There were several cases where inmate on death row finds out some evidence of prosecutor misconduct that led to the conviction (falsified evidence, or hidden exculpatory evidence, or witness tampering, or something similar), and every time DA goes all out to try and prevent them from having any court hearing about this new evidence. I remember in one case the reasoning was "finality of conviction" and "burden on the court system". They don't just see nothing wrong with keeping innocent people in prison (or in jail for that matter), they don't see anything wrong with killing innocent people. It's all a game for them, and they don't want to lose.
@@andreyturkin It's one thing to stop and endless march of attempted technicality appeals. But evidence proving actual innocence or reasonably likely to should be always be reviewed and passed on to a court when found not to be nonsense.
How can anyone think that an AG that keeps an innocent person in jail is tough on crime? If we have the wrong person incarcerated, that means the real criminal is still on the loose. Go get that person. That would actually be tough on crime.
The innocent person in question is black. "Tough on crime" has always meant "lock up black/brown people". How many "tough on crime" politicians went after rich white-collar criminals who stole from thousands via fraud.
Please, Please, People of Missouri, vote your Attorney General OUT! If this Attorney General is keeping prisoners in jail who are completely innocent, what other illegal activities is he doing? This is a totally EVIL person!
He was never voted in, the AG spot became vacant due to the former winning a senate seat and the Gov was able to appoint the current AG. Needless to say this issue more than likely has ruined his chances of re-election. Even as red a MO may be even that stuff is too much for us here.
@@brianlb78 I dunno man. I mentioned that one theory was that it was for election reasons on the previous video of this story and someone who lived there came in and said that couldn't possibly be the reason because no one living there would vote for the other guy because he was a "caricature of a Leftist" and that Bailey could not lose this election.
Well he is suing NYC for sElection interference. He stepped up to finish his predecessors term. He is running for sElection. So now sixty to seventy percent of the audience will love /hate him for real. All I know is he's got some splanin to do.
They're all friends. And none of them care about punishing the crime. They only care about who they can convict. They even say it to your face. They know you're innocent and put in prison because they can. As a Missouri resident, I'm not sure how much experience you have with them, but if you were a St. Louis or Jeff City resident, you'd know. Often they let criminals go because it's more worthwhile to go after innocent people.
It happens 100s times each day on the Republican held states, with the GOP in Congress, with the Republican party, with right wing court systems, with Trump, etc. the rule of law never applies to them.
The ones playing politics with a man’s life where the corrupt politically motivated district attorneys that have done everything they can to release criminals. I don’t believe for a second, but two witnesses happened to change their mines almost 40 years after they testified.
34 years... I want to have children. I want to watch them grow up, comfort then through storms, push them on swings, teach them things like dancing, swimming, and music. I want to celebrate birthdays. I want to share my father's last Christmas with him. I want to be with my parents as they pass. I want to speak at their funerals. I want to be there with my family as we figure out bills and how to get through each day, week, month, and year. GIVE ME BACK MY LIFE!!!
I had a daughter at 51yo. I'm fit and active even for someone 20 years younger. It's quite remarkable how having children opens up a new period in a typical life. - all the things you listed. But all those things are the exact reasons he should be compensated. They're real enough to be Actual Damages.
So a Judge ordered a man to be free, but the AG ordered the prison to still hold him? Sounds like the warden should have told the AG to pound sand. Since when does the AG override a Judge's order?
I agree with the sentiment, but Steve said that the AG appealed to the state's SC, and so it was actually the SC that issued the temporary stay of the judge's order.
@@kucingmiumiu854Depends if the lawsuit is against the AG office. Then it will be the people. If against the AG themselves with no tie to the office. Then it should be him that has to pay.
I would never vote for a Commonwealth's Attorney, District Attorney, or Attorney General who worked to keep an innocent man in prison. By definition, those people are supposed to be on the side of JUSTICE, true justice. Keeping an innocent person in jail is the antithesis of that.
Don't vote for Kamala Harris then. She falsely incarcerated over 300 black men despite having hard DNA evidence proving their innoccence as an attorney general, and even concealed exculpatory evidence ( that's evidence that qualifies as hard proof of innocence) from defense counsel, an actual felony for a prosecutor to commit. She has to date, faced no consequences for this, even after at least 4 of those men were falsely executed. Some of these victims of hers remain falsely incarcerated to this day.
Frankly, keeping an innocent man in prison deliberately is tantamount to a declaration of war upon our constitution. The government should have no power to defy the people, nor to control our right to protest.
Make it a civil rights lawsuit and it becomes a federal case. No matter what the state does to protect their politicians, federal law rules. File it asap and this AG might not make it to the next election except as a common voter.
It appears the AG was willing to cause a person pain and anguish for his own gain. It is not a good look. I don't see the dollar amount as important, and I would like to have the AG personally experience an unfair decision of the kind he put in place. A week of jail may not be the appropriate stakes. A week of jail for each instance in which he attempts to trade obeying his oath in office for personal or professional gain.
I have maintained that there are DAs and prosecutors out there who are not interested in justice, only convictions. No one will ever change my mind about that.
