Documentary - Roger McGowen condemned to death number 889

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  • Discover the inspiring story of Roger McGowen
    Roger McGowen, condemned to death number 889, by Nicolas Pallay
    Production : Les Films du Carrossier
    Condemned to death for murder in 1987, Roger McGowen, raised in a disadvantaged neighbourhood of Houston, Texas, has never stopped claiming his innocence. This documentary is Roger's story, his battle, his hopes and downs, but above all his incredible love for life and people. A life-changing testimony of humanity and hope.
    In 2016, Roger got out of the death row. His sentence has been commuted to life imprisonment with a possible release on parole on 2036.
    Thanks to your support Roger is getting closer every day to his freedom. Thank you for your precious help, your donations are making all of this possible.
    ► Support Roger: www.rogermcgow...
    🖊️ Write to Roger: www.rogermcgow...
    ✚ The Friends of Roger McGowen: / lesamisderogermcgowen

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  • @Sameoldfitup
    @Sameoldfitup 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    “Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.”

  • @JustRoxy2023
    @JustRoxy2023 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    That first sentence was so deep to me. Saying you know men who found peace in there peace they didn't know about when they were free.💔

  • @ashandemi
    @ashandemi 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    In case anyone is wondering, his sentence was commuted to life

    • @dorismathew6423
      @dorismathew6423 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      even that is wrong, but this is america!

  • @AK-lg6ju
    @AK-lg6ju 3 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    I don’t buy that in 20 years his family couldn’t get there to visit him. The hard truth is that they didn’t want to.

    • @TexasBorn_TexasRaised
      @TexasBorn_TexasRaised 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Idk either but the distance from Houston to livingston is about a 45 minute trip.

    • @tsebosei1285
      @tsebosei1285 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@TexasBorn_TexasRaised not too far

    • @TexasBorn_TexasRaised
      @TexasBorn_TexasRaised 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@tsebosei1285 I agree

    • @emmawood6869
      @emmawood6869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I guess even if there poor they could get a lift of somebody they no

    • @mboldin6766
      @mboldin6766 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yea thats bs

  • @reins981
    @reins981 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My God how blessed I am

  • @marcljo80
    @marcljo80 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    So many death row inmates have the exact same tone in their voices. A calm breathless tone almost peaceful.

    • @barrymanulow4896
      @barrymanulow4896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It is the tone of a psychopath, very relaxed and helps them dupe the unsuspecting victims.

    • @robb00
      @robb00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's the tone belonging to people hopeless, resigned to their fate.

    • @CulturedWhiteBoy
      @CulturedWhiteBoy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Because all of their emotions have been sucked out of them.

    • @AK-lg6ju
      @AK-lg6ju 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You people feeling so much love for him, you’re lucky you didn’t run into him bc you would’ve been a victim. Don’t you find it interesting he tells this heart wrenching story about taking the punishment, ohhh yeah, the brother can’t confirm this because he died….bullshit

  • @josericardo3097
    @josericardo3097 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I really like what he said : he doesn’t let anything that happens outside interfere in his inner peace 🙏easy say than done , he focused in his few positive things , this is my third time watching this documentary and already believe it has help me 🙏

  • @luvtocook6881
    @luvtocook6881 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Bless your heart Roger, and the blessed work that you are doing.
    Actually reading the website I could t help but see that this is your calling… look at the wonderful work that you are doing. I know without a doubt hun, that your Grandmother is right there beside you telling everyone who will listen.. that’s my Grandson! Isn’t he amazing!
    We need more like you… we also need stricter punishment for guards that are brutal to inmates and who smuggle in stuff for them…
    My day, and my life is all the more better for having watched this. Everyone that comes into your life has been sent by your grandmother… she never fails to brag abt you.
    What I would give to watch your reunion when it comes time for you… bless your heart, and bless your life💕

  • @koliver6657
    @koliver6657 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    The impression I’m getting is a lot of these defense attorneys are getting there clients who are financially unstable the Death Sentence!!!!

