@@GreenSummerr And now he can only remininsce about his fun times with his family at Disneyland, Disneyworld, whereever, the beach, New York, Vegas, hawaii,etc. never to do that again (remember Tom Jones, or Elvis, or other's 1960s countr classic tear-jerker Green Green grass of home0
I bet she got some nice "gifts" to remember seeing his face from some nice people in uniforms. Would be a shame if someone would notice that in a trial, right?
Sure I think so too. But think of the consequences. If witnesses knew they'd be put in jail for being wrong. How many people would come forward if they're not 100% sure of what they saw
shadow demon you bring up a very interesting point, it seemed like that lady was convinced by the police that that man is who she saw when she knew very well she couldn’t make out a face, all I’m saying is if she comes forward as a witness at least be honest that she could not make out a face and that it was just possible
ChaosChampion exactly what I thought, seems like she was influenced to have a solid false testimony or unstable testimony whether it was by the police or someone else but still she should of just been honest and for that, for lying and for treating someone’s life with so little care I believe she should get what she tried to give the man
Yea like wft there's supposed to be these things called innocent until proven guilty, and beyond a reasonable doubt. Neither were displayed here, in fact the opposite happened.
@@yellowcactusproductions Theres another comment on here that says he was freed March 12, 2021 But then a reply to that comment says, no hes not I just signed the petition to let him out ... So... IDK? 🤷♀️
EDIT: To clarify for those who have responded, I mean people who INTENTIONALLY lie for the sake of money, attention, etc. about being a witness deserve to be punished. People who lie with the intent to ruin or harm someone in a court of law deserve to be punished. I’m sure there are laws that punish these people, I don’t know them specifically though. And if there are laws, they don’t get enforced enough OR they’re hard to prove. I understand this. If someone has lied unintentionally, because their memory is just wrong or they truly believe what they’re saying, I don’t think they should be punished- they’re innocent as well, just mistaken. I know people lie due to be coerced by police to just get the case closed, and in that situation it should be the police who face the consequences. Now that I’ve said this, please rethink your response to my comment. Y’all have been blowing up my notifications and I get the point by now lol. Original comment: People who lie about being a witness deserve punishment as well.
I think that witness testimonies shouldn’t be admissible as evidence by itself. Witnesses should be used to support evidence such as “John shot and killed a man and left the gun at the scene of the crime. The gun is registered in his name, his fingerprints are on the gun, AND a neighbor saw the whole incident.” Anything else and you end up just leveraging witness testimony against witness testimony.
I was angry as well, and as I was watching the video, I was hoping that he may have been able to take that plea. I doubted it, but I was hopeful. That man’s life was over 30+ yrs ago.
Unfortunately this happens far more often then anyone is willing to accept. There's never any true justice in cases like this which is horrible. It makes me so sick and what's worse the majority of people think cases like this are 1 in a billion when it's far more often. It's a problem I don't even think you can truly fix
What makes it even worse is the fact that they pulled Double Jeopardy on him which is illegal. You can not be convicted for the same crime twice and they actually did that.
This. Lying in court should get you the sentence the person you tried to get locked up would have got. Exceptions obviously for misremembering (it happens) but people like that lady who know they saw nothing and even had it proven to them still sticking to their guns and the other 'witnesses' should have trials and be put in for life when found guilty.
Poor man was robbed of his child's entire life and that's the real crime here. Those witnesses should be serving life sentences in his place that is terrifying and heart breaking
Our justice system is not about proving innocence, it is about proving guilt. The judge who said there wasn’t sufficient evidence to prove innocence has his head on backwards.
@@bjkl4520 this is the problem with remembering or popularizing simple catchy phrases such as "innocent until proven guilty". It doesnt capture any of the nuances of the actual situation/system leading to people getting riled up when the poorly made "rule" is broken.
yep, that's the saddest thing about it, you spent almost half of your whole life behind bars for nothing, and they wouldn't even compensate you for what they did, the judge and the witnesses deserves a punishment equivalent to what spencer has gone through,
@@SteveCarras he was released from custody and and the higher courts are reviewing his trial, with the case against him flimsy at best and nonexistent at worst, and with no prosecution against him, it’s pretty safe to say he’s in the clear
@@sriwidyakelly1905 except he wasnt proven guilty, the evidence was nowhere nesr enough to get a man convicted, i mean seriously "1 person saw 2 silhouettes" "ok its this guy. Send em to prison for 30+ years" i mean for all we know any of the witnesses or literally ANYONE within a 100 mile radius couldve reasonably committed the crime
@@noahjones9833 Once you're convicted of a crime, you're considered "guilty" no matter what the evidence is. Yeah, morally, he's not guilty, but legally he is. Once you're convicted and therefore (no matter the evidence) "proven guilty," the only way to get out is to prove your innocence.
In America there is only 1 situation in which you are innocent until proven guilty, that is a wealthy, powerful, and very much white person with no priors, and maybe on a very rare occasion just plain lucky. If someone is missing any one of those traits or may a Supreme being help them if they're missing more than 1 of those traits, they will be considered guilty until proven innocent. The American justice system may have better living conditions than other countries but is a terrible system when it comes to providing "fair" trial...
An actual aspiring lawyer wouldn't fall for a cartoon youtube video. This video, like so many others leaves out key facts and only nitpicks evidence they don't like. There is a lot more to this case. This video forgets to mention that Spencer being with Mitchell in the hours leading up to the crime is proven. Mitchell even said Spencer was there. Even if the trial were started all over today I would have enough to convince the jury that he did it within the first 10 minutes.
I had CCTV footage that proved my innocence in court and the judge literally said word for word "well seeing this video, *You're clearly telling the truth.* However I'm going to have to take the police officers word for it." Then denied my appeal. And from the very start when I told my public defender I wanted to plead innocent in the Preliminary Hearing, she said, "if you don't plead guilty, *I will not help you.* I have too many cases to take yours to trial." I will never forget these words from the judge and public defenders office. Because after serving my time, I came back home to an eviction notice on my door and someone replaced me in the 1 of my 3 jobs that was paying most of my bills. *... It's not about if you're innocent or not. It's about law enforcement and the court not willing to admit that they made a mistake.*
@@andknuckles101 that's the reason why I won't step one foot to America. I was planning to start working and living there for some time but now after hearing about all these stories I won't go even near it lol. If a local can get so easily wrongly punished then what can happen to a eastern european speaking broken english lol
NO it's not. Once you are assumed guilty, the burden of proof is on the prosecution to provide evidence, sometimes that evidence is only a so called 'witness' (who COULD be lying). But it works like this (for an example) Hypothetically lets say, IF you are suspected of a crime, and enough evidence can be found/created/presented to arrest you (could be a witness on the spot), you are taken to jail to wait for a hearing. The taking to jail part is your fist clue you are guilty and must prove your innocents. Now they give you the information that they have that they are using to PROVE your guilt so YOU can PROVE it's not true in order to get out of jail. So, in actuality you must prove your innocence before you can be released. .. I want to add a couple of things I use to work on some years back.. to entertain one's thoughts. #1 is your Miranda Rights. I have asked many people including police officers if they "know" what their Miranda Rights mean. I had an officer of 12 years who was in trouble call me, I asked him the question during our conversation. Funny, but neither him nor any could answer, all they could do is recite them. they mean: You have the right to remain silent BECAUSE everything you say WILL be cut up and used against you in a court of law! Anything you SAY that they can use against you they will, anything you say that can be used as a defense is for your attorney to defend. And there were examples I used. If you had a court hearing on Monday at 8am but got into an accident on the way and was rushed to the hospital, then explained later to people of substance, "I was unable to make it because ..." the petitioning party will only tell the Judge "You said you were UNABLE to make it".. the rest is your defense. So the Judge is deceived. It would also be your job to notify the Judge they intentionally deceived the judge and then prove that. #2 NEVER EVER PLEAD "NO CONTEST". No Contest not a plead that can be appealed without EXTREME circumstances and you have 30 days to prove and 'request' an appeal, so.. a No contest plead is explained that you may NOT ever for any reason except proven extreme circumstances reversible and it IS used as a guilty plea. "Nolo Contendere" which translates as: you do not with to contend or argue against the complaint. In actuality you are stating to the court that you are incompetent (as a 2 year old child) to take a plea on your own, and therefore you are allowing the court to do so for you; which because of your own incompetence you will never appeal, because.. well.. you are incompetent. (that's not exactly what it means, but it is about the equivalence).