That's horrific! The man was deprived of 34 years of his life. Are the 2 lying kids, now adults, going to be punished? They both had 34 years to come forward with the truth but allowed an innocent man to remain locked up. I hope this wrongly convicted man sues for millions and wins.
That’s unacceptable. There should be consequences for it but I fear there won’t be any. What does it say when deliberately keeping innocent people in jail is a beneficial political move. And what kind of person does that to an innocent man and woman for their own gain? I know I wouldn’t want that kind of person to be even remotely involved with enforcing laws in my state.
That's funny because keeping innocent people in prison, keeping the guilty longer than their sentences is exactly what Kamala Harris did when she wad AG.
@@charlesyoung7436 it's his new policy push for excellent PR. Tough on crime is passe, way antique and not very effective politically. So, he's pivoted to a new platform. "I'm tough on innocence!" He'll be raiding the neonatal ward to catch as many innocent newborns as he can soon.
@@karlroveythat's a sad fact why good people always suffer - they follow the law while those who are ACTUALLY breaking serious laws suffer nothing in this life.
@@kdog4703 As a person of faith, I struggle with this. First if all, of they truly repent, it's not enough to say "well it was a long time ago". They need to come completely clean, disclose the WHOLE truth, regardless of the consequences, and make it their life's vocation to make it up to victim, to the extent that they can. I know that we're promised in scripture that God will make all things new but how, even in the next life can the Just Judge make it up to the victim, especially if He welcomes the offending, albeit repentant, prosecutor/police/judge?
When I was in grad school I was doing my internship at the AG office for the state of Texas in Austin. I was having a conversation with one of the DAs and he was asking me what I planned to do after I graduated. I told him I was thinking about law school but I hadn't decided yet. He then asked me what kind of law I would practice if I went and when I said criminal defense he then proceeded to try an lecture me on how defense attorney's do nothing but let guilty people go free. He then went on to ask me how would I feel if I defended a murder they went free then went on to murder someone in my family. I then went on to tell him that prosecutors always say they speak for the victims & uphold justice when they are about nothing more than the win & like it or not defense attorneys are the ones who are upholding constitutional and legal ethics. I then went on to point out a former prosecutor in Austin that had recently been sentenced to prison time because he knowingly withheld evidence and fabricated other evidence in a murder case from more than 20 years before where an innocent man not only spent 20 years in prison but the actual guilty person went on to kill other people and that guilty person was known to the police and that prosecutor. I have no doubt that the majority of prosecutors are diligent in doing their jobs and don't want to send innocent people to prison. However they can miss me with this notion that they are the ones who are the keepers of the gate between a lawless society and a safe one. The very fact that their positions are political affects how they do their jobs and often times will cloud their judgements.
someone has to defend even the known for sure murderers. because they're known for sure only because of what's known and thought at the time, maybe it is so maybe not.
It's telling when people get defensive about the fact that jobs are jobs and some people do their jobs badly. Cops and prosecutors are still just people doing jobs.
Maybe AG should pay guy back out of his own pocket for the extra days the man was stuck in jail how many extra days x1000 once man was found innocent or not guilty? Would qualified immunity protect the AG perhaps he should still suffer at least civilly?
His actions don't really fit the definition of treason. The part of the story that's missing here is the voters who put him there in the first place, and who will likely to continue to send him to elected office in the future.
I’m not sure if the court can jail him, they’d have to refer that to the proper authorities which just happens to be the AG themselves. They could subpoena him to court and then jail him if he refused the order in front of the courts.
It's almost like they want the American people to resort to violence for justice. They have no fear for repercussions. The Justice System does not apply to them equally, and they know it. I would love to know the amount of sociopaths that have parasitized our nation's "public servant" roles.
What's the opinion there about the other candidate? Someone who lives there mentioned on the last video that it was impossible for Bailey to lose this election because the other candidate was caricature of a Leftist and that no one would vote for him. They did not believe he did it for election reasons as a result.
What frightens me is an ATTORNEY GENERAL, who I assume has a law degree, who thought he could just IGNORE an action by a court! The AG says he wants to keep the lawless off the street. Maybe the AG needs to turn himself in for that same thing!! Seems pretty lawless to me to ignore a judges orders.
This is yet another reason why the death penalty should be abolished. If this information came out after his execution, a comment of "opps! Our bad." won't bring them back.
@@SonsOfLorgar Yeah but from a real life standpoint - Abolishing the death penalty has been effective in some states, but I doubt any state would pass an earnote for public servants, by virtue of the fact that the public servants themselves would not be game to pass it lmaoooo
I hope this works against him. If I was his opponent, I would keep raising the issue that the current AG is more interested in keeping innocent people in jail than prosecuting those who should be there. Of course, that’s assuming his opponent is any better than him.
It wont....they're in a state where the majority of people get completely hysterical over crime and will ignore all empirical evidence in favoring of acting on their feelings... "The evidence shows crime is going down, but the news channel I watch keeps telling me otherwise so now I FEEL like crime is going up and will base my behaviors on my feelings instead of the evidence"
A shade of grace I can cast on these people is that a lot of them are very rural and uneducated, so as long as it doesn't get to their iphones, they will likely not find out, and they just see "Hey! re-elect me and I will keep you safe 1 more year" so they just do. Also both candidates suck for political apathy is at an all time high in the south RN, (Heck, everywhere)
I read your comment differently than the other commenters I think. That gaining this knowledge through Mr. Lehto we are armed to make better decisions.
