because if it happened once in such a matter-of-fact way, then there are a lot more that have gone unnoticed and/or forgotten.

[@kikidawn]

Evidence he was innocent from the beginning. That’s the worst injustice. 16 years in prison changes a man. I pray he can make it in society now.

[@chesneymigl4538]

It's so common there are several podcasts just covering wrongfully convicted. They cover people desperately trying to get someone to reopen their case. The horrible circumstances of prison often mean these people are often facing poor health. Damian Eckles from The West Memphis 3 case lost his distance vision because 20 years in solitary kept his eyes from focusing more than a few meters away.

[@MoonbeameSmith]

Top me, to add insult to injury, any time the cops stop him he's going to be harassed

[@oz_jones]

Even 5 do. They harden you because you have to be hard just to survive.

[@kirm8137]

Financially this guy should never have to work another day in his life. And plenty of money to travel, etc. Unfortunately, I doubt that is the case.

[@frazergeno4557]

The Judge doesn't care as neither him or the DA will be held accountable.

[@fredbear-sf9st]

So the lying prosecutor should now serve time for perverting the course of justice. He or she should be disbarred.

[@niyablake]

Most likely dead by now

[@ralphscholz9533]

Probably retired by now.

[@mattzahab2946]

I hope this man sues and gets enough $ he never has to work a day in his life.

[@Omego2K]

Can never make up for all those years. I mean impossible. He missed a lot of his youth. He will never have experiences that he could have had when he was younger. He would never have the thoughts that he would have had. He would never have exciting Revelations that he would have had. You should certainly Sue and get an insane amount of money, but I would guess he would want his youth back.

[@chesneymigl4538]

A lot of places prevent just that. After all that time the exonerated are not given aid to rebuild their life. The state just assumes they should be grateful to get out at all

[@awakenotwoke1973]

How to compensate him for the loss of the ability to have and raise a family and all the joy that comes with that?

[@raffila]

I hope this man gets someone to help him properly protect the $ he wiil eventually get. He's not likely to avoid being pressured heavy by community to share w relatives, friends etc. He's going to need so much help to be comfortable and happy. .

[@OceanFrontVilla3]

​@@raffila No, 80% do not lose all the money, but yes, he should get professional help.

[@WilLSOwNs]

The corrupt system must be on trial and EVERYONE INVOLVED IN JAIL AND PAY RESTITUTION!

[@ralfortmanns7328]

The judge, DA and defense lawyer should have all their assets stripped from them to pay compensation

[@P_Barne_II]

I second that.

[@davinlaroche3029]

The mere idea that a judge has the power to block evidence of any kind is absolutely disgusting.

[@Muhammad-sx7wr]

@davinlaroche3029 This is #Amerikkka, where the just-us system is enforced.

[@oz_jones]

​@@Muhammad-sx7wr Says the man named after a paedo.

[@AndSawMir]

@@Muhammad-sx7wr In Poland the same. There was a case where judge rejected every single one evidence of defence and based only on one man verbal accusation.

[@Muhammad-sx7wr]

@AndSawMir We Africans do this to ourselves. If we stopped supporting the dollar reserve currency, they would lose their ego and pride in a split second.

[@Moss_196]

The judge and prosecutor should both serve a minimum of 16 years in prison with no option for parole or bail, and the defense attorney should have his license revoked

[@dandylioness78]

Marshall's defense attorney, Alan Stutman, the trial judge, Vincent Del Giudice and Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez need to spend some time in prison..

[@billporter846]

...as well as compensation to the victum

[@howardland2928]

Shouldn't the lawyers both sides be disbarred

[@starrywizdom]

Don't forget that horribly unjust & unjudicial judge! & whoever was responsible for that judge not being removed for bias, as well.

[@MsRyannEsq]

I'm an attorney in Chicago, the US's wrongful conviction capital. One of our worst cases was Daniel Taylor. Convicted based on a false confession, despite evidence that he was in police lockup at the time of the murders. He spent more than 20 years in prison. Between Jan. 2019 and the end of April 2024, Chicago paid nearly $200m to resolve wrongful conviction lawsuits. Sadly none of this surprises me anymore.

[@TheSurrealGoose]

Throwing around taxpayer money in the most corrupt city in the Western world is no problem for the city fathers -- and does absolutely fuck-all to address the problem.

[@NicolaMaxwell]

That one was so sad. I'm glad he got out and free but those years and mental torture will never leave him.