@@sandraamigliore7285 first, why did you write a whole dissertation about this, second guilty until proven innocent is a bad mindset, every person is innocent until they're found out to have done something guilty, having it the other way around is unfair, and has also caused cancel culture, where falsely accused people get called clowns on social media and assumed to be guilty of whatever they're being blamed for, until the truth comes out that they're innocent.
Terrorism* And people wonder why people with a conscious laugh and smile when they hear that these terrorists and their "judge" counterparts get killed for what they are.
This makes me sick. Can you imagine being in this poor poor fella's shoes? He had his life stripped from him. And I echo the sentiment of others in the comments section, those "witnesses" who lied need to face criminal repercussions for their role in incarcerating an innocent man. I hope this video helps to spread the awareness to free Benjamin Spencer.
Unfortunately, given the incentives of elected prosecutors and the quality of their average voter, our system is only as strong as jurors are independent, intellectually honest, and insightful.
That's the thing though. He *was* technically proven guilty in the first trial. The presumption of innocence flips then and now he has to prove he's not guilty.
Lift legally he was proven guilty. And retrials have to work the other way around or people could just keep doing retrials with the same info hoping for a different result
"this is nothing like this" actually it is. it'd be like if "Ashley" saw 2 people beating a 3rd person up. She could say it was "James" because she saw the silhouette of a BIG kid. And because "James" is 6"4 that means he did it.
@@Riceboi-xc3nr And.. school is a simulation? I understand that 30 fokin years are nothing conpared to a dedention, but still.. if these things happen at school (the place where you're supposed to learn stuff) then gg
As a substitute teacher, kids lie a lot! We like our evidences based on what we saw. If we didn't see it, then I would not press much charges on punishment since I have no concrete evidence.
She's another case of someone getting high off the attention and power of life and freedom over another. The DA probably treated her like a queen as long as she stuck to her "Eye witness account"
@@eyallev But he wasn't, this is proof and reason that witnesses are not concrete evidence and should not be the sole reason somebody is sent to jail without further reasoning. Without forensic tests or pleading guilty, witnesses are not enough because some random citizen that says they saw it can easily be wrong or lying.
That doesn't exist anymore, especially in today climate. It's guilty until guilty most of the time, there is no more innocent even if your proven innocent.
I went to prison for something that wasn't my fault so I totally understand the justice system is unfair and cops will do what they want to close the case regardless of truth. Corruption at it's finest
This actually make me nauseous, imagine your whole life gone just because you were at the wrong place at the wrong time. I have little hope for the justice system.
Dimichi He probably didn’t have his entire life with a recently married pregnant wife thrown out of the window because of some lying eyewitnesses at 22 years of age
Luke Enno known fact meaning something that can be proven, and isn’t just some vain guy’s opinion, and I guess I can’t really define logic, but sending an innocent man to jail that the court knew was innocent seems off
U guys know you can be released after being convicted it has happened before. This is just a very rare case. Also the judge didn’t decide if he was guilty it was a jury. The jury may have had bias that the Defence didn’t realize when selecting the jury. Also this guy probably had a public defender for his case which may be why he lost an easy case.
The thing is he was convicted of being guilty. So now he has to provide undeniable evidence he's innocent. Despite how he never was undeniably proven guilty.
Lawyer: *finds decisive evidence that the witness is lying* "will he get out now? There's no evidence that he's guilty." Judge: *well yes, but actually no*
@H La Create a better system? You don't have to. Just swallow your pride that American must be the pioneer of everything, and learn something from other countries, especially northern europe ones...
he's 55 now, and he's basically lost most of his life in jail for something he didn't do. the person who done it is probably in jail for something else, or still out there laughing
Peanutbenny Ben we need to protest. This isn’t ok. There are actual murderers like OJ Simpson who had all the evidence in the world against them and they just got away Scott free. The system is flawed.
Yeah. He had a child on the way. That means his baby grew up, said their first word, took their first steps, went to school, made friends, graduated went to college got married and had kids while his father was in jail for a crime he didn’t commit
i know a man who was accused of a horrible crime by a girl and sentenced for 32 years. the girl said that she was lying but he still has to finish his sentence. he is the nicest man i’ve ever met, with a loving wife, some people are just looking for someone to blame
Those who lie and ruins someone’s life should been sentenced to life. If you take time out of someone’s life for a crime they didn’t commit you should have your life taken
Judges: well he’s probably innocent buuuut we can’t prove it so. Everyone else: *but you can’t prove he’s guilty either* Edit 2: just to make it clear, I have no clue on what the first edit was
@@iamthehype3684 we aren't even in the top 10 so yet we still have more incarnations that any country in the world. Even those in the top 14 eith highest violent crimes rate...
If he took the 5 years, he woulda served, got out and had the conviction an probably never proved his innocence Its amazing how they needed no physical evidence to convict him but so much evidence to prove his innocence .
@@86soulx Yeah but you can't really fault him for that, why admit to a crime you didn't do? Especially if you believe that after they look into it a bit more you could get out. I'm sure he regrets not taking it though.
@@memesthatmakeyouwannadie3133 I’m sorry but if I were given this same info but with all geographic markers removed and was then asked ‘in what country did this happen?’ My answer would always be America. Only America is that circular on evidence and the idea of guilt and innocence.
Seriously, what happened to innocent until proven guilty? The fact that he can't prove that he didn't do it is irrelevant, if the state can't prove that he did in fact commit the crime beyond reasonable doubt (which it can't). So he should be set free.
If you go to a group of scientists and say “THERE WERE ALIENS IN MY BACKYARD! I SAW THEM!” Saying you saw something absolutely does not make it true, and it’s so ridiculous that the court cares about witness testimonies.
I really dont remember who had said this, and I'm mostly paraphrasing, but they said, "Eye witness accounts are the weakest form of evidence in science, but the strongest in the court of law..."
Human society operates based on different principles than nature. In the real world it would be almost impossible to convict members of mafia/criminal organizations of something without witnesses/snitches. "Scientific" approach would actually totally ruin the justice system. Also, forensic science is proven to be very unreliable.
I sat on a jury about two years ago. I was not convinced of the man's guilt nor was I convinced of his innocence. I am still haunted by this man's conviction.
You deserve it. You should have said "not guilty". Although I understand it was not easy for you weakling under peer pressure. May the conscience strike your soul forever and ever
GameModJr She was livin it better than Spencer, she is out of the picture, however it is sad that the boy had to grow up without a father figure because he was falsely accused.
Not really, it's innocent until proven guilty to a bunch of ordinary people who are conscripted to act as jury, and then you are guilty until you can prove your innocence unless a judge or governor realizes a gross miscarriage of justice and chooses to issue you a pardon.
But that's the problem, he was found guilty. Once found guilty the burden of proof required to prove innocence is generally far higher than it was to get convicted. Given the amount of people (and government bodies) that would likely get sued if he was deemed innocent it's clear the courts don't like declaring anyone of being wrongfully convicted.