So, what kind of "support" is this guy getting? From the government? From charities? From suing the county, city, state, or even the AG? He's owed more than even millions of dollars could ever make up for.
MO is a Hell state that does not pay up for false imprisonment time, it doesn't even give you any money when you get out! so if you didn't work one of those awful prison jobs and you don't have a wife or any family you just come out of prison homeless :-/
I’ve used this phrase before they’re all in this together. It’s not a conspiracy because they don’t have enough intelligence to even create a conspiracy, but it’s done in their best interest and they don’t need a meeting to figure this out… Long gone are the days from decade upon decade ago when I actually believed law enforcement, prosecutors, and district attorneys. I personally have involved myself in a few cases with respect to watching the entire process, including the state police and the district attorney in my area.. When a person has nine charges of attempted homicide against them and are kept in jail for two years something is wrong. I watched once the trial started, the defense attorney did not call one witness nor did he put the defendant on the witness stand. Less than three hours the jury returned a verdict of not guilty on absolutely every charge. How good was the evidence to even arrest this man?
If I were running against that AG, you'd damn well better BELIEVE that the first words in my next ad would be "My opponent keeps innocent people in JAIL!!"
My guess is he went to prison because he couldn't afford to high dollar attorney. I'm middle class but there's no way I could afford to defend myself against something like this. I would be beyond totally bankrupt. The system needs to be changed To where everyone receives justice.... Not just the ones that can afford it.
I can't praise you too highly, Steve. Not only do you know your stuff, and you are great at explaining complicated issues, you also have a refreshing sense of right and wrong and aren't afraid to say what you think. Also, you're funny when it's called for. The complete package. 🙂
Now that he's won the Republican primary earlier this week, the likelihood of Missouri electing a Democrat as Attorney General in 2024 are nearly nil, even if the alternative is someone who imprisons innocent people from St. Louis for personal political gain. Maybe a third party candidate or independent would have a chance.
Not sufficiently fearsome to deter others. Frankly, he should be charged with terrorism, wrongful imprisonment, armed kidnapping, and assault under the color of law.
34 years is 12,420 days! $12,420,000,000 dollars should be about right. Pay Up Nancy Grace! Pay Up Mr. AG! Pay Up Honorable State of! PAY THAT MAN HIS MONEY!
@@zotaninoron3548 I didn't say it's justice. I simply pointed out what happens in Missouri. In Missouri, you are not entitled to compensation for wrongful incarceration unless you're exonerated by DNA evidence.
The mission statement of the Office of the Attorney General of Missouri from their website This AG should be shamed, and the people of Missouri should take corrective action against him for this breech of mission. To protect and advance the interests of the state and its citizens through the judicial and legislative process and to serve as the People's lawyer, fighting for openness and justice, especially for those who have no voice.
If the man was declared innocent couldn't you say that it would be criminal to try to keep him in jail? Could the man sue the AG for trying to keep an innocent man in jail?
Seems to me if the AG is concerned about an upcoming election, then publicly demonstrating that he prefers to keep innocent people in prison while the actual perpetrators go free would be a pretty bad message.
There are too many government officials who are partisan in nature which shouldn't be IMHO. I would rather have people who are there to do a actual Job rather than to be partisan.
Thanks Steve, you always have a great stories of our Stark Reality ! My mother's famous line was "put yourself in their shoes and see how you would like it, then treat others accordingly. But that never happens.
How can wanting to keep innocent people in prison possibly help this guy keep his job? Isn't wanting to lock up people that are proven innocent perfect ammunition to use against him & get him kicked out of the position?
They should give him $1 million for every extra day he spent in prison because of the AG and then every voter should be sent a letter informing them that the AG spent millions of taxpayer money to keep an innocent person in prison. And then every TV station in the backyard breeding capital of the US should have news segments telling them what a dumb cruel jerk the AG is.
@@karlrovey in this case maybe not for the total time, but for the stupid time the AG added there should definitely be compensation, but not by the state but by the AG him/herself
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Since this AG sees nothing wrong with keeping innocent people in prison, he should serve the rest of the defendant's original sentence.
There were several cases where inmate on death row finds out some evidence of prosecutor misconduct that led to the conviction (falsified evidence, or hidden exculpatory evidence, or witness tampering, or something similar), and every time DA goes all out to try and prevent them from having any court hearing about this new evidence. I remember in one case the reasoning was "finality of conviction" and "burden on the court system". They don't just see nothing wrong with keeping innocent people in prison (or in jail for that matter), they don't see anything wrong with killing innocent people. It's all a game for them, and they don't want to lose.
@@andreyturkinmanifest injustice and abuse of process
Those AG's should be SENT to JAIL!
😱😬🤬
Did you know Kamala Haris did similar things?
@@andreyturkin It's one thing to stop and endless march of attempted technicality appeals. But evidence proving actual innocence or reasonably likely to should be always be reviewed and passed on to a court when found not to be nonsense.