[@thebosshouse]

On the other hand, my first stepfather was acquitted due to a crappy search warrant executed by CPD. He was 100% guilty, but he walked free because the body was on our apartment back porch, which wasn't included in the search warrant so most of the evidence was tossed. My brothers and I weren't allowed to testify or anything even though we were witnesses. The justice system in Chicago is wild!

[@NicolaMaxwell]

@@thebosshouse It certainly is wild, sounds awful. I'd rather guilty men go free than an innocent go to prison.

[@anon_y_mousse]

@@NicolaMaxwell Absolutely have to agree. Better a thousand guilty men go free than a single innocent man be imprisoned.

[@EdgarAllanGo]

The video showed someone else commit the crime…and a corrupt DA, corrupt judge, and corrupt investigation. Great. There’s so much hope for us.

[@ellicooper2323]

Let’s not jump to conclusions, they may not have been corrupt, just idiots.

[@kavinh10]

@@ellicooper2323 which might be worst since they decide the fates of countless innocent civilians.

[@ellicooper2323]

@@kavinh10 that’s what I thought.

[@ACCPhil]

@@ellicooper2323 Also lazy. A guy did a crime, a guy got convicted. Mark this one as solved and we can all go home early.

[@doktormcnasty]

@@ACCPhil Going home early is kind of nice, though.

[@ReinManYYC]

Justice would be the Prosecutor being sentenced to the exact time served.

[@starrywizdom]

Don't forget the judge & defense counsel -- they helped with the fraudulent conviction!

[@jimmyzhao2673]

@@starrywizdom They are probably long since retired, enjoying their taxpayer funded *pension for life*

[@benterbenter9281]

Don't you mean all of them and for the full sentence?

[@eastlynburkholder3559]

@@ReinManYYC in the Hebrew laws of old, if one was a false witness, the legal penalty for that was exactly what the lied about person would have gotten if the lie had worked. If someone lied to to the religious priest judges and said some one else stole or murdered or whatever, the liar faced the penalty of the accused. The Jews take it seriously in their taught religion that speaking against the other person falsely to harm them. The damaged reputation and the social harm done to the lied on person is immense.

[@ziggenplays1208]

​@@jimmyzhao2673and ? They still broke the law.

[@kpttimes9043]

That prosecutor should lose HIS freedom! This is a terrible tragedy. How many more people suffered with those 2 murderers still on the street?

[@cyborgrat]

And how many other innocent people are in jail because of the DA who should be in jail.

[@rodniegsm1575]

This is the country that lectures others about human rights ??? Sending innocent people to jail whitout eny care in the world??

[@kpttimes9043]

@@rodniegsm1575 prosecutors wanting to win a case and inflate their overgrown egos gets this kind of crap pushed through the system

[@Xydorf]

Imagine how many cases like this there are. The prosecutor should go to jail.

[@randyross5630]

Yeah, endless cases like this, because Prosecutors are Psychopaths or they Quit the Profession Quickly and Go into Private Practice after all the Bad Cases Corrupt Cops Demand for them to Prosecute (I knew a Prosecutor once, and that was his Story, we talked about with me while we had Coffee right before he Quit!) but are you talking about the Endless Cases this Prosecutor did this in, because that would I assume be a Correct Statement as Well! He has put allot of Innocent people in Prison, we know that, and the Cops knew he would do that for them too, so when you have Prosecutors like that, anyone can be Arrested at anytime for Nothing, and Forced into taking the Deal or Else! And You Know What the Sickest Part is, you know that Prosecutor was Steaming Mad this Guy Wouldn't Take the Deal and Wanted a Trial, even though he knew he was Innocent, it's How They Are, Psychopaths! Complete Psychopaths!

[@TheOneAndOnlySame]

"Imagine how many cases like this" probably very very few actually.

[@Julia-543]

This is why reviewing evidence and the presumption of innocence matters so much.

[@NicolaMaxwell]

Absolutely Julia, what happened to Zach is terrifying. It opened my eyes to this injustice. Lives and families ruined 😢

[@Julia-543]

@@NicolaMaxwell 🤟

[@NicolaMaxwell]

@@Julia-543 🤟🏼❤

[@lefteriseleftheriades7381]

Prosecutors witholding exonerating evidence should be sentensed as much as the crime they are prosecuting. The detectives should also be charged.

