Henry Montgomery is now my downstairs neighbor. His 2 cousins live in our complex and this family is loving, faithful and THANK GOD restored. This is a good man.
I'm a juvenile lifer paroled in Michigan and the State has done nothing to help me. They let me out after 33 years with nothing. I owe being free to Mr. MONTGOMERY!!!
@@daddyelon4577 same age Karl Rittenhouse was when he killed two people. Poor guy had four things going against him: Black, Louisiana, 1964 and he was guilty.
@@heostevelady why weird? I compare two seventeen year-olds. Different times, different ethnicities but people were killed at their hands. One went to for decades, the other one didn’t. Are there reasons for those outcomes?
Activists are capable of having more than a single mandate and the focus on unpunished murders of black people in America, a heinous practice that has been unrelenting for 400 years is a just cause.
There are entirely too many people in prison for either a stupid mistake, minor crimes that have too long of a sentence, or crimes they didn't commit in the first place
Also because of lies. I was lied on by a female roommate because we got in an augment and she lied and said I kicked her out the apt and put a gun to her head. I’ve never held a gun, I’m college educated, have my own business, and no record. I’m so far from that lifestyle. If she would’ve kept the lie going I would’ve been in prison for at lease a year. I spent 4 days in rikers island. False imprisonment is real.
Yep and then to think that nasty Karen was shaking her head smirking and pursing her lips talking about that he's not sad and he knew right for wrong at age 17... She got me all the way f***** up.
@@sir7544 Kyle rittenhouse brought a gun to a protest that he was against. He said he wanted to shoot protesters. He shot protesters. He murdered protesters. Facts don't give an eff about you.
Actually, a girl's maturity at 17 is way different than a boy's at that same age. It is very sad a man was killed, but I do believe this guy has paid his dues.
@@robertlinder8464 you don't know what he would say.58 years is a long time. He didn't cause Any problems and prison was made to rehabilitate people who did crimes or is that not right
its not their burden to forgive. and its not your right to tell people who to feel and process pain.. seems a bit self righteous and mighty of you the christian to judge when the bible talks about being judgemental
is your dad still alive did someone murder him... how do you say that to the daughters of the murdered father? how naive are you to fall for this BS news story... he murdered a man
Is it our goal to rehabilitate or to punish? "Vengeance is mine saith the Lord". We call it "corrections", but who decides when the person has been adequately corrected? Just making it through Angola Prison for all those years is an accomplishment in itself. Godspeed to Henry for the rest of his life... 🌷
Its should be different for murder. We are not going to wait for god to rule out on prisoners NO. If you commit murder you lay at the mercy of the court. All other crimes but that you should be TREATED FOR....like an illness. but not murder that is something you should not be able to walk away from.
This man was punished under a very very old law punished on the condition of your skin color which should have been abolished many many years ago. Because if he had been gunned down by a police officer while walking black that police officer would not have done a second in jail, let alone over half century.ask yourself, haven't God been extremely lenient with me?????
Back then it was worse being black. Today everybody gotta chance. It’s different for poor and rich for sure. That man though paid his dues to society without a doubt
I can’t help but cry at this poor mans story. I sincerely hope he is able to enjoy the time he has left. We need to change our criminal justice system. The respect the the other inmates have for Mr. Montgomery is beautiful. Everyone deserves a second chance, especially if they were minors when they committed a crime. Maybe the daughter knew right from wrong but her father was a deputy, nor everyone has the same privilege of something as simple as parents that are mentally, physically and emotionally available for their children. We must look at crime differently, period. Prisons started out as reformatories… that was lost when prisons became private money makers.
@@Karen-dm5lb I do think it's time this man gets a second chance, I hope he can make the most out of what he has left but I gotta know how is this woman racist ? Her father was murdered by no fault of his and certainly not hers, is she racist because the killer happened to be black ???
@@jonathancorbett9827 She's racist because she lived in a time when most were racist. They all live in the small town with good ole boy mind set. It's amazing this man made it to prison & wasn't lynched before making it to trial back then. Only thing that's changed is they shoot em on the spot & say "he didn't comply" or he reached for a gun (cell phone). Of course it's not right that her father was killed but taking a look at the whole justice system this is insane. Many a murderer today gets out on parole after serving only ten years at the most.