Guy who kept innocent man in prison to advance his political career should get a month in prison for every day he delayed innocent man release.
should serve every day of the sentence the innocent person has already served ...
6 Months per day of delay...
AND he should be forced to pay the Victim $250,000.00 per day of Delay as Compensation...
Hopefully there will be a civil lawsuit for damages against the State and Bailey personally.
You mean like Kamala Harris?
Or much more
How can anyone think that an AG that keeps an innocent person in jail is tough on crime? If we have the wrong person incarcerated, that means the real criminal is still on the loose. Go get that person. That would actually be tough on crime.
EXACTLY!!!!! Thanks for saying it!
This is something that continuously baffles me. It must be emotive raining rather than logic.
In the US, the appearance of the thing is better than the thing itself.
It's easier to punish the innocent.
The innocent person in question is black. "Tough on crime" has always meant "lock up black/brown people". How many "tough on crime" politicians went after rich white-collar criminals who stole from thousands via fraud.
Please, Please, People of Missouri, vote your Attorney General OUT! If this Attorney General is keeping prisoners in jail who are completely innocent, what other illegal activities is he doing? This is a totally EVIL person!
Fingers crossed and prayers for Missouri 🤞🙏💞
He was never voted in, the AG spot became vacant due to the former winning a senate seat and the Gov was able to appoint the current AG. Needless to say this issue more than likely has ruined his chances of re-election. Even as red a MO may be even that stuff is too much for us here.
He's a clown. Sued other states fully knowing he'd have no standing. Total political stunts to suck up to Stinky McFelon.
@@brianlb78 I dunno man. I mentioned that one theory was that it was for election reasons on the previous video of this story and someone who lived there came in and said that couldn't possibly be the reason because no one living there would vote for the other guy because he was a "caricature of a Leftist" and that Bailey could not lose this election.
people in missouri like a lot of people to be in jail.
The AG wants publicity? Well then, lets give the AG publicity.
Hopefully, he'll learn that there are two kinds of publicity, good publicity, and bad publicity
Not all bad publicity is good either
Andrew Bailey, Republican party. Vote accordingly.
@@RoonMian You're clueless
@@eljefe62 nah he is right - thats the ag in question - i just looked up multiple sources to check for realness
This is why the idea of absolute immunity is so insulting
Maybe that AG should spend some time in prison, instead.
The AG should at the very least have his license pulled for ethics violations.
Prison at the very least.
One day for every hour he kept the innocent man there.
Well he is suing NYC for sElection interference.
He stepped up to finish his predecessors term.
He is running for sElection.
So now sixty to seventy percent of the audience will love /hate him for real.
All I know is he's got some splanin to do.
The Arrogance
of Power
As a Missouri resident I will be voting against our shameful Attorney General
If he wins, then we will know something is wrong
They're all friends. And none of them care about punishing the crime. They only care about who they can convict. They even say it to your face. They know you're innocent and put in prison because they can. As a Missouri resident, I'm not sure how much experience you have with them, but if you were a St. Louis or Jeff City resident, you'd know. Often they let criminals go because it's more worthwhile to go after innocent people.
Same here. This AG is a disgrace to MO
You and at least one other brother
You know it's not the state AG right? It's the district AG in st louis
I'm shocked, shocked that a politician would play politics with someone's life. /s
Biden was almost successful too, Trump was saved by a chart and the grace of God.
It happens 100s times each day on the Republican held states, with the GOP in Congress, with the Republican party, with right wing court systems, with Trump, etc. the rule of law never applies to them.
Not me
@@TechGently Trump was saved by a Supreme Court stacked with authoritarians that turned the USA into an elective dictatorship.
The ones playing politics with a man’s life where the corrupt politically motivated district attorneys that have done everything they can to release criminals. I don’t believe for a second, but two witnesses happened to change their mines almost 40 years after they testified.
Having constant immunity from the lowest parking cop all the way to the top of law enforcement remains a major mistake.
To put or keep an innocent person in prison is truly evil.
Tell Kamala
34 years... I want to have children. I want to watch them grow up, comfort then through storms, push them on swings, teach them things like dancing, swimming, and music. I want to celebrate birthdays. I want to share my father's last Christmas with him. I want to be with my parents as they pass. I want to speak at their funerals. I want to be there with my family as we figure out bills and how to get through each day, week, month, and year. GIVE ME BACK MY LIFE!!!
I had a daughter at 51yo. I'm fit and active even for someone 20 years younger. It's quite remarkable how having children opens up a new period in a typical life. - all the things you listed. But all those things are the exact reasons he should be compensated. They're real enough to be Actual Damages.
So a Judge ordered a man to be free, but the AG ordered the prison to still hold him? Sounds like the warden should have told the AG to pound sand. Since when does the AG override a Judge's order?
Contempt of court.. jail him.
@@gbear1005 Yes, the AG and the Warden, both defied a court order
I agree with the sentiment, but Steve said that the AG appealed to the state's SC, and so it was actually the SC that issued the temporary stay of the judge's order.
The A.G. is the warden's boss.
@@feral4813 They both need a month in jail unprotected.
The DOJ should look into the AG's actions, and have him removed from office.