    • @smedleybutler8787
      @smedleybutler8787 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That amerika for you! Look up larry Griffin,They said he shot a drug dealer. He lawyer was fresh out of Law School and had no clue to take on a murder case. RIP LG

    • @colbygraham4383
      @colbygraham4383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The state gives state appointed lawyers like 5 grand to fight a capital murder case... Ask lil boosie how much it takes to fight one with real lawyers .. millions

    • @ruthjohnson506
      @ruthjohnson506 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@colbygraham4383 Z

    • @lenculeurstraightfrom9263
      @lenculeurstraightfrom9263 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's exactly what happens! This so-called american justice isnt fair 4 poor or/and Black People...

    • @mol588
      @mol588 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Those without capital get the punishment .

  • @dot-to-dot
    @dot-to-dot 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    These inmates cry out for justice and the unfairness of how they live, but who cries out for their victims, whose lives they took in brutal ways? Prison is punishment as a consequence of the bad choices they made.
    They get death sentences and wait for their execution date when their suffering will be over. But the victim's families are given LIFE sentences of grief and suffering that they can never escape.
    Inmates are where they are because they chose to be there. It''s sad that some innocent people are convicted of crimes they didn't commit and they should be freed, but many of the guilty profess their innocence till their dying breath.
    Let's not lose sight of the real victims here.

  • @arrongordon9679
    @arrongordon9679 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    His so called family just abandoned him even though they say he was a good brother. Imagine these ppl were ur family 😢

    • @LibertyStation92106
      @LibertyStation92106 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have relatives like that. All about them. Narcissistic a-holes

    • @JefferyWaybright
      @JefferyWaybright วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@LibertyStation92106 huh, me, too!!!! All they care about his themselves......just plain greedy, too. It's sad! 😢 I wonder how me & my bros are siblings!???😮

  • @paulystp
    @paulystp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    A murderers mentality is that killing someone is the ultimate punishment, I totally disagree with this mentality

    • @j.erickson8571
      @j.erickson8571 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't judge until it happens to your family, god forbid. I have seem killers on court rooms laughing at the family. These criminals have no heart and no mercy. Why we have to have mercy for them ?.

  • @danewing4658
    @danewing4658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    The death penalty does not stop ppl from murder, if it did, there would be no one on death row.

    • @danewing4658
      @danewing4658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gorege Jones i suppose your right

    • @robertmason6366
      @robertmason6366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I could say without death row murder rates could be doubled at least. Poor argument pal..

    • @danewing4658
      @danewing4658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Robert Mason Not really debating the issue it is just fact. If it is there to stop ppl from commiting murder then nobody would be on death row. Dont get me wrong there are plenty that deserve it and I would flip the switch!!

    • @robertmason6366
      @robertmason6366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@danewing4658 I love the death penalty. If it was down to me I would lower the bar and put Rape as a capital felony like the good old deep south back in day.

    • @danewing4658
      @danewing4658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Robert Mason you Love it because you have nothing to do with it

  • @TexasBorn_TexasRaised
    @TexasBorn_TexasRaised 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Prison in Texas during the summer= Hell on earth! One of the hardest things I've ever been through

    • @TexasBorn_TexasRaised
      @TexasBorn_TexasRaised 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Viking fitness Spartan system shit crazy

    • @gracefullikeagazelle
      @gracefullikeagazelle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Gorege Jones Shut up

    • @christhevancura9113
      @christhevancura9113 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Gorege Jones Wow

    • @eileenwright1742
      @eileenwright1742 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Gorege Jones Yet your President gets a pass for all his crimes over his lifetime by you?
      Sure he does. Your inner voice always finds a way to justify what doesn’t support your biases. God knows.

    • @eileenwright1742
      @eileenwright1742 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Gorege Jones To hate another is to love oneself less.

  • @SkarKingg
    @SkarKingg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I've found that true peace while I was locked up during my active addiction. I turned down two early releases due to that peace. I've tried to find it in the Free world and even though I'm close by being clean, I've yet to find that true peace again.