[@jaimieseejaimiedo]

This is why i believe lawyers judges police all of them shouldnt be exempt from being charged...abuse of power should be punished!!

[@randyross5630]

Everyone Missing they have No Qualified Immunity when Acting in Bad Faith, and Withholding Exonerating Evidence of this Quality and Magnitude is surely Acting in Bad Faith! Everyone Misses that one...

[@eastlynburkholder3559]

No one trashed the video. That was a blessing.

[@Omego2K]

That's what I don't get. If you're going to hide evidence then why not just destroy it? Is there something physically stopping them from doing it?

[@eastlynburkholder3559]

@Omego2K ego, in corrupt local courts, they control the info by not giving the defendants the info you need. You can't get a defense lawyer to say in court the police report is inaccurate, the most polite way to say law enforcement lied. You the defendant can't say it. No local lawyer wants to oppose the known crookedness of this smaller local court. Thr defendant moght be told it is only a mosdemeanor, justxpau the fine. Paying the fine does solve or help in any way the harm doje by police harassment or not help. Now, normally, the bigger courts are less corrupt and have more scrutiny or oversight, but that's becoming less true.

[@novalinnhe]

​@@Omego2K I think they cared so little about the case - and this man - that they probably didn't give it a second thought once the verdict was handed down.

[@myztery4934]

I don't believe for a second that the prosecutor didn't watch the video all those years ago. Those people need to go to jail. Money is NOT enough. It happens over and over again in the US and they try, even knowing someone didn't do it, to keep them in jail anyway. Missouri specifically right now.

[@elderdwaynehull5377]

Those people involve that hide the video, she be charge and arrested .

[@realcomedyperrycoalmon9407]

Who were his lawyers, were they Public Defenders. This system needs to be examined.

[@nnelg8139]

Seems like a cut and dry case of malicious prosecution.

[@halfdeaddavid21]

We as a people need to start taking justice into our own hands.

[@Georgina602]

Qualified immunity for these people needs to end.

[@ContagiousRepublic]

There should be a statutory fine of a million dollars when judges do this.

[@teedouble]

per year incarcarated

[@CryingFre]

And equal time in prison.

[@artdehls9100]

And no charges? Begs the question, if not this, then what? How much? What would it take to actually have judge, prosecutor, lawyers, cops, all charged with kidnapping, depraved indifference, ANYTHING!?

[@BrookD195]

Sue the prosecutor for 16 years of salary plus interest

[@annniles8809]

This is criminal. These people should lose their jobs. AND go to jail.

[@MaryDunford]

They should get 16 years in prison.

[@starrywizdom]

At the VERY LEAST.

[@TORTOISESFORDAYS]

Is this judge still on the bench????

[@jimmyzhao2673]

They have qualified immunity, *nothing* will happen to them.

[@annniles8809]

@@jimmyzhao2673 doesn’t make it right.

[@canadajim]

So 25 to life in prison for everyone in on it right? Right??

[@eastlynburkholder3559]

One loses friends and family contacts. He will never get his good reputation back.

[@ianbattles7290]

Why would the prosecutor purposely want to convict the wrong person????

[@billporter846]

He stands to gain considerable financial reward as part of his involvement with the drug cartel.

[@awethinic8379]

Really? Every prosecutor wants a high conviction rate to give the illusion that they are for the ppl and reelected.

[@ianbattles7290]

@@awethinic8379 I don't understand how imprisoning innocent people and letting guilty people get away with it make you get reelected

[@awethinic8379]

@ DA runs for reelection on their conviction rate. If your opponent sees that your conviction rate is 50%, they will say, he is soft on crime, who are the lawyers that can charge 700$ an hour? The ones who get their clients set free. What DA who takes ppl to court and loses the case is a good DA? Kamala Harris was the DA of California and had evidence to free a man but she sit on it like this case because she wanted to appear righteous and smart. The ppl she didn’t prosecute are now helping her run for president.

[@TechletAugustin]

That entire prosecution team, the judge, and the defense attorney all need to be jailed.

[@OhpiniOnz]

As a New Yorker, I’m surprised that cases like this surprise people without mentioning the Exonerated 5. They were children. No lawyer got them exonerated, a convict did.