I'm the sister of two brothers whe were murdered by two different men in two different states in two different years 1982 and 1984.So I know how it feels. When someone you love is murdered and snatched from your life in a blink of a eye.Your hurt angered devastated. I get all that. But life goes on.Because life is for the living not the dead.The dead have no more troubles of this cold world.I'm also the sister of another one of my brothers who was 21 at the time was part of a robbery that a victim was shot and they died. Not shot by my brother but by one of they men that was in on the robbery. Everybody involved in the robbery killing was charged rightfully so with murder.In 1979 My brother went to prison for 23 years. And I didn't think that was to harsh. Someone had loss their life. My brother came home got a job was eventually able to move into his own apartment buy a new truck. Never went back to prison. I personally never cared about what happened to the two men who had murdered my brothers. I left that up to the courts and God.It wasn't for me to say if those men were sorry and remorseful about killing my brothers. I had a life to live and three small children at the time to raise. I couldn't afford to allow two killers to have any space in my head or heart. Both men went to prison. I can't tell you if their in or out prison by now.I haven't given them any thought about them nor do I honestly care.My brother served the 23 years he was sentence to.He paid his debt to society. He been a productive tax paying citizen who at 64 lives a peaceful life. I know obviously what I choose to do was forgive and not hold anger and not allow myself to hate the men who killed my brothers is't easy . I know it was something broken mentally emotionally and maybe physically in those two young men who murdered my brothers.And they may had needed to be forgiven.I didn't tell them I forgave them.I just did it spiritually and mentally for me. They choose their own fate.Letting go of what hurts you Free's you.And no one controls you. So I have felt the pain of my loved one's being killed and living with the knowledge and pain of knowing my loved played a role in somebody else's loved ones death. I choose to be a survivor of my circumstances not victim.
Im sorry to hear about your brothers. Thanks for sharing how you feel about everything. I couldn’t even fathom.. god continue to bless this lovely lady 🖤🖤
I am sorry to hear about your brothers RIP...I'm glad you are being a strong individual about this this is so unfortunate but you are right the dead have no more troubles in this cold world...no one deserves to have there life taken from them from another human being unless its self defense! that's what I believe and its only fair if you look at it in any case of murder or attempted murder you must take a sec and just trade shoes with them I'm not talking about you I'm talking about the ones that don't know what its like to be a victim or affected. I am a survivor of a drive by shooting so I can relate somewhat but not as extreme as your case but I know what its like having that anger towards someone that wanted to take either your life or someone you loved you just want justice and peace...Its not easy but you must keep going remember that.
Unfortunately there are youth’s at 17 years old that make bad decisions that ruin so many lives. And as they get older they realize what a unforgivable mistake they made. I wasn’t around when he was 17, however when I was 17 I was lost in the streets and I didn’t think about the crimes that I did. It was as if I had to do what I had to do to survive. Thankfully I was arrested for a crime four months after I turned 18 and that sent me away for 3 years and 2 months. Was out when I was 21 and tried to make up lost time, or I wasn’t ready. After doing the 12 month violation I was paroled and got off parole 3 years later. Life is to beautiful to be running around acting a fool. Parents, the home environment plays a big role in there upbringing. Music, sports, educational is what is good for the mind body and soul. The streets have no name.
@@xiaoranmo7308 Enough to rehabilitate them so they do not repeat their mistake. No matter what you do to them, it will never undo the harm, so why even try to count how much is "fair"? The best that person can do to try to atone is to try to be a better person. Maybe ask them to make an effort to stop others from causing harm in the future.
@@xiaoranmo7308 whatever the f****** law says! She's not the arbitrator of who goes to jail and for how long. This is not the olden days where the relatives got to decide the punishment come and get the f*** out of here. And she's cruel and heartless too, talking about a 17 year old knows right from wrong. No the f*** they don't. That's why they're not allowed to join the military yet or even get a drink at the bar.
His daughter can be hurt but there is forgiveness and empathy. He was a child who made a bad decision. She spent 58 years hating and should have spent 58 years forgiving and learning. I would have visited him and got to know him. Have some peace of mind.
What harm can he do at 75 years old? The parole boards are ridiculous. Denying him parole at 73 and recommending more programs, for what. Those programs doesn't help get employment, they're just a waste of taxpayers dollars.
How can the decedant's daughter nurture her anger for 53 years? Clearly, another missing piece of the U.S.A.'s "criminal *justice* system" is support/counselling for victims and their families. It's insane that someone incarcerated for more than five decades would be told he has not participated in "enough programs". The U.S. world is truly topsy-turvy!
Parole boards are just pitiful! I understand the family and pain. For the daughter learn How to forgive I did. Remember you have to stand before God with all the hate and malice.
Wow those type of sentences are insane for their age when they committed those crimes. This should have never happen but this mostly happen to us as ADOS. May he be able to build something out of his life going forward. God Bless him!!!
This should be happening more often! I can't imagine how many souls were lost and/or still in prison from a conviction when they were underage. Our justice system needs a complete overhaul. 😓🙏😓🙏😓
Oh ma gawd!! And as I wrote my earlier comment, I heard the parole board turn him down in 2019! Disgusting!! He helped free OTHER inmates but the parole board said he "needed more programs"??!!?!?!?! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
That cat was in jail over 50 years, and the parole board said he needed more programs. And at 17 in 1960s Louisiana, you better believe there were violation of his rights. Also, what was the reason for the murder? Was it random, or possibly self defense? Remember 1960s in the south.