DOJ should do a LOT of good things it doesn’t. And plenty of horrendous stuff it shouldn’t.
Let the LAWSUITS begin!!!!!!
And who will pay?
@@kucingmiumiu854 As always, the bills for government malfeasance are paid by _We, the People._
@@kucingmiumiu854Depends if the lawsuit is against the AG office. Then it will be the people. If against the AG themselves with no tie to the office. Then it should be him that has to pay.
@@kucingmiumiu854Dont you think he deserves something? I rather use my tax dollars to pay him, instead of other thing our government waste money on.
law enforcement, DA , and jugdes all have immunity.. if they didn't they ALL would be in jail
I would never vote for a Commonwealth's Attorney, District Attorney, or Attorney General who worked to keep an innocent man in prison. By definition, those people are supposed to be on the side of JUSTICE, true justice. Keeping an innocent person in jail is the antithesis of that.
Don't vote for Kamala Harris then. She falsely incarcerated over 300 black men despite having hard DNA evidence proving their innoccence as an attorney general, and even concealed exculpatory evidence ( that's evidence that qualifies as hard proof of innocence) from defense counsel, an actual felony for a prosecutor to commit. She has to date, faced no consequences for this, even after at least 4 of those men were falsely executed. Some of these victims of hers remain falsely incarcerated to this day.
Frankly, keeping an innocent man in prison deliberately is tantamount to a declaration of war upon our constitution.
The government should have no power to defy the people, nor to control our right to protest.
Sounds like obstruction of justice to me.
Laws are for citizens
Abuse of process
The Feds need to charge the AG with false imprisonment. Throw the book at him and watch real change happen.
This guy needs to file $100 million lawsuit for deprivation of rights and mental anguish.
There are some states where it is impossible. They outlawed it.
Yes make the lawsuit a monster make it public so the people know how much taxpayers money the cops waste.
Make it a civil rights lawsuit and it becomes a federal case. No matter what the state does to protect their politicians, federal law rules. File it asap and this AG might not make it to the next election except as a common voter.
It appears the AG was willing to cause a person pain and anguish for his own gain. It is not a good look.
I don't see the dollar amount as important, and I would like to have the AG personally experience an unfair decision of the kind he put in place. A week of jail may not be the appropriate stakes. A week of jail for each instance in which he attempts to trade obeying his oath in office for personal or professional gain.
Next thing you know, he’ll be asked to reimburse the taxpayers for his room and board and 30 years worth of meals. 🙄
Don’t give him ideas.
I have maintained that there are DAs and prosecutors out there who are not interested in justice, only convictions. No one will ever change my mind about that.
No need to change your mind anytime soon. There is plenty of evidence showing you are correct.
I believe the same thing.
Me neither!
Because it's true.
I had the same impression despite being across the ocean. I have always considered these elected offices to be too politicised
Put the AG in jail for the days he parlayed for political brownie points!!!
Sounds like that AG needs to get punished. Tough on innocent people is absolutely not the same as tough on crime.
That's horrific! The man was deprived of 34 years of his life. Are the 2 lying kids, now adults, going to be punished? They both had 34 years to come forward with the truth but allowed an innocent man to remain locked up. I hope this wrongly convicted man sues for millions and wins.
That’s unacceptable. There should be consequences for it but I fear there won’t be any.
What does it say when deliberately keeping innocent people in jail is a beneficial political move. And what kind of person does that to an innocent man and woman for their own gain?
I know I wouldn’t want that kind of person to be even remotely involved with enforcing laws in my state.
Consequences? 4 republicans lol
That's funny because keeping innocent people in prison, keeping the guilty longer than their sentences is exactly what Kamala Harris did when she wad AG.
Correct there will not be any. The bar for consequences for an elected official carrying out his office is really high.
There will be no consequences. The two-tiered justice system is real.
Kamala did it& look what happened to her career
It’s not about justice. It’s about winning. Pity.
🎉🎉🎉 AG needs to be investigated more than he already is.
This AG finally realized that his ploy would further hurt his reelection chances. Hope the voters aren't fooled.
@@charlesyoung7436 it's his new policy push for excellent PR.
Tough on crime is passe, way antique and not very effective politically. So, he's pivoted to a new platform.
"I'm tough on innocence!" He'll be raiding the neonatal ward to catch as many innocent newborns as he can soon.
And who would do that? Another politician? ROFL. If we only vote harder maybe we can fix this. Lol.
The Attorney General should serve His Sentence, if they're happy to have innocent people in Prison...
You 1st
AG should be disbarred and forced to pay compensation.
Unfortunately, there's a big conflict between what should happen and what the law allows with regards to the AG's actions.
@@karlroveythat's a sad fact why good people always suffer - they follow the law while those who are ACTUALLY breaking serious laws suffer nothing in this life.
@@MeRia035 They will instead suffer in the next life. Hell is a real place. God won't allow those who committed injustice in this life into heaven.
@@privacyvalued4134 That's not your judgment to make. God forgives those who repent and accept him in their heart and soul.
@@kdog4703
As a person of faith, I struggle with this.
First if all, of they truly repent, it's not enough to say "well it was a long time ago". They need to come completely clean, disclose the WHOLE truth, regardless of the consequences, and make it their life's vocation to make it up to victim, to the extent that they can.