The system kept him in jail even though they knew he was innocent, but didn’t even scentance a person for one year after lying about being a witness for money benefits?
We need people who are going to go through the federal government with in order to say you can break this innocent men out of prison, and I am for doing it. Yes we need to get guns against the guards if their dishonest slap smear on those decides Need to get kicked in the head one with the help of Uncle Sam the United States government that is, in yes we have a duty to fight for somebody civil rights, because that was the absolute violation And if it means were gonna have to do things like vandalise prisons to get people like that out with the help of the US Government Then we will do that halili!
@Christiaan van Mierlo It's still "innocent until proven guilty" but here, I'd say that they failed so horribly that they should've been disbarred for such gross injustices inflicted by their failure to hold up the law.
@Christiaan van Mierlo I can certainly relate to your disappointment in law .... I certainly believe that an innocent behind bars is much more of an injustice than 10 guilty criminals free and on the road, of the same crime.
Wrong, there was enough evidence to Convict no matter how bad or tainted that evidence might be. The Jury determines what is factual not the Judge unless it is a trial with no jury.
This is because the common law system that America use, in Common law system there is only one guidelines and it is the judge faith in the Court. No matter how innocent you are, if the judge say you are wrong then you are wrong
@@mrluigi9923 if it isn't a for profit prison, the parole board will look at things like anger management, compliance with mental health medications, educational achievement, etc. If he spent all his time proving his innocence and didn't do any of that, the parole board will reject it. If it's a private prison, they will reject just to keep their numbers up and ensure profitability.
6:49 You’re supposed to be innocent until proven guilty If the only evidence used to indicate any guilt is refuted, you should either be exonerated or a new trial granted. It’s absolutely BS that you need new evidence - it’s almost impossible to prove a negative; that’s why they’re supposed to be able to prove guilt beyond a shadow of a doubt. Even that wasn’t done.
I had CCTV footage that proved my innocence in court and the judge literally said word for word, "well seeing this video, *You're clearly telling the truth.* However I'm going to have to take the police officers word for it." And denied my appeal. ...From the very start when I told my public defender I wanted to plead innocent in the Preliminary Hearing, she said, "if you don't plead guilty, *I will not help you.* I have too many cases to take yours to trial." I will never forget these words from noth the judge and public defenders office. ...After serving my time, I came back home to an eviction notice on my door and someone replaced me in the 1 of my 3 jobs that was paying most of my bills. *... It's not about if you're innocent or not. It's about law enforcement and the court not willing to admit that they made a mistake.*
AEplays which is probably why this man never got a new trial if he got a chance to prove he’s innocent they’d have to pay him but if you stall the trial untill he’s dead
@@lostboy8214 It's full of bureaucratic holes and dead ends. Vestigial remnants from old legislature mixed in with the more modern one that it's not compatible with. Just new laws stacked on top of the old ones, inconsistency and conflict is inevitable. That, and the court today is pretty much the clergy from way back when; few know exactly how they go about deciding the outcome, but their word is law so shut up. Too much power, not enough accountability.
You talk like the judges have to pay him out of their own pockets. They have laws and rules they have to follow. They are not allowed to just overturn another judges decision without following the law. If the law is flawed, in your opinion, contact your representative and start a process to have it changed. But that takes effort. Much easier for you and your 251 "thumbs up" people to just say its "cause the money" then go back to you reality TV.
This is one of the biggest things I hate about Fox News, they always go on about how the system works. And it does work alright, it works against us!!!! 😡
He was finally released on March 12, 2021. Poor man, our justice system failed him. Can't imagine spending that many years of my life locked up based on nothing more than eyewitness testimony, despite having an alibi.
They ruined the entire lives of him and his family. This is disgusting.
gtfoanna I know just a imagine it’s u they wasted YOUR whole life and your family,how unfair
@@GreenSummerr And now he can only remininsce about his fun times with his family at Disneyland, Disneyworld, whereever, the beach, New York, Vegas, hawaii,etc. never to do that again (remember Tom Jones, or Elvis, or other's 1960s countr classic tear-jerker Green Green grass of home0
Yeah they should just decide enough is enough and let him go free
Just think, If this problem is lurking in a country like US, what is the situation in India going to be like?
Understatement.
One attention hungry lady and a few bad judges completely ruined a father’s life.
The justice system is so disappointing
Yeah he never got a chance to be the father and husband he was s'posed to be. It's so sad.
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Karan K can’t just easily place blame on others like that especially since we don’t know what goes on behind closed doors
Rights don't exist they can be taking away at any moment. It should called privilege's.
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This story actually made me mad
This man spent more of his life in prison than he spent outside of it. And it was for a crime he didn't even commit
LaMarque Drew yeah that’s sad, think of that child, what would he think about his dad ?
That lady should be in jail, not him!!!
He's still in
@@mataharii161 Shouldn't she actually be tried for perjury, since she lied on the witness stand?
@@mihaibmt5936 if that son becomes a killer that hates society, i wouldn't blame him. Sometimes we create our own monsters.
As of today March 12, 2021 Benjamin Spencer is free. When I heard the news I knew I heard it here on the infographics show.
I hope he gets a big paycheck from the government and the people who lied will get what they deserve for what they did to him.
Good news at least they could have done that a long time ago
That woman who swears it was him needs atleast a year in jail in my opinion
@@matthewwilliams4065 50
@@chaitanya928 he deserves billions...
That lady should be put in jail for lying and serve the time she tried to put that man in for
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Makes sense.
I bet she got some nice "gifts" to remember seeing his face from some nice people in uniforms. Would be a shame if someone would notice that in a trial, right?
Sure I think so too. But think of the consequences. If witnesses knew they'd be put in jail for being wrong. How many people would come forward if they're not 100% sure of what they saw
shadow demon you bring up a very interesting point, it seemed like that lady was convinced by the police that that man is who she saw when she knew very well she couldn’t make out a face, all I’m saying is if she comes forward as a witness at least be honest that she could not make out a face and that it was just possible
ChaosChampion exactly what I thought, seems like she was influenced to have a solid false testimony or unstable testimony whether it was by the police or someone else but still she should of just been honest and for that, for lying and for treating someone’s life with so little care I believe she should get what she tried to give the man
you need evidence to get out of jail but not to get somebody arrested?
Applezz that’s so true
Yet it’s you’re innocent until proven guilty, but the country doesn’t act in this manor at all.
Well yes but actually no
The system is sexist against men like that
Money will get you out of jail, and it works much faster than evidence of someone's innocence.
He didnt have evidence to prove himself innocent? YOU HAD NO PROOF TO PROVE HIM GUILTY. TF?
He had an aliby that proved his innocence
@Anthony Guarino innocent until proven guilty
Yea like wft there's supposed to be these things called innocent until proven guilty, and beyond a reasonable doubt. Neither were displayed here, in fact the opposite happened.
Period.
supposed to be innocent until proven guilty
This is sad, he never got to see his son grow up, spend time with him, play games with him
Nah this isnt just sad, it's straight up depressing
I mean my dad was not in prison and he didn't spend time with me
Hes set free
@@pepper5117 Wait when?
@@yellowcactusproductions
Theres another comment on here that says he was freed March 12, 2021
But then a reply to that comment says, no hes not I just signed the petition to let him out ...
So... IDK?