@@heostevelady word. I say the same thing. They don't get their dad back. These kids today abusue the benefit of the doubt the law gives them because of their age. That's what gives them the courage to commit adult crimes. It's those criminals who deserve to rot In that cage forever
@HunterBidensCrackPipe well why don't you say something like that about dylann roof I never hear you people say anything bad about him I wonder why I know why
I'm glad he's out. People are able to change, and they should have the chance to prove it. Henry has done everything asked of him, and came out with a chance to be what he can be and show who he really is inside.
Oh wow, I was just watching the documentary on this, what got me was when he went for his parole hearing, that One guy said and voted no for him to be released and he also stated he has a lot of learning or something of that nature he said but I’m like darn what else does he need to learn after 58 years in prison
I just have to point out the difference between him who admittedly did commit a crime but you can see that he has changed, and others who commit crimes and are let to walk or who don't change and feel no remorse about the people they killed. It's a big difference, regardless of the reason it happened.
Omg I was waiting for this but totally got caught up in rittenburg and forgot ...why isn't this all over the news and in my TH-cam ? I'm so happy for him! Yay!!!
Even the death penalty is racist. As an American citizen, this is the best our system can do and I’m fine with that for this particular case. The plaintiff family need to understand that in this country even guilty prisoners have rights. And, he was a juvenile at the time of the crime. He deserves a second chance.
@Boops_N_Scoots We do not have a vigilante system in this country. Otherwise, everybody would be killing everybody. As judges say, we need to respect the process.
@Boops_N_Scoots just because he was a deputy doesn't mean he was an " upstanding citizen" and times were VERY different back then, especially in certain states , for people of color.
The fact someone had the audacity to say he needed to be in more programs at 70 something years old is despicable ‼️‼️‼️ The poor man has been there since he was a teenager! Jesus Christ. People deserve second chances ‼️‼️
Congratulations to all who were freed. It's a shame that at 17 you're not old enough to drink. but you are old enough to spend life behind bars. Our justice system is broken. Children shouldn't go to prison. But I bet Trump and his co-conspirators don't go to prison for what they've done. He should get life for everything he's done throughout the but most likely he won't do any time. Because he's white and rich. Something must be done.
Why are certain European countries much more lenient with violent offenders, compared to the US? Is it cheap-labor? Thanks to Byron Stevenson -The Equal Justice Initiative - and to: Henry - Good luck, brother. 🆓 ☺️.
@Bruce Lee there are two reasons. First America gives people more freedom than other countries for example the right to bear arms. On the flip side of that if you do wrong with your freedoms the punishments have to be harsher. Secondly many Americans are ignorant and racist, politicians and judges know this and they know that sentencing people to long sentences or in-acting mandatory minimums will get the elected.
Weird to think there are still black people in jail from the Jim Crow era. It's almost like Jim Crow lives on in a way, because people are suffering for stuff that they did in response to the pressures of that time. Or maybe, pretty likely, they were innocent and/or defending themselves.
I hope these men also thank Warden Burl Cain who worked so hard to make Angola a bit better, helped to improve lives & even fought for some by going into the parole hearing to say that some men deserved a 2nd chance.
Prison in the US takes away the lives of people. Prison is not about reform, but punishment, teens, children should be given a chance. These types of sentences are unheard of here in France.
I wonder how that woman still feels after 58 years? She does not even have that heart to forgive and move on. Oh some people so hard to understand them in this day and age of life is so short. 58 years oh my God! You can’t forgive? Come on. Have a heart. There have been worst cases and people have forgiven, why can’t you huh?
Their is two justice in america carl ritten house gun down three person and he was set free if he was black that verdic would have been diffrient for sure.
@HunterBidensCrackPipe i cam think of quite a few whites who have gotten off even with overwhelming evidence including video,and yet they get go fund me pages and immense support,dating back to Emmitt Til'sl murder in 1955
I totally disgree with this. he took a life and should be in prison under hard labor in which the proceeds go to his up keep and support the family of the life he took. He should be paid at state wages and remain in custody and be removed from work on doctors order but should remain in custody all his days. THAT IS FAIR anything else is a joke. Prison is meant for murderers NOT economic crime and lower but the justice system is FK up.
I was shot years ago by a young teenager but what he doesn't know is I forgave him a long time ago I hope he's not looking over his shoulder thinking I am mad at him this story about Henry made me feel so happy and so glad that I didn't press charges against that kid
Well Linda, he might not have been raised as you were you were privileged, he probably was raised very poor and without a father, which still didn't give him a reason to take a life.
Having a father is privileged? When Linda’s father was murdered the divorce rate among whites was higher than blacks. Look up the statistics. Is poverty an excuse for murder?