I know that we're promised in scripture that God will make all things new but how, even in the next life can the Just Judge make it up to the victim, especially if He welcomes the offending, albeit repentant, prosecutor/police/judge?
Love the D-FENS plate 👍
I think the AG should serve 1 month for every EXTRA day that man was held in jail/ prison after he was ordered to be released..
You have heard it said "An eye for an eye"; the correct interpretation is "only an eye for an eye". So 1 day for one 1 day is right.
Bible says 40x payment.
@@RipliWitani Reference please. Stealing says 4x or 5x not 40x; if there's a 40x for something else I want to know about it.
@@RipliWitanithe Bible says forgive 70 × 7, and love thy enemy. It also says if a person asks for something, give then two.
No, just let the AG spend as much time in jail as the innocent person. (Total time)
As Churchill wrote 'you can always rely on the Americans to do what's right; after they have tried everything else.'
How many times must he be wronged?😢 the AG should be prosecuted.
The political ad against the AG should say “The truth doesn’t matter to them.”
When I was in grad school I was doing my internship at the AG office for the state of Texas in Austin. I was having a conversation with one of the DAs and he was asking me what I planned to do after I graduated. I told him I was thinking about law school but I hadn't decided yet. He then asked me what kind of law I would practice if I went and when I said criminal defense he then proceeded to try an lecture me on how defense attorney's do nothing but let guilty people go free. He then went on to ask me how would I feel if I defended a murder they went free then went on to murder someone in my family. I then went on to tell him that prosecutors always say they speak for the victims & uphold justice when they are about nothing more than the win & like it or not defense attorneys are the ones who are upholding constitutional and legal ethics. I then went on to point out a former prosecutor in Austin that had recently been sentenced to prison time because he knowingly withheld evidence and fabricated other evidence in a murder case from more than 20 years before where an innocent man not only spent 20 years in prison but the actual guilty person went on to kill other people and that guilty person was known to the police and that prosecutor.
I have no doubt that the majority of prosecutors are diligent in doing their jobs and don't want to send innocent people to prison. However they can miss me with this notion that they are the ones who are the keepers of the gate between a lawless society and a safe one. The very fact that their positions are political affects how they do their jobs and often times will cloud their judgements.
Law is a joke. It was created to keep us distracted with paperwork. Lawyers are part of an association and it adversarial? Sure
someone has to defend even the known for sure murderers. because they're known for sure only because of what's known and thought at the time, maybe it is so maybe not.
I'd love to know what the da's response was
It's telling when people get defensive about the fact that jobs are jobs and some people do their jobs badly. Cops and prosecutors are still just people doing jobs.
@@SirUncleDolan
Auschwitz guard was "just a job" too...
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
I wouldn’t vote for an AG like that.
FYI: Missouri AG is Andrew Bailey since Governor Parson appointed him in 2023.
That ag should be in prison for false imprisonment and treason.....
Treason is defined in the constitution, this isn't it. But false imprisonment is a much different story.
Maybe AG should pay guy back out of his own pocket for the extra days the man was stuck in jail how many extra days x1000 once man was found innocent or not guilty? Would qualified immunity protect the AG perhaps he should still suffer at least civilly?
His actions don't really fit the definition of treason. The part of the story that's missing here is the voters who put him there in the first place, and who will likely to continue to send him to elected office in the future.
Knowingly keeping an innocent person locked up. Should be punished by prison for the AG
The Court should jail the AG for contempt.
And kidnapping
I’m not sure if the court can jail him, they’d have to refer that to the proper authorities which just happens to be the AG themselves. They could subpoena him to court and then jail him if he refused the order in front of the courts.
Sounds like an AG needs to go to prison for cruel and unusual punishment.
The AG needs to be in prison asap!
AG should serve time in prison for the days the innocent people had to remain in jail and pay damages to them.
Disbar the Attorney
The AG will b one of the good old boys, so that's not going 2 b easy
I agree but I don't think that will happen since he is a republican AG Andrew Bailey.
It's almost like they want the American people to resort to violence for justice. They have no fear for repercussions. The Justice System does not apply to them equally, and they know it. I would love to know the amount of sociopaths that have parasitized our nation's "public servant" roles.
No no no, prison for a long time!
@@Hamish_Ai like your thinking, put the AG in jail? that is brilliant
Just to be clear on my AG, this is NOT the first time he has pulled this stunt! Even in the last few months.
"Looking at you, Nancy Grace!" 😂
He lost my vote in the primary next week. What level will such a man stoop for political gain?
Glad to hear that he was already facing a primary challenge.
What's the opinion there about the other candidate? Someone who lives there mentioned on the last video that it was impossible for Bailey to lose this election because the other candidate was caricature of a Leftist and that no one would vote for him. They did not believe he did it for election reasons as a result.
That are many politicians that will your not remotely getting the best and most moral.
This is awful, if someone is proved innocent then one should be free to go.
This AG needs to be removed from office ASAP. I hope any MO viewers in the audience are paying attention for the next voting day.
If he does win, something is terribly, terribly wrong...
