FOR LIFE: The Podcast

I’m disgusted by judges who apologize to a person once they’ve been proven innocent after they’ve aided & abetted to help destroy the person’s life. It’s easy for people to overlook that judges are lawyers first & foremost, but in the role of judge they act as though they don’t know the law & ignore significant errors made by prosecutors & lack of appropriate action of defense attorneys. Prosecutors run the courtroom. IDK what kind of incentives prosecutors receive when they knowingly doggedly seek convictions against people with flimsiest of evidence, charges they wouldn’t dream of giving to a white person. More Black & Hispanic people, seen as throwaways are in prison bc any evidence will do. They just don’t value all life, the injustice put upon these persons is like a natural phenomenon. The big lie that black people don’t feel pain gives license to disregard. The incarceration of white people is small in comparison bc they usually aren’t arrested on the same type of flimsy charges or even strong charges; they always justify why even strong evidence doesn’t result in an arrest & charges. Prosecutors don’t think twice about charging Black & Hispanics bc they’re easy victims & convictions are guaranteed. As for juries, I think they have the mindset straight away that the person wouldn’t be charged if the defendant didn’t do it, innocent people don’t confess & that cops always tell the truth. Together, with the generations-long drum beat of negative & evil portrayals of Blacks & Hispanics that white people are inherently good & everyone else is inherently bad. America doesn’t have a legal system, it still has gallows in plain view. America makes no secret who the proverbial gallows are for. The song at the end made me cry 😭. Why can’t the justice hear their pain?

All the stories highlight the different pitfalls in our justice system. It has helped enlighten me a well as inspire me as a new social worker and a human being. I thank each of you for sharing your story.

I did time for a drug sale they claim I did well two of them they didn’t find me with no drug money or drugs or anything that would suggest I was a drug dealer even the area I was not familiar with at the time only a place I frequent for hot wings with friends , Had to do school zone mandatory and basically gave up because whatever they said my family went along with . Lost my daughter in child services durning and because these two charges. God bless all of you thank you for your stories I kno if I’m future I know I have to never give up like I did last time thank you 🙏🏾

I can’t express how impressive and impactful this podcast is. Everyone should have to listen to it. I don’t know how these amazing individuals found the strength to be human beings of the greatest character regardless of the horrific accusations and convictions they had to endure.