He has more than served his time. I am sure that the person he killed was something else in such a racist time. But no one has the right to take someone's life.
50 years his complete life nearly over , this judicial system needs to be put on trial , the overhaul is long over due , how have these people that hold the views they do and yield the power get to decide unjust sentences , Juvenile sentences must be given second chances , because even if some may argue they knew right from wrong , a juvenile is still underdeveloped in understanding consequences ,and after such a lengthy sentence, should be given the option of parole Henry Montgomery and all glad you are now free, to the families who tragically lost loved ones , my condolences.
After 57 years, how can this guy say, "You need more programs?" This should never be on any parole board. The daughter or granddaughter needs lots of counseling.
Henry Montgomery is now my downstairs neighbor. His 2 cousins live in our complex and this family is loving, faithful and THANK GOD restored. This is a good man.
Stop lying,Youn know dis fella
Thank you so much for sharing this.
What a blessing!!
Wow I’m so happy for Mr.henry that’s awesome ❤
I'm a juvenile lifer paroled in Michigan and the State has done nothing to help me. They let me out after 33 years with nothing. I owe being free to Mr. MONTGOMERY!!!
Be safe and do what's right
@@MRTWOMUCHable after 4 years I discharge off Parole on the 29th. It's still a struggle.
@@waltermiller3274stay Strong you got this❤❤
Life is what you make it. My cousin did 10 years and he struggled with some things but if you surround yourself with supportive family you can make it
The state has not helped you… so what your a lifer..
Your a immoral murder! You should still be locked up for your miserable life
Dude served half a century, parole board said, "you need more programs." Insane!
bruh he murdered someone at 17
@@daddyelon4577 same age Karl Rittenhouse was when he killed two people. Poor guy had four things going against him: Black, Louisiana, 1964 and he was guilty.
@@Brakdayton Kyle situation is nothing like this guy’s. Weird you even try to compare them together
@@heostevelady why weird? I compare two seventeen year-olds. Different times, different ethnicities but people were killed at their hands. One went to for decades, the other one didn’t. Are there reasons for those outcomes?
Yea that was laughable
Good lord, after 58 years he's going to need all the help he can get.
Yep.
This is when blm needs to get together right
Thank goodness he has all of the other early released group. Amen they'll hold him down
Activists are capable of having more than a single mandate and the focus on unpunished murders of black people in America, a heinous practice that has been unrelenting for 400 years is a just cause.
There are entirely too many people in prison for either a stupid mistake, minor crimes that have too long of a sentence, or crimes they didn't commit in the first place
@HunterBidensCrackPipe thanks.
@@taylorbug9 he did not want to lie. He was not trying to deny it. He served 58 years.
Also because of lies. I was lied on by a female roommate because we got in an augment and she lied and said I kicked her out the apt and put a gun to her head. I’ve never held a gun, I’m college educated, have my own business, and no record. I’m so far from that lifestyle. If she would’ve kept the lie going I would’ve been in prison for at lease a year. I spent 4 days in rikers island. False imprisonment is real.
Well he killed a person.. so theres that
That's not the case in his case.
I think you need more programs WTH how much more can you do with 57 years under your belt. We need more people like him to talk to these kids out here
Yep and then to think that nasty Karen was shaking her head smirking and pursing her lips talking about that he's not sad and he knew right for wrong at age 17... She got me all the way f***** up.
Exactly
@Tim Loo1 Self defense
@@sir7544 Kyle rittenhouse brought a gun to a protest that he was against. He said he wanted to shoot protesters. He shot protesters. He murdered protesters. Facts don't give an eff about you.
@Tim Loo1 Explain how
Actually, a girl's maturity at 17 is way different than a boy's at that same age.
It is very sad a man was killed, but I do believe this guy has paid his dues.
You wouldn't say that if he killed a relative of yours.
@@robertlinder8464 you don't know what he would say.58 years is a long time. He didn't cause Any problems and prison was made to rehabilitate people who did crimes or is that not right
maybe someone kills your father then how do you feel?
@@Decaff72 after 50 something years i forgive them yes....he was 17 for God's sake.
The logical, reasoning, part of the brain is not fully developed in males til they are 25. And yes he paid his dues.
The system is rotten to the core, sham on the families who don't forgive, they probably say they Christian🤔
its not their burden to forgive. and its not your right to tell people who to feel and process pain.. seems a bit self righteous and mighty of you the christian to judge when the bible talks about being judgemental
What? I don't care im not forgiving anybody killing my family
@@uMADden A blood debt must be paid in blood" #ShangChi
is your dad still alive did someone murder him... how do you say that to the daughters of the murdered father? how naive are you to fall for this BS news story... he murdered a man
6 0 yrs
I so wish we could see more of this for marijuana arrests and non-violent offenders.