@@MeRia035
He will. In Missouri all you need is an R behind your name.
@@kellyalvarado6533he’s being primaried by another Republican.
Primary is next week.
@@angelairidescenceartglass6289
I realize that the primary is against another R, but the general election in November is more important.
What frightens me is an ATTORNEY GENERAL, who I assume has a law degree, who thought he could just IGNORE an action by a court!
The AG says he wants to keep the lawless off the street. Maybe the AG needs to turn himself in for that same thing!!
Seems pretty lawless to me to ignore a judges orders.
A perfect example of why so many inocent people are in prison. The police , district attorneys , judges etc. refuse to admit they made a mistake.
This is yet another reason why the death penalty should be abolished. If this information came out after his execution, a comment of "opps! Our bad." won't bring them back.
Or reserved for those public officials who betrays their duties to the citizens they volounteered to, were elected by, and sworn to serve.
@@SonsOfLorgar Yeah but from a real life standpoint - Abolishing the death penalty has been effective in some states, but I doubt any state would pass an earnote for public servants, by virtue of the fact that the public servants themselves would not be game to pass it lmaoooo
That's double jeopardy
I hope this works against him. If I was his opponent, I would keep raising the issue that the current AG is more interested in keeping innocent people in jail than prosecuting those who should be there. Of course, that’s assuming his opponent is any better than him.
It won't work against him in the primary (next Tuesday). His primary opponent is just as bad.
It wont....they're in a state where the majority of people get completely hysterical over crime and will ignore all empirical evidence in favoring of acting on their feelings...
"The evidence shows crime is going down, but the news channel I watch keeps telling me otherwise so now I FEEL like crime is going up and will base my behaviors on my feelings instead of the evidence"
A shade of grace I can cast on these people is that a lot of them are very rural and uneducated, so as long as it doesn't get to their iphones, they will likely not find out, and they just see "Hey! re-elect me and I will keep you safe 1 more year" so they just do. Also both candidates suck for political apathy is at an all time high in the south RN, (Heck, everywhere)
The AG should be jailed the same amount of time he unjustly caused an innocent person to remain in jail.
We are safe from the powers to be only by the efforts of lawyers like our host.
It ain't going to be a lawyer like Steve.
And that's why we are screwed
Actually, we're protected by something our Founding Father's put into our constitution, the 2nd Amendment. For enemies both foreign AND DOMESTIC.
@@domesticdragonwaffle for now.
I read your comment differently than the other commenters I think. That gaining this knowledge through Mr. Lehto we are armed to make better decisions.
This is so sad. Steve, I’m so glad you’ve pointed out this AG’s malevolent act.
I would hope the AG gets voted out.
Missouri is MAGA-ville. He’ll get voted out in favor of someone with even fewer morals. You’ll need a microscope to see them.
That’s just evil!
This AG should face cruel and unusual punishment charges.
Add this to the ever-growing list of reasons why there should be no death penalty.
there is a reason for it but the evidence has to be airtight
@@Revkor The problem is that all prosecutors believe that the evidence is airtight.
@@FredDeSouza409 not always
@@Revkor Would you want to take that chance if you were innocent?
@@FredDeSouza409 again this is not some random murder it has to be a heinious act.
Thanks for making my choice in the primary Tuesday easy - a Missouri voter.
So, what kind of "support" is this guy getting? From the government? From charities? From suing the county, city, state, or even the AG? He's owed more than even millions of dollars could ever make up for.
MO is a Hell state that does not pay up for false imprisonment time, it doesn't even give you any money when you get out! so if you didn't work one of those awful prison jobs and you don't have a wife or any family you just come out of prison homeless :-/
I’ve used this phrase before they’re all in this together. It’s not a conspiracy because they don’t have enough intelligence to even create a conspiracy, but it’s done in their best interest and they don’t need a meeting to figure this out… Long gone are the days from decade upon decade ago when I actually believed law enforcement, prosecutors, and district attorneys. I personally have involved myself in a few cases with respect to watching the entire process, including the state police and the district attorney in my area.. When a person has nine charges of attempted homicide against them and are kept in jail for two years something is wrong. I watched once the trial started, the defense attorney did not call one witness nor did he put the defendant on the witness stand. Less than three hours the jury returned a verdict of not guilty on absolutely every charge. How good was the evidence to even arrest this man?
If I were running against that AG, you'd damn well better BELIEVE that the first words in my next ad would be "My opponent keeps innocent people in JAIL!!"
Steve, don't protect elected criminals. Name the bastard!
Easy enough to look up. Google Attorney General Missouri.
Steve has to stay neutral
Those who had any legal training know who.
@@jmanke6057 How is identifying a public official not neutral?
@@JettaRedIII You are right sorry, didn’t think before I texted. I thought it was fair statement I stand corrected
@@38MaelstormIt's not the state AG, it's the district AG
Thank you, Lehto, for reminding the public of the true mission of an AG.
Thank you Steve for staying on top of this miscarriage of justice. How this not be considered an act of evil?
Well done! Great content. And bravo to the current judge and prosecutor for their actions.
My guess is he went to prison because he couldn't afford to high dollar attorney. I'm middle class but there's no way I could afford to defend myself against something like this. I would be beyond totally bankrupt.