[@007nadineL]

More than a decade after the attack, while incarcerated for attacking five other women in 1989, serial rapist Matias Reyes confessed to the Meili assault and claimed he was the only actor; DNA evidence confirmed his involvement.[6] The convictions against McCray, Richardson, Salaam, Santana, and Wise were vacated in 2002; Lopez's convictions were vacated in July 2022. From the outset the case was a topic of national interest. Initially, it fueled public discourse about New York City's perceived lawlessness, criminal behavior by youths, and violence toward women. After the exonerations, the case became a prominent example of racial profiling, discrimination, and inequality in the legal system and the media.[7][8][9][10] All five defendants sued the City of New York for malicious prosecution, racial discrimination, and emotional distress; the city settled the suit in 2014 for $41 million.

[@rpmcnee]

whoever withheld the video needs to be bankrupted and serve 16 years. prosecutor, judge, defense lawyer, etc.

[@jeremyashford2145]

@rpmcnee Bankruptcy is a process by which you are not held responsible for your debts, or through which your debts are mitigated.

[@rpmcnee]

@@jeremyashford2145 being bankrupted is being put into that situation

[@DeliciousPigeonCheez]

All of that prosecutor's cases should be reviewed (and the cases the judge presided over due to their evidence of bias), prosecutor, judge and defence lawyer should be disbarred and stripped of ever holding any position in the criminal or civil judicial system. The prosecutor should be jailed for perjury. Investigating the cases either this prosecutor or judge worked on could uncover a catalogue of errors and a multitude of unsafe convictions. The way the defendant was treated is absolutely atrocious.

[@Mirage5892]

This is why when i worked in the department of corrections i never assumed someone was guilty (unless they bragged). It could have been a case like this, or an innocent person taking a plea deal due to being afraid they couldn't convince a jury of their genuine innocence

[@smmmokin]

Judges and lawyers should spend time in jail. It shows how little the system cares about people. This is so sad. This is what happens when a legal system depends on how much money you have... Not everyone can be Alec Baldwin.

[@starrywizdom]

Or even Alex Murdaugh! Edit: Ooooh, I JUST got what you did there. Sorry, I'm slow. That's almost TOO on the nose! I'll spell it out in case anyone else is slow like me: at Baldwin's trial, there was evidence not turned over by the DA/prosecutor/police department for spurious reasons; Baldwin's team of lawyers not only found out about it but made motions about it to the judge, who got very miffed with the prosecutorial side & declared a dismissal with prejudice of Baldwin's charges. Baldwin -- freed. At Marshall's trial, there was likewise evidence not turned over by the DA/prosecutor/police department for spurious reasons; despite Marshall's insistent requests that the evidence be turned over, not only did the prosecutorial side continue to withhold this evidence & lie about it, but also his lawyer & the judge insisted this evidence should continue to be illegally withheld, allowing Marshall to be convicted. Marshall -- imprisoned; 15 years later, that same evidence turned out to be entirely exonerative. Shame on Timothy Gough, Alan Stutman, & Vincent Del Giudice. May their names forever be bywords for deception, incompetence, & prejudice.

[@christophercuston]

Don't forget O.J. Simpson. You think they'll learn from these past mistakes. USA is Rome 2.0 and destined to fall again.

[@KnitzyKitzy]

Poor guy. So much of his life wasted when he was innocent. This is why I am against the death penalty.

[@ChrisVDS5]

But what will be done to the corrupt prosecutor and judge? And even the worthless defense attorney? Will they face any charges? There need to be extremely serious consequences.

[@Joybuzzard]

Public defenders know their job is to guide the defendant through the process of either pleading guilty or being found guilty regardless of the evidence, they get frustrated by defendants who insist on pleading innocent.

[@meowmix3129]

I believe that when things like this happen the people involved should have their names released to the public.

[@jonathanbelanger6574]

How about capital punishment for wrongful conviction , maybe they would start doing their jobs

[@Gatekeeper201]

Immunity breeds corruption. Qualified immunity, judicial immunity, any kind of immunity needs to go. Reform the system with strict rules that *must* be followed and actually holds judicial officials accountable for their actions. I guarantee if you hold Judges and DAs accountable for official misconduct and they suffer consequences for it, you will see a fast and *sharp* decline in false convictions.

[@darrenlove3371]

Could say the same of the goverments start from the top becouse they are all criminals these days 😅

[@robinhoward8805]

This is a horrifying! Mr.Marshall’s defence attorney and the entire prosecution team should be charged and convicted. Everyone deserves a fair trial. This case showed ALL the ways a trial can be so wrong 😢 Thanks @Runkle of the Bailey. Ian you are the best! 😊

[@russellnodder9626]

Judge and prosecutor should be lock up and sue his attorney.