💯 Agreed
They need to be out now its legal
yes i cannot wait
I wish this man peace
I see this two ways 17 years is old enough …and 58 years is long enough……
Is it our goal to rehabilitate or to punish? "Vengeance is mine saith the Lord". We call it "corrections", but who decides when the person has been adequately corrected? Just making it through Angola Prison for all those years is an accomplishment in itself. Godspeed to Henry for the rest of his life... 🌷
We are all guilty of being Godless He’s the Righteous Judge
Its should be different for murder. We are not going to wait for god to rule out on prisoners NO. If you commit murder you lay at the mercy of the court. All other crimes but that you should be TREATED FOR....like an illness. but not murder that is something you should not be able to walk away from.
The USA has been on the vengeance route for the past 50 years, and look where it has gotten us.
punish. Parents for educating, state for punishing.
@@My2CentsYall he still killed someone he took there father and husband permanently. So I'm not looking at how old he is he's not a victim.
His daughter needs therapy. She’s bitter of woman. Life is different from a white and person of color. Especially back then..
This man was punished under a very very old law punished on the condition of your skin color which should have been abolished many many years ago. Because if he had been gunned down by a police officer while walking black that police officer would not have done a second in jail, let alone over half century.ask yourself, haven't God been extremely lenient with me?????
Its understandable I mean she Lost her father really young.But he served more than enough time.
Absolutely!!!
right..
Back then it was worse being black. Today everybody gotta chance. It’s different for poor and rich for sure. That man though paid his dues to society without a doubt
Even God has forgiven people who were sincerely sorry for their crimes even murder.
That's BS
How do I get an interview with this person?
The world has forgotten that God forgives us daily. If our sins were exposed to the world, Lord knows we all would be in bad shape
I can’t help but cry at this poor mans story. I sincerely hope he is able to enjoy the time he has left. We need to change our criminal justice system. The respect the the other inmates have for Mr. Montgomery is beautiful. Everyone deserves a second chance, especially if they were minors when they committed a crime. Maybe the daughter knew right from wrong but her father was a deputy, nor everyone has the same privilege of something as simple as parents that are mentally, physically and emotionally available for their children. We must look at crime differently, period. Prisons started out as reformatories… that was lost when prisons became private money makers.
will you stand by this opinion if the victim was your dad, mom, son, daughter or any close relative ?
@@MD-01 The daughter is bitter. It's clouding her judgement. Her ancient racist views is too
@@Karen-dm5lb ok
@@Karen-dm5lb I do think it's time this man gets a second chance, I hope he can make the most out of what he has left but I gotta know how is this woman racist ? Her father was murdered by no fault of his and certainly not hers, is she racist because the killer happened to be black ???
@@jonathancorbett9827 She's racist because she lived in a time when most were racist. They all live in the small town with good ole boy mind set. It's amazing this man made it to prison & wasn't lynched before making it to trial back then. Only thing that's changed is they shoot em on the spot & say "he didn't comply" or he reached for a gun (cell phone). Of course it's not right that her father was killed but taking a look at the whole justice system this is insane. Many a murderer today gets out on parole after serving only ten years at the most.
I'm the sister of two brothers whe were murdered by two different men in two different states in two different years 1982 and 1984.So I know how it feels. When someone you love is murdered and snatched from your life in a blink of a eye.Your hurt angered devastated. I get all that.
But life goes on.Because life is for the living not the dead.The dead have no more troubles of this cold world.I'm also the sister of another one of my brothers who was 21 at the time was part of a robbery that a victim was shot and they died. Not shot by my brother but by one of they men that was in on the robbery.
Everybody involved in the robbery killing was charged rightfully so with murder.In 1979 My brother went to prison for 23 years. And I didn't think that was to harsh. Someone had loss their life.
My brother came home got a job was eventually able to move into his own apartment buy a new truck. Never went back to prison.
I personally never cared about what happened to the two men who had murdered my brothers. I left that up to the courts and God.It wasn't for me to say if those men were sorry and remorseful about killing my brothers. I had a life to live and three small children at the time to raise. I couldn't afford to allow two killers to have any space in my head or heart.
Both men went to prison. I can't tell you if their in or out prison by now.I haven't given them any thought about them nor do I honestly care.My brother served the 23 years he was sentence to.He paid his debt to society. He been a productive tax paying citizen who at 64 lives a peaceful life.
I know obviously what I choose to do was forgive and not hold anger and not allow myself to hate the men who killed my brothers is't easy . I know it was something broken mentally emotionally and maybe physically in those two young men who murdered my brothers.And they may had needed to be forgiven.I didn't tell them I forgave them.I just did it spiritually and mentally for me. They choose their own fate.Letting go of what hurts you Free's you.And no one controls you.
So I have felt the pain of my loved one's being killed and living with the knowledge and pain of knowing my loved played a role in somebody else's loved ones death.
I choose to be a survivor of my circumstances not victim.
