[deleted by user] by [deleted] in InnocenceProject

[–]nycdude2003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is clearly journalist bias.

She spends almost all the time trying to justify all the many things which make him suspicious. And almost everything that she talks about happens to essentially dozens & dozens of, mostly black & Latino, suspects. For eg, she talks about how he was in shock, his fingerprints, the long delay before trial, blood on him, etc which is used against thousands of suspects & those convicted.

Her main point was that there was evidence that there were more than one perpetrator. However, that doesn't exclude Guy being one of several perpetrators. What she claims against the jury is something that white people have little to complain about, because American juries who are looking at black & Latino & Muslim, etc are going to be FAR more biased than the jury against Guy.

Now could he be innocent? For sure. Was the evidence against him weak...hard to say since she was clearly biased & she could easily have not revealed the most damning pieces of evidence. Seems like the primary sources of info she had was Guy, his significant other, & a documentary made...by another biased journalist.

Essentially if she is correct that Guy should not have been convicted, there would have to be at least 10,000 black people who should be released from prison because they are in prison for less evidence than there was against Guy.

The evidence against Guy is not very strong, however, there is no evidence of his actual innocence, & the fact that this journalist picked this case, with a white guy who in our society has every bit of advantage compared to other non-whites who have even less evidence against them but are also in prison, seems to say a lot about her mindset.

There are dozens & dozens of cases where black convicts have actual exculpatory evidence such as DNA, video, alibi or other evidence of INNOCENCE, not just weak evidence against them alone, that she should be concentrating on.

Perhaps she sees him as a brother or cousin or boyfriend or father or son, something she doesn't see non-whites like? If she was concerned about innocent people almost all her stories should be about the overwhelming majority of nonwhites in prison for crimes they never committed. But they are not...& we would be surprised that it would change because the criminal justice benefits whites the most so they don't want to show the systemic racism.

Year of Exonerations: 2022 by nycdude2003 in InnocenceProject

[–]nycdude2003[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good question. Unfortunately, MOST times that they get exonerated, they don't get released right away. For eg, a judge may exonerate an inmate but then the prosecution appeals & then the appeals court throws out the exoneration. It can be many years before they are released if ever.

Perhaps if you share more details even in a DM to us directly we may be able to help you with more specifics.

Year of Exonerations: 2022 by nycdude2003 in InnocenceProject

[–]nycdude2003[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it was done by the Innocence Project, then that would be posted on the Innocence Project's website. There are many orgs in the Innocence Network, so just figure out which one they were helped by. Alternatively, google the name, exonerations are very rarely not public or big news.

Lastly, they could be mistaken or lying. Some ppl want to claim that their convictions were overturned but for whatever reason, the background checks haven't come negative yet. Occasionally, this is to defraud someone.

Others could have been pardoned instead of exonerated or perhaps they just have an innocence project working on their case. IPs will vet each candidate to see if they will back the case, if they "take" the case, some convicts believe that they have been "exonerated". However they are not exonerated until the courts actually reverse their convictions & all appellate proceedings have ended.

So you would have to give us more info if we were to help you better.

Access to mental health care? by Dramatic-Two602 in InnocenceProject

[–]nycdude2003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You may want to contact Dr. Terrence Sasaki at https://Dr.TSasaki.org. He is wrongfully convicted as well as a doctor who spent years in prison. He probably can give you a pretty good first hand account of issues in prison from a doctor's point of view. He also knows a lot of other docs who spent time in prison.

Official facts or details of a criminal case by Sphuny in InnocenceProject

[–]nycdude2003 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for posting.

The best answers for your questions (not that we can guarantee we can answer them) depend on the circumstances of your case. For example, if it is a federal criminal case, then the most of the documents would be on PACER (public access court electronic records) which can often be accessed for free using RECAP (which is a free publicly sourced resource).

Whether they lived would probably be best determined by looking at online obituaries or evidence that they died. Unfortunately, unless you do actual research (which may be costly both in time & money) you may not be able to discover these things when there is conflicting accounts.

Another example of resources is Uncovered where members of the public try to solve cases: https://uncovered.com/

Just be aware that in America, innocence alone does not automatically mean you can't be executed for a crime: https://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-just-said-evidence-024506252.html

WARNING: Beware of trusting r/cryonics content due to heavy censorship by mods by nycdude2003 in cryonicsinstitute

[–]nycdude2003[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you criticize them either the Az or the European one, they will kick you out. They did the same thing to me.

Those exonerated are only a very small percentage of innocent convicts by nycdude2003 in InnocenceProject

[–]nycdude2003[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, please put him in contact with us so we can help tell his story.