[@OhpiniOnz]

His attorney would have been a public defender. A terrible one, perhaps, but an overworked and underpaid one for sure. The DA is protected but shouldn’t be.

[@kerfluffle3781]

​@@OhpiniOnz His first attorney is quoted saying "These things happen" when asked about it, so I don't think he cared much regardless.

[@OhpiniOnz]

@@kerfluffle3781 I don’t doubt that at all, and think it happened a lot. 20 years ago (in my 20s) I dated an ADA in the Bronx, most of them did it to gain trial experience before going on to high paying jobs, and even more did it for a year and then flipped to becoming public defenders for the full spectrum of $$$ experience. It’s heartwarming that new lawyers are stepping up, and making changes. It’s heartbreaking that this happened at all. I just wish more had changed after the 5. I’m still hopeful that it might.

[@Ancientreapers]

This guy shouldn't settle for anything less than $10 million and then sue them even more.

[@starrywizdom]

How many of us would be willing to give up 16 years of our lives to prison & miss getting to say goodbye to our mothers when they were dying in addition to any & all other familial & career possibilities, in exchange for a mere $10 mill? OK, maybe a few people would; I expect most of us would need to be paid a lot more than that before we'd accept the horrible bargain. But Mr. Marshall was not OFFERED such a bargain -- he was summarily imprisoned without a reason or a fair trial. As I said above, a googolplex dollars wouldn't be enough compensation...

[@Epic-so3ek]

System wont give it to him. You know its run by the same dirtbags who did this to him.

[@TheSurrealGoose]

What does that do? Cost the taxpayers a lot of money and jack shit for the 16 years.

[@Ancientreapers]

@@TheSurrealGoose Personally, in cases like this, it should be those responsible that also have to pay up right out their own pockets.

[@TheSurrealGoose]

@@Ancientreapers Should be, yes. But it isn't.

[@merlebarney]

Unfortunately this seems to happen a lot here in Canada as well.

[@canadajim]

It is really bad here. Something like half of all charges are dropped here too. As in their are found to be made up.

[@valerielevasseur8674]

The name Marshall sure was a Canadian Heritage Moment for me.

[@MaryDunford]

​@canadajim They won't investigate actual crimes, that requires reviewing actual evidence. But they're perfectly happy to arrest anyone they think can't defend themselves. No different than this guy.

[@lmac3869]

All original lawyers and judge should get 16yrs.

[@maxfriis]

Prosecutional and juditional immunity?

[@Juniperlily]

It’s just despicable for the prosecution to have withheld the video and convicted an innocent man. That’s not what our system is supposed to. It makes me ill. Stealing over a decade of someone’s life. Time they can never get back. Dreams they were deprived from pursuing. It makes me so mad.

[@caspersroom]

Why on Earth did they go after him in the first place if the prosecution knew he was not the culprit? What bs! Poor guy.

[@jimmyzhao2673]

*Taxpayer will be on the hook for damages* prosecutor, judge and defense attorney all walk away with their Pension For Life

[@SarahBahou]

I vote the prosecutor go to jail for 16 years + punishment time. The defense and judge go to jail too... 8 years + punishment.

[@eastlynburkholder3559]

I had a bad court appointed lawyer, who was invisible and could not be talk to by me and he walked out halfway during during my long awaited misdemeanor trial. I had not been allowed to ask questions or talk to the judge because I had to speak through the not there lawyer, until the lawyer walked out and the judge acted like this was normal or within procedures. Safety tips Report it after you have recorded it. This removes any incentive to get you to tell it differently than it happened or silence you. Record all police interactions. My defense lawyer (court appointed) never gave me any paperwork, I had to go to court dates and the lawyer was not there and no trial could happen, and I could not talk to judge or get any answerers. Some jurisdictions now harass persons with misdemeanors rather than felonies which age out.

[@jackielinde7568]

Wait? A DA's office has a Conviction Review unit? I wish this was more common. This should be in EVERY DA's office.

[@thomasbolman375]

Or.... The Prosecutor did watch the video, but it would have interfered with a quick conviction during an election year. This applies to the Judge too. My money is on malfeasance on the part of the State and the Judge.