Im sorry to hear about your brothers. Thanks for sharing how you feel about everything. I couldn’t even fathom.. god continue to bless this lovely lady 🖤🖤
I am sorry to hear about your brothers RIP...I'm glad you are being a strong individual about this this is so unfortunate but you are right the dead have no more troubles in this cold world...no one deserves to have there life taken from them from another human being unless its self defense! that's what I believe and its only fair if you look at it in any case of murder or attempted murder you must take a sec and just trade shoes with them I'm not talking about you I'm talking about the ones that don't know what its like to be a victim or affected. I am a survivor of a drive by shooting so I can relate somewhat but not as extreme as your case but I know what its like having that anger towards someone that wanted to take either your life or someone you loved you just want justice and peace...Its not easy but you must keep going remember that.
@@ultimatewarrior9611 Thank you💕
@@a_n3032 I deeply appreciate your reply ♥
What a heartfelt story. I always know there is good news to be reported although far and few in between. Bless Him
If you think this is a heartfelt story, just wait for the one with the family of the man he killed. Just don't hold your breath
he killed a person
My "heart" goes out to him.....58yrs is a long time ⌛
Of course the family doesn’t feel like he’s sorry, they will never feel that he is. 58 years is enough!!!
LOL that's a f***** up profile I thought that was Tommy sotomayor oh my god wow LOL 🤣🤣🤣😂😂👋
Unfortunately there are youth’s at 17 years old that make bad decisions that ruin so many lives. And as they get older they realize what a unforgivable mistake they made. I wasn’t around when he was 17, however when I was 17 I was lost in the streets and I didn’t think about the crimes that I did. It was as if I had to do what I had to do to survive. Thankfully I was arrested for a crime four months after I turned 18 and that sent me away for 3 years and 2 months. Was out when I was 21 and tried to make up lost time, or I wasn’t ready. After doing the 12 month violation I was paroled and got off parole 3 years later. Life is to beautiful to be running around acting a fool. Parents, the home environment plays a big role in there upbringing. Music, sports, educational is what is good for the mind body and soul. The streets have no name.
Great advice of experience, ty for posting. You'd be great working with kids !
I understand how his daughter fills but 57 years is enough they don’t do this in Europe so why do it here
If somebody take away your love one, how many years behind bar do you think is enough?
@@xiaoranmo7308 Enough to rehabilitate them so they do not repeat their mistake. No matter what you do to them, it will never undo the harm, so why even try to count how much is "fair"? The best that person can do to try to atone is to try to be a better person.
Maybe ask them to make an effort to stop others from causing harm in the future.
@@NozomuYume or just hang the shitbirds. Guarantee you'd have different opinion if it was your daddy
@@xiaoranmo7308 whatever the f****** law says! She's not the arbitrator of who goes to jail and for how long. This is not the olden days where the relatives got to decide the punishment come and get the f*** out of here. And she's cruel and heartless too, talking about a 17 year old knows right from wrong. No the f*** they don't. That's why they're not allowed to join the military yet or even get a drink at the bar.
His daughter can be hurt but there is forgiveness and empathy. He was a child who made a bad decision. She spent 58 years hating and should have spent 58 years forgiving and learning. I would have visited him and got to know him. Have some peace of mind.
What harm can he do at 75 years old? The parole boards are ridiculous. Denying him parole at 73 and recommending more programs, for what. Those programs doesn't help get employment, they're just a waste of taxpayers dollars.
How can the decedant's daughter nurture her anger for 53 years? Clearly, another missing piece of the U.S.A.'s "criminal *justice* system" is support/counselling for victims and their families. It's insane that someone incarcerated for more than five decades would be told he has not participated in "enough programs". The U.S. world is truly topsy-turvy!
The man pay his prize he should be free.
17 then life 17 now a hero. Somethings are worth forgiving. He was sorry now let him live his life.
Facts. SMH
You also have 17 likes , I won’t disrupt that
Job's got nothing on Mr. Montgomery! God bless you, Sir! Keep doing His work and welcome home!
Parole boards are just pitiful! I understand the family and pain. For the daughter learn How to forgive I did. Remember you have to stand before God with all the hate and malice.
Wow those type of sentences are insane for their age when they committed those crimes. This should have never happen but this mostly happen to us as ADOS. May he be able to build something out of his life going forward. God Bless him!!!
This should be happening more often! I can't imagine how many souls were lost and/or still in prison from a conviction when they were underage.
Our justice system needs a complete overhaul. 😓🙏😓🙏😓
oh was your dad murdered.. how would you feel must be nice white privelage
Oh ma gawd!! And as I wrote my earlier comment, I heard the parole board turn him down in 2019!