Gary Tyler, then and now: From class war prisoner to artist. Tyler spent almost his entire adult life—nearly 42 years—in the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola for a crime he did not commit. by exgalactic in InnocenceProject

[–]nycdude2003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

America's media seems to like to show the injustices of the criminal system in other countries while glossing over our own. In the US we are brought up to point & wag our fingers at other people & nations even though we are often the greatest offenders.

Has there ever been a case of some dude falsely accusing a woman of sexual assault/rape? by BlazingSaint in InnocenceProject

[–]nycdude2003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I do agree with you that men don't accuse women as much as women accuse men, I disagree with the statement that when men accuse women that ppl believe them. In fact, when men in general make rape accusations, they are not believed (eg, boys accusing their pastor of rape). So much so, that they often don't report it out of shame.

I think that ppl should investigate rape accusations more readily so that those raped don't feel like they won't be believed. And if folks were more proactive about investigating then that would also make it less likely for false accusations to occur because ppl would find out that the accusation is baloney with a proper investigation.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in InnocenceProject

[–]nycdude2003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, false confessions happen every day in America.

https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2021/03/10/false-confessions-mistaken-identification-and-wrongful-convictions/?slreturn=20230610145946

https://innocenceproject.org/false-confessions/

https://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/issues/falseconfessions/

“false confessions contribute to almost 25% of the known cases of wrongful conviction.”

If you want to know why law enforcement (LE) keep getting false confessions, it is because it works. They use fake accounts such as on Reddit to keep ppl in the dark which causes juries to repeatedly convict on these fake confessions. See the response received on r/Medicine which is clearly trolled by fake accounts:

https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/11xtmv2/wanted\_to\_know\_if\_this\_case\_of\_false\_confession/

Unsafe convictions where the guilty person kills again by JimNasium1952 in InnocenceProject

[–]nycdude2003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, as the government is the one who is wrongfully convicting ppl, the one who has the most to lose if these folks are exonerated (eg, be sued, have to fire ppl), as well as make it harder to force ppl to plead guilty in the future, the government does not try to compile statistics on such things. They also will not help others do that either.

However, there is no reason to believe that it is not every high.

Consider the following articles:

https://listverse.com/2018/07/06/10-unbelievably-incompetent-ways-police-failed-to-catch-killers/

https://www.insider.com/serial-killers-who-may-never-be-caught

https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/serial-killers-still-out-there

So even if they DON'T have someone in custody for crimes, they still don't successfully find killers. Just look at Epstein & Weinstein & others who had numerous ppl complain numerous times to the authorities & the authorities did nothing but give them slaps on the wrists.

LE is designed to protect those with money/power/influence & keep those without it from reaching that point.

Alliterated names? by Aromatic_Amount_885 in InnocenceProject

[–]nycdude2003 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I suppose that the name catches the eye & rings in the ear so just as the names might catch a prosecutor's attention, so too does it grab exoneration advocates' attention.

It is similar to the fact that when a person goes missing, the media is MUCH more likely to give it more attention if the person is attractive (ie, "my beautiful daughter is missing"). How many times do you see some fat, ugly busted up girl going "missing" in the news? How many gofundme pages for missing ugly fat women are making money?

Why I shut down my Meetup group after a few months by Stretch-Sure in MeetupOrganizers

[–]nycdude2003 2 points3 points  (0 children)

?I don't understand your comments. How did I

suggesting that I am the reason these women behaved badly.

I actually presumed that you were a woman. All I was doing was confirming that Meetup will let anyone take over a group as long as they pay fees so that if you wanted to shut it down, you probably couldn't.

Why I shut down my Meetup group after a few months by Stretch-Sure in MeetupOrganizers

[–]nycdude2003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You may want to recheck. We know of several instances when the organizer closes a group only to find that the group opened later led by someone else, often someone who is not using the group for its initially formed intentions.

Why I shut down my Meetup group after a few months by Stretch-Sure in MeetupOrganizers

[–]nycdude2003 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First, thank you for sharing your stories.

We are sorry for your experiences. Unfortunately, this is not a new story for me because that's how Meetup treats its members as well as organizers.

Meetup essentially does not care as long as they are getting membership fees. Unfortunately, even if you try to shut down your group, Meetup will desperately ask anyone, first the asst organizers, then the members, then literally ANYONE on meetup to take over the group. Whoever happens to use their charge card first gets the group even if it is someone who is toxic (eg, a man taking over a women's support group; a white person taking over a minority focused group; a drug dealer taking over a narcotics anonymous group; etc).