The system needs to be changed To where everyone receives justice.... Not just the ones that can afford it.
Yep... the US has the finest justice system money can afford. Much like here in the UK.
"Fighting to keep innocent people in jail" makes for an odd campaign slogan, but this is the state of misery, and right on brand.
I gotta say, that is one hell of a wife. He has at least one blessing in life.
The attorney general needs to be held accountable personally. This is as serious as it gets.
The AG should be personally sued.
I can't praise you too highly, Steve. Not only do you know your stuff, and you are great at explaining complicated issues, you also have a refreshing sense of right and wrong and aren't afraid to say what you think. Also, you're funny when it's called for. The complete package. 🙂
Maybe the Judge should hold the AG in contempt and put him in jail for a few years!
43 years sounds about right...
At least till they realize errors of their ways.
He should sue the AG for civil rights & constitutional rights violations
Now you know that that Attorney General shouldn't be in office! Vote him out!
What he did was illegal detention. Don't just vote him out; lock him up
Or make him president?
Now that he's won the Republican primary earlier this week, the likelihood of Missouri electing a Democrat as Attorney General in 2024 are nearly nil, even if the alternative is someone who imprisons innocent people from St. Louis for personal political gain. Maybe a third party candidate or independent would have a chance.
Don't want to release him? Take his place
Not sufficiently fearsome to deter others.
Frankly, he should be charged with terrorism, wrongful imprisonment, armed kidnapping, and assault under the color of law.
34 years is 12,420 days! $12,420,000,000 dollars should be about right.
Pay Up Nancy Grace!
Pay Up Mr. AG!
Pay Up Honorable State of!
PAY THAT MAN HIS MONEY!
There's no compensation in MO unless the exoneration is the result of DNA evidence showing innocence.
@@karlrovey Do you mean no automatic compensation? Is civil suit allowed have precedence?
@@DiscoFang No, I mean no compensation.
@@karlrovey Imagine robbing a man of more than half his life and giving him nothing for it but a ruined future.
@@zotaninoron3548 I didn't say it's justice. I simply pointed out what happens in Missouri. In Missouri, you are not entitled to compensation for wrongful incarceration unless you're exonerated by DNA evidence.
Name the AG by Name.
Name recognition is what he wants. It only helps him.
Send the crooked AG to jail. Time to clean up the dirty courts!
The mission statement of the Office of the Attorney General of Missouri from their website
This AG should be shamed, and the people of Missouri should take corrective action against him for this breech of mission.
To protect and advance the interests of the state and its citizens through the judicial and legislative process and to serve as the People's lawyer, fighting for openness and justice, especially for those who have no voice.
Can anyone say political prisoner?
If the man was declared innocent couldn't you say that it would be criminal to try to keep him in jail? Could the man sue the AG for trying to keep an innocent man in jail?
Seems to me if the AG is concerned about an upcoming election, then publicly demonstrating that he prefers to keep innocent people in prison while the actual perpetrators go free would be a pretty bad message.
Thank you for calling her out. You're the only one with the courage to do so. I have new respect and appreciation for you.
There are too many government officials who are partisan in nature which shouldn't be IMHO. I would rather have people who are there to do a actual Job rather than to be partisan.
The problem with politics is protection. Are you going to guard them? No.
So they pick whoever can protect them.
@@RipliWitaniprotection? From what? Or is it who?
Thanks Steve, you always have a great stories of our Stark Reality ! My mother's famous line was
"put yourself in their shoes and see how you would like it, then treat others accordingly. But that never happens.
Anyone doubt that we're all just numbers on a sheet to the rich and powerful?
No
The AG should now be put in prison.
Leela: We're all trying to help you. We've petitioned the governor, but he doesn't want to appear soft on people who've been falsely imprisoned.
This happens all the time. Remember what the AG was doing to the La Crosse players in CO a few years ago?
what about the compensation for innocence? Looks like a very high bill given how long.
How can wanting to keep innocent people in prison possibly help this guy keep his job?
Isn't wanting to lock up people that are proven innocent perfect ammunition to use against him & get him kicked out of the position?
The people vote for these kind of politicians. It's that simple. The people of Missouri are exactly like this.
I agree with your description of the prosecutor's job, unfortunately a not too insignificant number of them think their job is to win at all costs.
They should give him $1 million for every extra day he spent in prison because of the AG and then every voter should be sent a letter informing them that the AG spent millions of taxpayer money to keep an innocent person in prison. And then every TV station in the backyard breeding capital of the US should have news segments telling them what a dumb cruel jerk the AG is.
They should, but they won't. MO law doesn't allow compensation for wrongful incarceration unless the conviction was overturned by DNA evidence.
@@karlrovey to not gully compensate for wrongful conviction and imprisonment should be unconstitutional on it's face.
@@karlrovey in this case maybe not for the total time, but for the stupid time the AG added there should definitely be compensation, but not by the state but by the AG him/herself
@@My1xT Unfortunately, there's no mechanism in the state's laws that would allow it.
That sucks too, though, because the money that your referencing would come from the taxpayers. Why should they be on the hook for that?
I would sue the AG for what ever I could get from him