Disgusting!! He helped free OTHER inmates but the parole board said he "needed more programs"??!!?!?!?! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
I know Mr. Henry, and he’s a wonderful man. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
How’s he doing
@, he’s doing good. He’s a little hard of hearing, but he’s fine. 😊😊😊
That cat was in jail over 50 years, and the parole board said he needed more programs. And at 17 in 1960s Louisiana, you better believe there were violation of his rights. Also, what was the reason for the murder? Was it random, or possibly self defense? Remember 1960s in the south.
He is like...WTF?..cellphones,cars,clothing,girls dressing like boys and girls wearing skimpy coverings
I'm glad he was able to come home. I don't know anyone still doing what they did when they were younger.
@HunterBidensCrackPipe crazy how ppl think aww poor him. Dude murdered a dad and husband. Sickening, you can see the kids are still hurt
@@heostevelady word. I say the same thing. They don't get their dad back. These kids today abusue the benefit of the doubt the law gives them because of their age. That's what gives them the courage to commit adult crimes. It's those criminals who deserve to rot In that cage forever
@HunterBidensCrackPipe well why don't you say something like that about dylann roof I never hear you people say anything bad about him I wonder why I know why
@@ronaldwilliams2295 THAT PART💯
This remind us of parenthood!
May God bless him.
he killed a person
I couldn't watch without crying we all make mistakes I'm still crying 👍 happy 😊 for him he is free thank God almighty free at last 😊
I know Mr. Henry! He’s a nice man. 🙏🏻
Sad 58 year's
I'm glad he's out. People are able to change, and they should have the chance to prove it. Henry has done everything asked of him, and came out with a chance to be what he can be and show who he really is inside.
"For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you"
Oh wow, I was just watching the documentary on this, what got me was when he went for his parole hearing, that One guy said and voted no for him to be released and he also stated he has a lot of learning or something of that nature he said but I’m like darn what else does he need to learn after 58 years in prison
I just have to point out the difference between him who admittedly did commit a crime but you can see that he has changed, and others who commit crimes and are let to walk or who don't change and feel no remorse about the people they killed. It's a big difference, regardless of the reason it happened.
This is sad.
My heart breaks for this man
Omg I was waiting for this but totally got caught up in rittenburg and forgot ...why isn't this all over the news and in my TH-cam ? I'm so happy for him! Yay!!!
Thank you for helping me when I went there❤
Who ever said he needs more program after 58 years is a joke 🤣
Even the death penalty is racist. As an American citizen, this is the best our system can do and I’m fine with that for this particular case. The plaintiff family need to understand that in this country even guilty prisoners have rights. And, he was a juvenile at the time of the crime. He deserves a second chance.
@Boops_N_Scoots We do not have a vigilante system in this country. Otherwise, everybody would be killing everybody. As judges say, we need to respect the process.
@Boops_N_Scoots just because he was a deputy doesn't mean he was an " upstanding citizen" and times were VERY different back then, especially in certain states , for people of color.
The fact someone had the audacity to say he needed to be in more programs at 70 something years old is despicable ‼️‼️‼️ The poor man has been there since he was a teenager! Jesus Christ. People deserve second chances ‼️‼️
Congratulations to all who were freed. It's a shame that at 17 you're not old enough to drink. but you are old enough to spend life behind bars. Our justice system is broken. Children shouldn't go to prison. But I bet Trump and his co-conspirators don't go to prison for what they've done. He should get life for everything he's done throughout the but most likely he won't do any time. Because he's white and rich. Something must be done.
Only a common human suffers; ruling and rich class never.
So happy Mr Montgomery is free now.
I would have been forgave him, if I were the family 👪. I would have told them to let him out!
unless its your dad or mom or brother or sister... wtf
White boy the first one to benefit from a black man's effort 😡😡😡
They say he knew right from wrong at 17, then I have to believe that Kyle Rittenhouse did too.
How do you navigate in a world of 2021 from 1963?? Like the entire society has changed, technology, and everything in between. What a transition! 😳
he should leave the state as soon as possible …. we know that Esau doesn’t know how to show true mercy
I'm one of them that came home😢
Why are certain European countries much more lenient with violent offenders, compared to the US?
Is it cheap-labor?
Thanks to Byron Stevenson -The Equal Justice Initiative -
and to:
Henry - Good luck, brother. 🆓 ☺️.
@Bruce Lee there are two reasons. First America gives people more freedom than other countries for example the right to bear arms. On the flip side of that if you do wrong with your freedoms the punishments have to be harsher. Secondly many Americans are ignorant and racist, politicians and judges know this and they know that sentencing people to long sentences or in-acting mandatory minimums will get the elected.
I think that family members reasons to keep him locked up is the reason the parole board gave him parole.
yup..aside from being white that Family may still have some strong pulls...
Im willing to bet that he was defending himself from that cop
Weird to think there are still black people in jail from the Jim Crow era. It's almost like Jim Crow lives on in a way, because people are suffering for stuff that they did in response to the pressures of that time. Or maybe, pretty likely, they were innocent and/or defending themselves.