[@marysmith3057]

This is the kind of case that shows the absolute worst aspects of the justice system. A tragedy for the victims, including Mr Marshall

[@kendrickwilliams3696]

I think it's $50k a year payout for wrongful imprisonment plus he could press charges with that money and get a few more million. That would be the best way to approach this situation.

[@Dells16]

And people wonder why it's hard to trust the legal system....

[@Epic-so3ek]

Wdym...youre supposed to trust them 😂😂clearly if you dont trust them youre hiding from the law or some bullshit 😂😂😂

[@Dells16]

@@Epic-so3ek oh for sure 😂

[@regulusmasamuneryuku8657]

How often this happens terrifies me.

[@skeecie]

This one makes me sick to my stomach. That poor man. 😢

[@sandygrogg1203]

Is it possible that the prosecution simply did not want to admit that they were prosecuting the wrong man? That would have been an embarrassment, for sure.

[@lisaburris9045]

This is horrific. It should have been open and shut case. He deserves multi millions

[@chesneymigl4538]

I'll never understand how the prosecution can just tweak evidence to their own ends.

[@esmeraldawetterwachs8655]

There are so many others... Sandra Hemme, 43 years in prison in Missouri Glynn Simmons, 48 years in prison in Oklahoma... Both innocent. There is no compensation for this... 😢

[@nikkicrayons]

That pros should face criminal penalties. Immunity should not extend this far.

[@kellygb4370]

This is heartbreaking... It is insane to me the way things unfold tobput him in jail when EVERYONE could had acess to the tape and do Justice... When I thought about wrong conviction, I think bad witness, I thing wrong place, wrong time... not *this* ...

[@shannonfitz6298]

they should pay out for all the years he lost

[@GarGhuul]

The fact that they had stills from the video means *someone* watched it. That part shows malice or willful… no, no just malice I think.

[@Julia-543]

Ohhhhhh. Oh yikes.

[@mary-janereallynotsarah684]

They definitely were wanting him in jail I wonder if they were bribed.

[@wingatebarraclough3553]

Absolutely

[@TheMelnTeam]

There needs to be multiple criminal charges for this. Malicious prosecution, perjury, conspiracy, probably more.

[@FionaC1]

Ugh. This is awful in so many ways. As you say, nothing can bring back those 16 years 😔 It also must have been awful for the eyewitness who was gaslit so badly. Just horrible all round

[@tonyzhu403]

No Accountability for Miscarriage of Justice...

[@Ladybug211211]

American injustice.

[@MaryDunford]

Canada is no better.

[@Xarx3s]

Absolutely it is, however before you start blaming the system; It should be noted how easily it was rectified with just a single person doing their job correctly. Legitimate 1 in a million case.

[@Epic-so3ek]

​@@Xarx3s The 1 in a million part is true in that this is like the one damn time the system actually overturns this. You cannot look at the prison conditipns, the "expert witnesses" the "bad apples but most of them are fine" cops and really think the system doesn't do this shit all the time. This is not an isolated incident, the fact it got overturned, after 16 years, is rare.

[@eastlynburkholder3559]

Bad guys do not go sleepless about their abuse of power and corrupt deeds

[@braddl9442]

How many other people have they done this to. That is what comes to mind. if they did this to this man, they did it to many others.

[@NicolaMaxwell]

Look at Zachariah Andersons case, that shows the horrible reality of this.

[@randyross5630]

As an Intersex Person by the Original Definition before everyone else was Lumped in, the System does this to me all the Time, and I had to learn to be Better than Lawyers, and luckily I am a Genius so I can be, and even with getting my Last Two Cases Dropped Pro se Pretrial, and the Case before the 1st Judge and 1st Prosecutor not making it to Trial, because I burnt them that Hard, they didn't even Have Legal Careers by that Time (Judge Committed himself in fact, that's how Hard I Play), the System will Try Setting me up again and again, they won't Stop, as an Intersex Person I am just Their Target for Destruction, but than once you add in all the Sexual Assaults by the Cops and Guards, than you Really Begin to Understand how Sick these People are! We need a Separation of Lodge and Government!

[@gigix2]

That poor man. Completely failed by the system. I hope he gets paid tons of money and lives the rest of his life in luxury!

[@harmonydesroches]

This is absolutely horrific! That poor man.

[@Agfhhh6]

This pisses me off so much that anyone would act like this and call themselves professionals. They should all be disbarred and prosecuted

[@ThankfulQue]

Sounds like this is the tip of an iceberg and there ought to be many, many, many cases in line for review. God speed to this man (along with the millions he should be receiving), and to all those who have been placed into custody by these crooks.

