I recently read a story on a man who spent 30 years iu jail, for a crime he never even committed. What is infuriating, is the racial motivation behind his conviction which really prevalent in the United States.
Glenn Ford was arrested, tried and convicted for the 5 November 1983 murder of his fomer employer, Isadore Rozeman. In 1984, Ford was placed on deathrow which meant he could be executed by lethal injection. Now we do not have such, since the death penalty was abolished. Ford spent 30 years Louisiana State Penitentiary before new evidence finally proved his statement.
What angers me, is the fact that he will never get those years back. When he went in (to jail), his sons were young. Now, they are grown men with children of their own. This man, was judged by an all-white jury. He is not the only one. America's history is tainted with gross acts of injustice, quite similar to what went through with apartheid.
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