That guy said I think you need more program’s after all them years.
Forgiveness
Y they didn’t show the parole board faces that denied him
A guy sits in prison for 56 years to be told " I think you need more programming " ... WTF
Good luck and best wishes to Mr. Montgomery!
Thank you so much my young son citizens to 79 years to life but since then he’s coming back home. Thank you.
awwww this poor guy god bless u sir in everyway
I hope these men also thank Warden Burl Cain who worked so hard to make Angola a bit better, helped to improve lives & even fought for some by going into the parole hearing to say that some men deserved a 2nd chance.
Prison in the US takes away the lives of people. Prison is not about reform, but punishment, teens, children should be given a chance. These types of sentences are unheard of here in France.
I just can imagine wat this man have seen or heard going through 5 decades of prison an how many hour of music he listen to.
He deserved every minute in jail. I don't care how old he was.
There are non violent life time prisoners as well...that is a bigger issue
I wonder how that woman still feels after 58 years? She does not even have that heart to forgive and move on. Oh some people so hard to understand them in this day and age of life is so short. 58 years oh my God! You can’t forgive? Come on. Have a heart. There have been worst cases and people have forgiven, why can’t you huh?
Where can I watch the full episode?
Thank u sir
Life in prison for juveniles is cruel punishment. Good for these people who are getting second chances.
God bless you, Mr. Henry Montgomery!
I wonder what the deputy did. He shot that pig for a reason. Im glad Mr. Montgomery is free
Their is two justice in america carl ritten house gun down three person and he was set free if he was black that verdic would have been diffrient for sure.
But no one can ever escape God’s justice if We DONT repent , regret it and rebuild our relationship better with god. Also to ❤️ each other !
@HunterBidensCrackPipe name one?
@HunterBidensCrackPipe i cam think of quite a few whites who have gotten off even with overwhelming evidence including video,and yet they get go fund me pages and immense support,dating back to Emmitt Til'sl murder in 1955
My Uncle Is In That Cemetery… He Did 55 Years In Angola!!!
I hope people like Linda will look at the McMichaels story and say the same thing to them
Man judges and is no less guilty of his own crimes which makes for hyoocrisy
-hypocrisy-
I totally disgree with this. he took a life and should be in prison under hard labor in which the proceeds go to his up keep and support the family of the life he took. He should be paid at state wages and remain in custody and be removed from work on doctors order but should remain in custody all his days. THAT IS FAIR anything else is a joke. Prison is meant for murderers NOT economic crime and lower but the justice system is FK up.
Spoken like a true Hitler racist loving individuals I bet you wouldn't say that about Dylan roof though
Congratulations sir😢🤗🙏, so long to get ur freedom, I pray god will bless u in ur coming years & u will prosper in ur ins & outs. GOD BLESS U sir.
God bless you brother
GOD is good all the time.....
I was shot years ago by a young teenager but what he doesn't know is I forgave him a long time ago I hope he's not looking over his shoulder thinking I am mad at him this story about Henry made me feel so happy and so glad that I didn't press charges against that kid
This is new.man thank u lord.please keep up the good works amen
Well Linda, he might not have been raised as you were you were privileged, he probably was raised very poor and without a father, which still didn't give him a reason to take a life.
Having a father is privileged? When Linda’s father was murdered the divorce rate among whites was higher than blacks. Look up the statistics. Is poverty an excuse for murder?
@@madameclark3453 no , her "privilege" was not being blk in that state in the US in 1964.
" I think you need more programs" these Mofo's are something else
He has more than served his time. I am sure that the person he killed was something else in such a racist time. But no one has the right to take someone's life.
What's this program stuff? What type of programs they got going on ?
50 years his complete life nearly over , this judicial system needs to be put on trial , the overhaul is long over due , how have these people that hold the views they do and yield the power get to decide unjust sentences ,
Juvenile sentences must be given second chances , because even if some may argue they knew right from wrong , a juvenile is still underdeveloped in understanding consequences ,and after such a lengthy sentence, should be given the option of parole
Henry Montgomery and all glad you are now free,
to the families who tragically lost loved ones , my condolences.
GOD BLESS YOU FOREVER SIR 🙏
After 57 years, how can this guy say, "You need more programs?" This should never be on any parole board. The daughter or granddaughter needs lots of counseling.
The cop who was killed, his kids still don’t have a father
This the 2nd one on my feed along with Kevin Strickland, how many are there?
I also came here from Kevin Strickland! So much sadness! I feel sad for both men especially Kevin!
May the Most High God continue to keep him in peace
So America is the land of the free. Try again
That's exactly what I say it was never free never has been and probably never will be not at this point in time who knows
He is not totally free because of the record that will follow him for ever so complete freedom does not exist
I believe he'll be ok.
Bless you sir
There is no telling how bad that cop was