[@b0vine09]

I wish there were consequences for the prosecutor and judge, the first defence attorney

[@GeorgeKirko]

and... dont call for morality from immoral people. they sleep just fine....

[@Slingshot277]

16 years of wages from the judge and prosecutor personally. It would be a start. Charged with racism as another step written apology, hand written, and jail time.

[@daklakdigital3691]

THIS HAPPENS FAR TOO MANY TIMES -BASK JAMES LOCK YER, TORONTO

[@Aboleo80]

Why are people involved in this wrongful conviction not behind the bars?

[@dsn385]

What a sad thing for this man and his family. If they could do this to someone and still are practicing,I doubt they feel any guilt.

[@ImprovmanZero]

this is why they teach prosecutor's their job isn't to seek conviction. This doesn't help anyone

[@canadajim]

It is their only job. There are many many cases of prosecutors knowing the person they are prosecuting is innocent, and hiding the evidence.

[@matthewmarshall349]

That's for PR purposes. When DAs run for election, they run on their conviction rate.

[@Epic-so3ek]

Prosecutors are mostly physchopathic monsters. They dont even care what there job is let alone what it should be.

[@TheSurrealGoose]

Who is this "they?"

[@Omego2K]

Well it does help the prosecutor. I'm sure there's praise if they get a conviction.

[@timdeilly5971]

The judge, the prosecutor and the defense ALL should be disbarred and fined 5 million each. That poor man should get a check for 100 million.

[@lawrencedennerle5303]

Maybe 116million

[@chesneymigl4538]

There are lots of people freed after wrongful conviction that recieve little more than a pat on the head. Already established ordinance protects the reputation of the state above actual compensation.

[@andysorensen3474]

Wow, just wow. That is egregious; what the hell.

[@TheQuickSilver101]

This is so disgusting and terrible that I don't even know where to start. Runkle is correct, there is no way to make this right.

[@danielhurst8863]

This is beyond a Brady violation, it had to be willful. It makes no sense that a video was never reviewed. Someone had to view it, or it would not have been in evidence.

[@starrywizdom]

How is it not at least a Brady violation that prosecutor Timothy Gough, deputy DA, had a video of the crime that neither he nor anyone else at the DA's office turned over to the defense? Even if Gough & the DA's office were claiming the video was unplayable, don't they have to turn it over to the defense ANYWAY? Since the video clearly WAS playable, shouldn't Gough & the DA's office get in trouble for their false claims as well? Could this count as ineffective assistance of counsel on the part of defense lawyer Alan Stutman? Shouldn't judge Vincent Del Giudice get in trouble for not allowing Mr. Marshall to fire Stutman when he was being ineffective? Who is responsible for not allowing the change of counsel & judge in this case even though Stutman & Del Giudice were basically conspiring (along with Gough) to railroad Mr. Marshall into a conviction despite any available evidence that could've been looked at? It seems like all of those responsible should do commensurate jail time. They fallaciously sent a factual innocent to prison for 16 years based on withheld evidence & their prejudicial beliefs that if someone is on trial they must be guilty. Seriously, 16 years in prison for each of them would be a slap on the wrist -- Mr. Marshall had to do 16 years as an innocent, & Gough, Del Giudice, & Stutman actually DID WRONG! All of their possessions should de facto be Mr. Marshall's now; they should all have to spend the rest of their lives making it up to him. Not that that would make him whole, but there's no way to make him whole. HE DIDN'T GET TO SAY GOODBYE TO HIS MOM BEFORE SHE DIED; a googolplex dollars doesn't compensate for that. (Nota bene: I'm aware that this paragraph is based on ethics & emotion rather than law & logic, but sometimes I just wanna say screw law & logic, ya know?) THIS sort of possible injustice is why I stan you & NataleLawyerChick so hard. You are invaluable as a check on the unfortunate tendency to want to imprison any & all people who get arrested for anything.

[@starrywizdom]

Emily D. Baker would say that Judge Del Giudice was entirely lacking in judicial temperament. 💜

[@sandygrogg1203]

This makes you wonder how often this kind of thing happens.

[@DreamIt.PursueIt.AchieveIt]

I have learned that even the accused, even when evidently guilty, have the right to be defended.

[@Metonymy1979]

All those years lost. They all covered up a crime. How can that be legal?