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EDIT: To clarify for those who have responded, I mean people who INTENTIONALLY lie for the sake of money, attention, etc. about being a witness deserve to be punished. People who lie with the intent to ruin or harm someone in a court of law deserve to be punished. I’m sure there are laws that punish these people, I don’t know them specifically though. And if there are laws, they don’t get enforced enough OR they’re hard to prove. I understand this. If someone has lied unintentionally, because their memory is just wrong or they truly believe what they’re saying, I don’t think they should be punished- they’re innocent as well, just mistaken. I know people lie due to be coerced by police to just get the case closed, and in that situation it should be the police who face the consequences. Now that I’ve said this, please rethink your response to my comment. Y’all have been blowing up my notifications and I get the point by now lol.
Original comment: People who lie about being a witness deserve punishment as well.
There is a law against lying in court. It’s just extremely hard to prosecute
Well they won't go to heaven. And that's the punishment.
Denver Perez not going to argue with you but theres many people who do not believe in some form of final judgement
I think that witness testimonies shouldn’t be admissible as evidence by itself. Witnesses should be used to support evidence such as “John shot and killed a man and left the gun at the scene of the crime. The gun is registered in his name, his fingerprints are on the gun, AND a neighbor saw the whole incident.” Anything else and you end up just leveraging witness testimony against witness testimony.
GRIM no they don't they were just VICKTIMS
This is one of the most infuriating things I have ever seen.
exiledPostman I know right I punched the wall so many times
I was angry as well, and as I was watching the video, I was hoping that he may have been able to take that plea. I doubted it, but I was hopeful. That man’s life was over 30+ yrs ago.
Unfortunately this happens far more often then anyone is willing to accept. There's never any true justice in cases like this which is horrible. It makes me so sick and what's worse the majority of people think cases like this are 1 in a billion when it's far more often. It's a problem I don't even think you can truly fix
Is Benjamin Spencer still alive? Just curious
What makes it even worse is the fact that they pulled Double Jeopardy on him which is illegal. You can not be convicted for the same crime twice and they actually did that.
Lying witnesses should be put in prison for life when it's found out
Especially women
Unless they change
This. Lying in court should get you the sentence the person you tried to get locked up would have got. Exceptions obviously for misremembering (it happens) but people like that lady who know they saw nothing and even had it proven to them still sticking to their guns and the other 'witnesses' should have trials and be put in for life when found guilty.
In islam it's one of the most despicable things someone could do .... they will pay in day of judgement
Can’t happen. Our memory is painfully fragile so there would be no way to distinguish between people misremembering and explicitly lying.
Poor man was robbed of his child's entire life and that's the real crime here. Those witnesses should be serving life sentences in his place that is terrifying and heart breaking
that is exactly what I was thinking
@@Lucasjj2010 i agree with you and what about his reporations???!!!!1
@@PAULSHAPIRO-go5qb I made that comment like a year ago do you expect me to remember what this video was?
Frankly. So does the judge.
agree 100%. The witnesses need to pay.
This is so appalling, I can't even put it into words. This is the most unfair thing I have ever seen. The witness woman should be in prison, not him.
You mean the "nether"
Ikr
Our justice system is not about proving innocence, it is about proving guilt. The judge who said there wasn’t sufficient evidence to prove innocence has his head on backwards.
I thought the same thing. How does he sleep at night knowing he let an innocent man rot in jail?
Does this judge deserve to get paid?
even then he should still get released if he is proven innocent more so than guilty.
@@bjkl4520 this is the problem with remembering or popularizing simple catchy phrases such as "innocent until proven guilty". It doesnt capture any of the nuances of the actual situation/system leading to people getting riled up when the poorly made "rule" is broken.
You mean he should have his head turned backwards
The worst part is that no amount of money could ever buy this man's life back. Time is priceless
yep, that's the saddest thing about it, you spent almost half of your whole life behind bars for nothing, and they wouldn't even compensate you for what they did, the judge and the witnesses deserves a punishment equivalent to what spencer has gone through,
He never got to see is son grow up...
One guy got 79 bucks for a longer sentence, and now he is suing.
Yes,that's heartbreaking
The judge and the witness should be tortured and killed in the most painful way
@@mrcricket8464 no, they should not be tortured or killed. Financial
Friday, March twelfth, 2021. He was finally freed at last. He was let out of jail and can hopefully rebuild what life he has left.
Nice to see..>:< since I just SIGNED the petition..meraning he's not really freed.
Where can I go online to find out for sure either way?
@@SteveCarras try me
@@SteveCarras he was released from custody and and the higher courts are reviewing his trial, with the case against him flimsy at best and nonexistent at worst, and with no prosecution against him, it’s pretty safe to say he’s in the clear
@@GhostHunterDipperPines Ayy when are you going to the mistery shack again?
The "witnesses" should be charged,
Maybe let them try prison
It may be too late for that
@@Adam-ru7wd never I say we hang them for their crimes
Harry robinson agreed
Harry robinson 100% agree
Barsteward they should be killed for what they did
It's not Spencer's job to prove his innocence. It's the courts job to prove his gult. They did not prove anything beyond a reasonable doubt.
Welcome to American courts
He was proven guilty though so it'd his job to overturn. It's harsh but it's how it works
@@sriwidyakelly1905 except he wasnt proven guilty, the evidence was nowhere nesr enough to get a man convicted, i mean seriously "1 person saw 2 silhouettes" "ok its this guy. Send em to prison for 30+ years" i mean for all we know any of the witnesses or literally ANYONE within a 100 mile radius couldve reasonably committed the crime
@@noahjones9833 Once you're convicted of a crime, you're considered "guilty" no matter what the evidence is. Yeah, morally, he's not guilty, but legally he is. Once you're convicted and therefore (no matter the evidence) "proven guilty," the only way to get out is to prove your innocence.
Here here!
Wow, his child is about 30 and he never saw the child. Poor man
He could've had visits
He probably visited him. But still lost a lot of precious time
He probably had visits but its obviously not the same as living with him
he missed watchimg jos child grow
f
For anyone wondering spencer was released on bond 4 weeks ago and is awaiting a new trial
That’s awesome!
I hope he wins
No amount of money can compensate them taking his life away. Everyone involved in that trial should get life in prison
Can you please link details 🥺
Too late.
"He is probably innocent, but it doesn't matter, he can't prove it."
Is this how innocent until proven guilty works? Something seems off here.
Unfortunately, once theyre behind bars, its guilty till proven innocent
Proof of guilt is usually considered being convicted by a jury. So legally he is consider guilty
It’s Texas, there it’s you’re guilty until prove innocent, and if you are innocent you’re probably still guilty
In America there is only 1 situation in which you are innocent until proven guilty, that is a wealthy, powerful, and very much white person with no priors, and maybe on a very rare occasion just plain lucky. If someone is missing any one of those traits or may a Supreme being help them if they're missing more than 1 of those traits, they will be considered guilty until proven innocent. The American justice system may have better living conditions than other countries but is a terrible system when it comes to providing "fair" trial...
If he cant prove it he cant prove it
as an aspiring lawyer, i feel sick to my very core that the justice system can wrong someone this severely. i'm at a lost for words.
Atleast if they let him out until they found more evidence
@@DailyClipsz1 yeah but evidence from 28 years ago is very hard to find but they should let him out since the evidence already shows his innocence.
@@somkeshav4143 they are like
Hmm yes we see ur innocent but we still wont let you out
An actual aspiring lawyer wouldn't fall for a cartoon youtube video. This video, like so many others leaves out key facts and only nitpicks evidence they don't like. There is a lot more to this case. This video forgets to mention that Spencer being with Mitchell in the hours leading up to the crime is proven. Mitchell even said Spencer was there. Even if the trial were started all over today I would have enough to convince the jury that he did it within the first 10 minutes.
@@doug2060 Source?
Thats girl who said she saw him makes my blood boil. Why did she have to do him like that
I hope the same thing happens to her and she gets put in jail for the rest of her life
She's evil, maybe she has a grudge. She should be publicly shamed and incarcerated, with all her assets sold and the money given to spencer.
Fr. She couldn't leave him alone. She had to go and ruin his life.
Ryan tigrine same here.. . She makes me really angry
She's a Karen that wants to ruin a man's life. Simple.
It’s really messed up of a judge to say “probably are innocent but you have no new evidence to prove it so I’m keeping you in jail.”
I had CCTV footage that proved my innocence in court and the judge literally said word for word "well seeing this video, *You're clearly telling the truth.* However I'm going to have to take the police officers word for it." Then denied my appeal. And from the very start when I told my public defender I wanted to plead innocent in the Preliminary Hearing, she said, "if you don't plead guilty, *I will not help you.* I have too many cases to take yours to trial." I will never forget these words from the judge and public defenders office. Because after serving my time, I came back home to an eviction notice on my door and someone replaced me in the 1 of my 3 jobs that was paying most of my bills.
*... It's not about if you're innocent or not. It's about law enforcement and the court not willing to admit that they made a mistake.*
Imagine having random people lie about you and ruin your life
You're never safe in America, despite the slogans
Ever met a woman?
Police testimony should be viewed as biased witness testimony-not fact. Most innocent ppl are in because of their lies.
@@andknuckles101 that's the reason why I won't step one foot to America. I was planning to start working and living there for some time but now after hearing about all these stories I won't go even near it lol. If a local can get so easily wrongly punished then what can happen to a eastern european speaking broken english lol
That’s why I’m moving soon as possible lol don’t want to be here long enough after I’m 18 to get sent to prison on a lying witness
isn’t it innocent until proven guilty, not the other way around?
Not after conviction. Then it is the other way around.
Yeah but Only for rapists 🙄
NO it's not. Once you are assumed guilty, the burden of proof is on the prosecution to provide evidence, sometimes that evidence is only a so called 'witness' (who COULD be lying). But it works like this (for an example)
Hypothetically lets say, IF you are suspected of a crime, and enough evidence can be found/created/presented to arrest you (could be a witness on the spot), you are taken to jail to wait for a hearing. The taking to jail part is your fist clue you are guilty and must prove your innocents. Now they give you the information that they have that they are using to PROVE your guilt so YOU can PROVE it's not true in order to get out of jail. So, in actuality you must prove your innocence before you can be released.
.. I want to add a couple of things I use to work on some years back.. to entertain one's thoughts.
#1 is your Miranda Rights. I have asked many people including police officers if they "know" what their Miranda Rights mean. I had an officer of 12 years who was in trouble call me, I asked him the question during our conversation. Funny, but neither him nor any could answer, all they could do is recite them.
they mean: You have the right to remain silent BECAUSE everything you say WILL be cut up and used against you in a court of law! Anything you SAY that they can use against you they will, anything you say that can be used as a defense is for your attorney to defend. And there were examples I used. If you had a court hearing on Monday at 8am but got into an accident on the way and was rushed to the hospital, then explained later to people of substance, "I was unable to make it because ..." the petitioning party will only tell the Judge "You said you were UNABLE to make it".. the rest is your defense. So the Judge is deceived. It would also be your job to notify the Judge they intentionally deceived the judge and then prove that.
#2 NEVER EVER PLEAD "NO CONTEST". No Contest not a plead that can be appealed without EXTREME circumstances and you have 30 days to prove and 'request' an appeal, so.. a No contest plead is explained that you may NOT ever for any reason except proven extreme circumstances reversible and it IS used as a guilty plea. "Nolo Contendere" which translates as: you do not with to contend or argue against the complaint. In actuality you are stating to the court that you are incompetent (as a 2 year old child) to take a plea on your own, and therefore you are allowing the court to do so for you; which because of your own incompetence you will never appeal, because.. well.. you are incompetent. (that's not exactly what it means, but it is about the equivalence).
Where I live its innocent until proven guilty, but the American system is different (and so so unfair)
@@sandraamigliore7285 first, why did you write a whole dissertation about this, second guilty until proven innocent is a bad mindset, every person is innocent until they're found out to have done something guilty, having it the other way around is unfair, and has also caused cancel culture, where falsely accused people get called clowns on social media and assumed to be guilty of whatever they're being blamed for, until the truth comes out that they're innocent.
She ruined his life, she should of got same.
TATTOO VAMPIRE1966 don’t joke this is real
Jude Hamill no cause she needs to suffer the same thing she set the innocent man to do, life sentence is probably worse than death
Exactly. What was even the point of her lying?
American justice is insane who ask evidence from evidence
@@nkem3524 it could be that she was paid off
And to this day, people still think false accusations "aren't a big deal". Unless it's happened to you, you have no idea how bad they are.
People can get you in trouble with no proof
Rodgerzzz not in the uk
*women can
RandomGuyOn TH-cam yea that’s what I said
My childhood relationship with my sister in a nutshell
True
All I’m thinking rn is
1) I feel bad for this man and I hope that lady who lied gets put in jail
2) what if this happens to me
Yeah I'm scared too. From the day forward I will bring a camare with me to record everything I do. Everything
Ali Alhasson if it happened to me for that long I'll just end it myself
Facts man I'm scared of living in a building for 35 years because of doing nothing wrong
Get high , cause you never know when your gonna go
Well, I think I will assassinate the judge so that they now have a real motive to arrest me and they I would said that it was self defense.
It actually breaks my heart to hear this. This isn't justice, it's corruption.
mine too
Terrorism* And people wonder why people with a conscious laugh and smile when they hear that these terrorists and their "judge" counterparts get killed for what they are.
I agree with you
That’s the United States Government for you
The system is rife with corruption.
This makes me sick. Can you imagine being in this poor poor fella's shoes? He had his life stripped from him. And I echo the sentiment of others in the comments section, those "witnesses" who lied need to face criminal repercussions for their role in incarcerating an innocent man. I hope this video helps to spread the awareness to free Benjamin Spencer.
He's freed
“Innocent until proven guilty”
Guess that’s a lie.
Unfortunately, given the incentives of elected prosecutors and the quality of their average voter, our system is only as strong as jurors are independent, intellectually honest, and insightful.
The correct term is "Gulity until proven innocent"
@@user-nw5nj5wy7m which country you reside in? Just curious
That's the thing though. He *was* technically proven guilty in the first trial. The presumption of innocence flips then and now he has to prove he's not guilty.
@@theRAVEN1337 Are you commenting on his phrasing? Just reversing it to actually fit the convorsation. Not 100% true just joking
What happened to being innocent until guilty, he has never PROVEN guilty which means he should be completely free.
Right?
Lift legally he was proven guilty. And retrials have to work the other way around or people could just keep doing retrials with the same info hoping for a different result
In our system, if someone says you did something, that apparently means you’re proven guilty.
Yea.. one the 31 basic human right... 😓
@Tayler Robinson But the evidence which prove him guilty now has been proved to be wrong. That doesn't means he has never been proved guilty?
This reminds me of school. A kid can tell on another kid and the teachers will punish the other kid no matter how much they try to tell them the truth
Flying Mudkip • 16 years ago this is nothing like this
"this is nothing like this" actually it is. it'd be like if "Ashley" saw 2 people beating a 3rd person up. She could say it was "James" because she saw the silhouette of a BIG kid. And because "James" is 6"4 that means he did it.
Travis Is Worrell this is real life in school you would get at most a detention
@@Riceboi-xc3nr And.. school is a simulation? I understand that 30 fokin years are nothing conpared to a dedention, but still.. if these things happen at school (the place where you're supposed to learn stuff) then gg
As a substitute teacher, kids lie a lot! We like our evidences based on what we saw. If we didn't see it, then I would not press much charges on punishment since I have no concrete evidence.
For anyone who wants to know, this man was actually just released about 2 weeks ago.
YAY
👏👏👏👏
“Won’t talk openly” yeah because she’s caught in a lie
Caught in a liiiieee~ (song by Jimin of BTS)
@@ndpd7695 no
@@lynkingbetti why
@@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyxz102 B T S = C A N C E R
She's another case of someone getting high off the attention and power of life and freedom over another. The DA probably treated her like a queen as long as she stuck to her "Eye witness account"
"Prove your innocence"
I'm sorry, what?
Last time I checked it was innocent until proven guilty 😂
@@janani1826 That's just a slogan to make people feel better.
"Prove I'm guilty."
@@janani1826 he was proven guilty. now he needs to unprove it
@@eyallev But he wasn't, this is proof and reason that witnesses are not concrete evidence and should not be the sole reason somebody is sent to jail without further reasoning. Without forensic tests or pleading guilty, witnesses are not enough because some random citizen that says they saw it can easily be wrong or lying.
Do ANY of these people understand the phrase “innocent until proven guilty” ?!
They rather claim "guilty until proven innocent" smh !
That doesn't exist anymore, especially in today climate. It's guilty until guilty most of the time, there is no more innocent even if your proven innocent.
The problem is he was convicted, witch means to get a retrial you have to prove your innocence.
Well once your convicted it does turn around, guilt until proven innocent.
In most cases it is still innocent until proven guilty, however the court believes he was already proven guilty.
I went to prison for something that wasn't my fault so I totally understand the justice system is unfair and cops will do what they want to close the case regardless of truth. Corruption at it's finest
Who wants more papers
Its not corruption
This actually make me nauseous, imagine your whole life gone just because you were at the wrong place at the wrong time. I have little hope for the justice system.
Sparrows 4Ever was not even near the crime scene
@@margaretthatcher8246 exactly
sadly.. it happens every single day to someone. This is very very common. There are a lot of innocent people thrown in jail.
imagine being the guy that was killed
Dimichi He probably didn’t have his entire life with a recently married pregnant wife thrown out of the window because of some lying eyewitnesses at 22 years of age
The justice system should be based on known facts, and logic, period.
It was until the Democratics went full Alt-left.
It's based on money. It's as corrupt as it gets.
It’s funny how in science, eyewitness testimony is the weakest type of evidence, but in court it’s the strongest.
Luke Enno known fact meaning something that can be proven, and isn’t just some vain guy’s opinion, and I guess I can’t really define logic, but sending an innocent man to jail that the court knew was innocent seems off
Nowadays if a cop hits a person who's not a white man it's considered as racism or sexism
That's one of reasons, why justice doesn't exist in our world
Roman Fedayi America*
I agree. It's more or less the powerful making rules and their own versions of justice.
Well in many european country's justice works
Not in "world" but America
that's why we stick to guns to make our own justice
It's scary to think about how many people may be in prison although being innocent and that stuff like this can happen to all of us any time
This is actually a really tragic life to live
Poor man.
if he ever gets outs, he'd be nowhere near a poor man though
@@Speciimenn I mean he lost 35 years of his life so even money wont give his life back
@@MarioL4c1 im aware
what life?
The judge said that he can't prove the innocence when they couldn't even prove that he was guilty
welcome to the american justice system they need to keep those prisons full or they lose money!
Jaspy that’s true, and most prison and a cash cow owned by a company just locking innocent lives just for a couple hundred bucks
U guys know you can be released after being convicted it has happened before. This is just a very rare case. Also the judge didn’t decide if he was guilty it was a jury. The jury may have had bias that the Defence didn’t realize when selecting the jury. Also this guy probably had a public defender for his case which may be why he lost an easy case.
The thing is he was convicted of being guilty. So now he has to provide undeniable evidence he's innocent. Despite how he never was undeniably proven guilty.
Should take it to the supreme Court claiming innocent before guilt wasn't properly applied and that he was denied a basic American right.
“Innocent until proven guilty”
Also Judges
“He was probably innocent, but since he can’t prove it he is guilty”
It's like something out of Ace Attorney.
This comment feels like a riddle because I don’t understand much of it xD
It’s like I’m taking the comment to a whole different level of conspiracy theories.
@@omergouner7850 it's not that hard to understand stinkyface poopoohead 🙄🤡😂
Crazy cow well I read things differently, and it’s hard to understand. Now calling me stinky poopooface is just like a 7 year old calling me names
It is disappointing to see that innocent people have to suffer. It just breaks my heart.
Evidences: He's innocent.
Court: Well yes, but actually no.
well no but actually yes
well actually yes and no
actually well yes but no
Does this remind anyone else of the Salem witch trials?
Well yes but actually yes
Spencer: how am I guilty
Court: Witness say so
Specter: other witness say I wasn’t
Court: Guilty
if 12 people can sit there and think "this guy done it", then he obviously did it. should have taken the plea deal
Walter It’s impossible for the witness to see if it was him from 93 feet.
@@syroxide are you trolling?
Spencer: bruh sound effect #2
@@abdallahshakeel7036 I bet he feels really bitter about not taking that plea deal. all I'm saying. What he did and didn't do is irrelevant.
Prisoner: I beat up a police officer. What did you do
Spencer: I was sitting on my couch
Prisoner* skoots over
Leo Is Here haha
Prisoner: JESUS CHRIST MAN! GUARD GET ME OUTTA HERE, THIS GUY IS CRAZY!
it was a RADIOACTIVE couch!
Pyre Squire your a cute bird
this is the saddest thing ever. he had a life ahead of him, his child, his wife. bless his soul.
Lawyer: *finds decisive evidence that the witness is lying* "will he get out now? There's no evidence that he's guilty."
Judge: *well yes, but actually no*
And thats how mafia works
Lol just sir made something serious funny. I thank uou
No its
Lawyer: We've found concrete evidence that Spencer is not bad, will he get out now?
Judge: yeah, nah
there is no evidence he isn’t guilt
that justice system for you
Our founding fathers would be ashamed of our justice system today. Especially the Texas justice system.
Chump Johnson they are turning and voting blue finally they can be fixed :)
Pfffff... Have you seen the Brazil justice system yet??
@@marcov8796 I doubt a change in politics would do anything meaningful or substantial.
i know scared games s2 was right.
What's is wrong with the texas system?
This video got me soo triggered. This also proves that our justice is kind of bs.
We shouldn’t support the American police or government
*Spencer's special ability: Suicide*
I mean...at this point the real meaning of Justice is "the Impossibility"
@H La Create a better system? You don't have to. Just swallow your pride that American must be the pioneer of everything, and learn something from other countries, especially northern europe ones...
You'd think an admission of lying, by the freaking witness, would count as
"new evidence".
Proven innocent: * gets life sentence *
Murderers who killed many people: * Gets let out after a few years *
*gets off Scot free due to technicality*
That's America for you
Yay america is such a great place!!!!
Change your name to Baaqir Sulaiman and remember to state that your religion is Islam and you ll be ok.
Freedom.
he's 55 now, and he's basically lost most of his life in jail for something he didn't do. the person who done it is probably in jail for something else, or still out there laughing
Peanutbenny Ben we need to protest. This isn’t ok. There are actual murderers like OJ Simpson who had all the evidence in the world against them and they just got away Scott free. The system is flawed.
And his family, his kid it's just so bad
Or plot twist he actually did it?
The witness was part of the crime and they gave money to the judges to accuse Spancer
Yeah. He had a child on the way. That means his baby grew up, said their first word, took their first steps, went to school, made friends, graduated went to college got married and had kids while his father was in jail for a crime he didn’t commit
So it took 20 years for someone to think: "Wait how did she see the face in the dark"
Pretty much
Its because we werent that smart back then
Malvin he’s still in prison?!?!
@@Monkeyman10367 Yep, still is
Shocking 😢
i know a man who was accused of a horrible crime by a girl and sentenced for 32 years. the girl said that she was lying but he still has to finish his sentence. he is the nicest man i’ve ever met, with a loving wife, some people are just looking for someone to blame
Those who lie and ruins someone’s life should been sentenced to life. If you take time out of someone’s life for a crime they didn’t commit you should have your life taken
ur spitting facts rn
I wouldn’t say death, but I would say they should get the amount of time the same amount of time the “criminal” got
most people that lie was most likely forced by the police.
Facts!!!
For real.
Judges: well he’s probably innocent buuuut we can’t prove it so.
Everyone else: *but you can’t prove he’s guilty either*
Edit 2: just to make it clear, I have no clue on what the first edit was
Didn't the prisons get money per prisoners?
@@studentoflife8532 yes. Prison for profit. That's why the USA has the biggest prison population. It's a racket.
@@INFINITE-AMMO well we still have one of the highest violent crime rates in the world y'know.
@@iamthehype3684 we aren't even in the top 10 so yet we still have more incarnations that any country in the world. Even those in the top 14 eith highest violent crimes rate...
cody Wooden i thought that was Brazil
In a system which claims that you’re “innocent until proven guilty” he wasn’t proven guilty and now has to prove himself as innocent.
More like guilty until proven innocent.
DarrNoss legally you are innocent until proven guilty
@@zerotwosixty7416 wasn't the case for Spencer
He's black so, if he's white he would be free 30 years ago
That’s modern Feminism for you
The judge was ridiculous "he is probably innocent but wont get a retrial". The judge had power to grant him retrial.
If he took the 5 years, he woulda served, got out and had the conviction an probably never proved his innocence
Its amazing how they needed no physical evidence to convict him but so much evidence to prove his innocence .
If he took 5 years, he would have 'jail experience' (I don't know how to name it) so it would be difficult to find a job.
@@meowcat7124 if he took the 5 years, he would live the remaining of his life being looked at as a guilty man, including his friends and family
@@86soulx Yeah but you can't really fault him for that, why admit to a crime you didn't do? Especially if you believe that after they look into it a bit more you could get out. I'm sure he regrets not taking it though.
@@86soulx he could have done an alford plea.
@@onbored9627 I rather be proven innocent than be guilty of something I did not do.
So they put him in jail without evidence, and then deny the retrial because he could not disprove the accusations?
What a Circus of a justice System.
Its bruh
He legitimately is expected to prove his innocence, even when the judge says he thinks the man is innocent. I can't believe this happened in America.
To me, a person must be assumed innocent until you prove they aren't. If the judge don't do that, they should be dismissed.
@@memesthatmakeyouwannadie3133 I’m sorry but if I were given this same info but with all geographic markers removed and was then asked ‘in what country did this happen?’ My answer would always be America.
Only America is that circular on evidence and the idea of guilt and innocence.
Seriously, what happened to innocent until proven guilty? The fact that he can't prove that he didn't do it is irrelevant, if the state can't prove that he did in fact commit the crime beyond reasonable doubt (which it can't). So he should be set free.
And this is why psychology says witness testimony is next to useless.
If you go to a group of scientists and say “THERE WERE ALIENS IN MY BACKYARD! I SAW THEM!” Saying you saw something absolutely does not make it true, and it’s so ridiculous that the court cares about witness testimonies.
I really dont remember who had said this, and I'm mostly paraphrasing, but they said, "Eye witness accounts are the weakest form of evidence in science, but the strongest in the court of law..."
@@arinyates6886 I think it was Carl Sagan or Neil Tyson
Human society operates based on different principles than nature. In the real world it would be almost impossible to convict members of mafia/criminal organizations of something without witnesses/snitches. "Scientific" approach would actually totally ruin the justice system. Also, forensic science is proven to be very unreliable.
@@GSungaila ...how is forensic science un reliable
I sat on a jury about two years ago. I was not convinced of the man's guilt nor was I convinced of his innocence. I am still haunted by this man's conviction.
You deserve it. You should have said "not guilty". Although I understand it was not easy for you weakling under peer pressure. May the conscience strike your soul forever and ever
why didn't you just vote no guilty. Doesn't it have to be unanimous?
Spencer: So... I'm innocent?
Judge: Well yes, but actually no.
Seggsschreibne??
Sorry not sorry
Well yes but we don’t feel like admitting the system doesn’t work whatsoever
Guilty until proven Innocent
This man just wanted to be with his family.
Ya poor guy
f
F the kid and he’s wifu has to be devastated to.
Poor guy
Press f in the chat
the victim here isn't just Spencer. it's also his wife who had to survive without him and his son that grew up without a father.
GameModJr this deserves top comment
GameModJr yes
And even more comments
And the mistress who was his alibi
GameModJr She was livin it better than Spencer, she is out of the picture, however it is sad that the boy had to grow up without a father figure because he was falsely accused.
This man has been in prison longer than I've been alive.. for SOMETHING HE DIDN'T DO.
I'm shook.
US Justice: Innocent until proven guilty
Also US Justice: Guilty until proven innocent
The first one is a complete lie.
Not really, it's innocent until proven guilty to a bunch of ordinary people who are conscripted to act as jury, and then you are guilty until you can prove your innocence unless a judge or governor realizes a gross miscarriage of justice and chooses to issue you a pardon.
Those are lies. They still treat him as guilty even after proven innocent.
Ahh the old 1 - 2 switcharoo
Did you talk to your lawmakers about the injustice?
You shouldn't have to prove innocent, it should be innocent till proven guilty
Sadly thats america but my country has a worse system soo
That's what it used to be
@@itachiuchiha2446 Nah, it was never that. That was always the nice idea that we would play out, but it was never true.
@@reichrunner1 shhhhh yes it was it used to be innocent until proven guilty
But that's the problem, he was found guilty. Once found guilty the burden of proof required to prove innocence is generally far higher than it was to get convicted. Given the amount of people (and government bodies) that would likely get sued if he was deemed innocent it's clear the courts don't like declaring anyone of being wrongfully convicted.
Justice system: “Guilty until proven innocent”
Innocent until proven guilty. Where did we go wrong.
@Vilas Pawar Almost in every country, but not in this case
Especially if you're black or native. It's sad but true.
MAKES SENSE TO ME 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@Vilas Pawar It is also true that by the time justice is delivered everything is over!
So they send a man to prison for something 3 people who ALL KNOW EACHOTHER say.
He did nothing, but lost everything to an incompetent justice system.
We gotta break spencer out, they can’t stop all of us
Mumeer Saleh We can naruto run so we are faster than their bullets.
Lets do this thing
Ight we’ll also gather the aliens from area 51
seems a job for the naruto runners
Lets get those area 51 aliens and raid that later
The system kept him in jail even though they knew he was innocent, but didn’t even scentance a person for one year after lying about being a witness for money benefits?
We need people who are going to go through the federal government with in order to say you can break this innocent men out of prison, and I am for doing it. Yes we need to get guns against the guards if their dishonest slap smear on those decides Need to get kicked in the head one with the help of Uncle Sam the United States government that is, in yes we have a duty to fight for somebody civil rights, because that was the absolute violation And if it means were gonna have to do things like vandalise prisons to get people like that out with the help of the US Government Then we will do that halili!
@Game Plays 1230 Just because we live in America doesn't it makes it my country
The thing is if that was a law she just wouldn’t have admitted to lying and probably would’ve just stayed silent
SHOWS HOW F**KED THE SYSTEM IS!
@@hf-xb2wy just beacuse im born american doesnt mean i support the system.
"Innocent until proven guilty" changed to "Guilty until proven Innocent"..... Amazing!
thats the beauty of laws
No its "guilty until proven innocent... then guilty again cause we cant free him"
@Christiaan van Mierlo It's still "innocent until proven guilty" but here, I'd say that they failed so horribly that they should've been disbarred for such gross injustices inflicted by their failure to hold up the law.
Christiaan van Mierlo you mean Netherlands idiot
@Christiaan van Mierlo I can certainly relate to your disappointment in law ....
I certainly believe that an innocent behind bars is much more of an injustice than 10 guilty criminals free and on the road, of the same crime.
I'm just glad he's finally been released
“There wasn’t enough evidence to prove he was guilty” yet one woman’s word was enough to take away the rest of his freedom.
Wrong, there was enough evidence to Convict no matter how bad or tainted that evidence might be. The Jury determines what is factual not the Judge unless it is a trial with no jury.
@@richb313 The only evidence was the testimony of a woman who has proven to be lieing
More than that, he's still locked up
@@BenjiM514 sorry, I think I commented on the wrong comment
This is because the common law system that America use, in Common law system there is only one guidelines and it is the judge faith in the Court. No matter how innocent you are, if the judge say you are wrong then you are wrong
Man: **arrested for aggravated robbery, gets freed after a year**
Spencer: **literally innocent, doesn't get freed**
*_Wow nice equality America_*
why was parole knocked back time after time.
@@mrluigi9923 an excellent question.
@@mrluigi9923 if it isn't a for profit prison, the parole board will look at things like anger management, compliance with mental health medications, educational achievement, etc. If he spent all his time proving his innocence and didn't do any of that, the parole board will reject it.
If it's a private prison, they will reject just to keep their numbers up and ensure profitability.
If I we're Spencer I would literally cry every day and get depression
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That one lady that kept on saying that she saw spencer is probably named “Karen”
Exactly what a Karen could do
CT Exodius yeah
Yes thats a karen she should get in prison for the same amount of years
You think
She only said it because she thought she would get money
When you said Dallas, I was so ashamed to be a Texan.🙃😔
When you're innocent until proven guilty but you get charged by a Karen who said she saw you in the dark from 100 feet away
*tHiS iS bIg BrAiN TiMe*
There's a reason that science doesn't look upon human witnesses as a strong form of evidence.
I have the same exact taste of TH-cam vids
*BIG BRAIN*
Prosecution needs to provide evidence to convince beyond a reasonable doubt that he's guilty. There was still doubt.
Scrubs
"Innocent until proven guilty"
Justice system: well yes but no
Your average cop is a horrible detective
@@medicinecloud5488 well that's like saying your average McDonalds cleaner is a bad chief
He was proven guilty twice.
GirlOnInternet “proven” 😞
@@girloninternet1188 with what evidence?
I actually feel really angry now. Like, really really angry.
This makes me feel sick
dito
All that karens foult
Imagine how you would feel if you were spencer.
Farmers Meatballs_420 What? ......Bruv I would have smacked their mom one by one
6:49 You’re supposed to be innocent until proven guilty If the only evidence used to indicate any guilt is refuted, you should either be exonerated or a new trial granted. It’s absolutely BS that you need new evidence - it’s almost impossible to prove a negative; that’s why they’re supposed to be able to prove guilt beyond a shadow of a doubt. Even that wasn’t done.
Boys we aren’t Raiding Area 51 we are Raiding Spencer’s Prison to Free Benjamin Spencer
Count me in.
i is watermelon ☝️☝️☝️☝️
I'm in
I'm in bro
I’ll be the guy in the chair
yes I love *when you get put in prison for no reason and they have no evidence against you.*
Pgfŕů Hm
Some people pay just to get in, when you can do it for free in america.
But they had evidence tho!
That witness who lied about Spencer should be on life sentence.
@Abdul Jalloh , YAHWEH EL ELOHIM knows all.
Yeah
Yes, sadly the statute of limitations and the difficulty to prove perjury makes prosecuting her impossible.
I had CCTV footage that proved my innocence in court and the judge literally said word for word, "well seeing this video, *You're clearly telling the truth.* However I'm going to have to take the police officers word for it." And denied my appeal.
...From the very start when I told my public defender I wanted to plead innocent in the Preliminary Hearing, she said, "if you don't plead guilty, *I will not help you.* I have too many cases to take yours to trial." I will never forget these words from noth the judge and public defenders office.
...After serving my time, I came back home to an eviction notice on my door and someone replaced me in the 1 of my 3 jobs that was paying most of my bills.
*... It's not about if you're innocent or not. It's about law enforcement and the court not willing to admit that they made a mistake.*
That's exactly why they offered him 5 years if he admits he is guilty, the government just doesn't wanna pay for the wrongful conviction.
Yet city councils will drop hundreds of millions into stadiums.
In finland if you are found innocent you get paid for all of those lost years in prison.
Same in most countries
Who cares about money when you lose your life
AEplays That’s because Finland is a just county!
AEplays which is probably why this man never got a new trial if he got a chance to prove he’s innocent they’d have to pay him but if you stall the trial untill he’s dead
@@remxdy9342 Exactly time is money so why would you have to lose the prime years of your life for a few thousand
They just don't want to pay him for all the years of false imprisonment
right. theyre hoping he commits suicide so he doesnt sue them for wasting his life. i dont know how hes doing it. i wouldve lost it.
We need another killdozer tbh.
what you wrote is 100% fact and sadly all that can be done against this is to make them look bad
I still can't believe this is even possible!How could our system be so FLAWED!!
@@lostboy8214
It's full of bureaucratic holes and dead ends.
Vestigial remnants from old legislature mixed in with the more modern one that it's not compatible with.
Just new laws stacked on top of the old ones, inconsistency and conflict is inevitable.
That, and the court today is pretty much the clergy from way back when; few know exactly how they go about deciding the outcome, but their word is law so shut up.
Too much power, not enough accountability.
You talk like the judges have to pay him out of their own pockets. They have laws and rules they have to follow. They are not allowed to just overturn another judges decision without following the law. If the law is flawed, in your opinion, contact your representative and start a process to have it changed. But that takes effort. Much easier for you and your 251 "thumbs up" people to just say its "cause the money" then go back to you reality TV.
This is one of the biggest things I hate about Fox News, they always go on about how the system works. And it does work alright, it works against us!!!! 😡
Innocent people:
US court: “I’m about to ruin this man’s whole career”
Life*
@FlipShot i know it is
@FlipShot but it would be better with life instead of career
THeEMERALD nah life would be worse
whole mans innocence
He should get millions of dollars compensation, an official apology, and the witness should spend the same amount of time in prison as he did
I have a feeling you're not a lawyer...
Little Moth If a witness lies to the court she or he serves the same time as the innocent person got.
@@user-hb5pb3oz7t Theres no way of proving if someone is telling the truth or not.
Tape They have no proof that he did it. All they had was a testimony. It was proven that she was lying. I guess Miles Edgeworth was wrong🤷♀️
Franza Joseph doing that makes people less inclined to come out.
Those witnesses should be punished the same amount of years as Spencer
The whole justice system must be destroyed no questions asked
@@laurenceyamomo2701 Destroyed no. Heavily revised yes.
No they should get prison for life
@@papersplease1514 I agree
*Death*
He was finally released on March 12, 2021. Poor man, our justice system failed him. Can't imagine spending that many years of my life locked up based on nothing more than eyewitness testimony, despite having an alibi.