    • @kewdo1137
      @kewdo1137 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Flash could you explain more about what you mean about finding peace

    • @SkarKingg
      @SkarKingg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@kewdo1137 okay I'll try, when someone is in active addiction it's like a living hell, there is no real peace during active addiction until you get high. The lies and crimes you must commit to get high, hurting people that love you, always worried about jail, becoming anti social. When I was locked up i got clean, I became myself again, I was able to work outside and mon-fri leave the jail doing outside work so I got my self worth back, I met a girl in booking and we started writing eachother so I got my self confidence back and loved the female attention. When nobody writes you in jail a letter is the best feeling even if it's a fuck you letter atleast it tells you they were thinking about you when they wrote it. I met really good guys in there I still am friends with today, during active addiction I lost lots of friends so making friends felt good. For once in years other than not being able to walk out of jail whenever I wanted to I felt peace because I felt like myself again . To me it wasn't a dangerous jail so to me it felt like a kid a summer camp and I was myself again not a drug addict it maybe hard to understand but if you've ever lived in active addiction you may know the feeling

    • @thetruthorossa118
      @thetruthorossa118 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Flash have you anyone who you hate and can’t let go of.when I was locked up I found peace and completely freedom from self no responsibility and I let go of all the hate that I carried for people i got lost in addiction again and I have never seen too be able to get clean again and when locked up again I never experienced that peaceful time in my life I knew that I had a date to get out I knew people who had no date and they were caged and struggled with depression and hate for themselves mostly because of giving away their freedom to a moment of bad decision making

    • @FunkyChichi
      @FunkyChichi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh Flash! That touched my heart love! Keep fighting the good fight brother

    • @SkarKingg
      @SkarKingg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@thetruthorossa118 I pray you can get and stay clean, I relapsed during the height of the pandemic when they closed AA but eventually did what I had to do, bare those 5 hellish days because freedom isn't out of jail addicted to a drug like heroin or fetty, real freedom is being out of jail clean, no monkey on your back, no ball and chain on your ankle . Getting clean is fucking hard but it's worth every minute

  • @planetvegan7843
    @planetvegan7843 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Free all innocent beings.

  • @caroldry9262
    @caroldry9262 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    A person should pay for there crimes. But they should not be treated like animals. I believe this man is telling the truth. He at least deserves a new trial.

    • @briancross8664
      @briancross8664 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      How did they treat their victims? I can't believe you bleeding heart liberals. They deserve everything they get and then some.

    • @davidc3839
      @davidc3839 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He will not get a new trial in corrupt America. Poor people of colour end up on death row. If you are innocent it very difficult to impossible to get a new trial.

  • @sincereleajackson9382
    @sincereleajackson9382 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Roger McGowen death sentence has been commuted to life with possibly of parole. He goes up for parole in 2036

  • @malbig2344
    @malbig2344 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    American sentences are crazy bad.

  • @Ladybug-le2tv
    @Ladybug-le2tv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I am against the dead penalty because it's cruel.But the most cruel and horrific thing is letting a human wait for his dead for 25 years!

    • @AK-lg6ju
      @AK-lg6ju 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      First, check your comments before posting so you don’t look ignorant. It’s so cruel that they go to sleep compared to how they viciously murder innocent victims. That really compares now doesn’t it?

    • @barrymanulow4896
      @barrymanulow4896 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      i think stringing it out that way adds to the drama and excitement.

    • @SkarKingg
      @SkarKingg 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's only cruel when the defendant is innocent

    • @jesseolson3142
      @jesseolson3142 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SkarKingg If the inmate wants he or she can waive the appeals and speed it up. Not many want to run to death but some have

  • @combatmedic3785
    @combatmedic3785 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Every con in prison says they're innocent.

    • @mariecoyle6882
      @mariecoyle6882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Mcgowensharon123 Your brother seems such a lovely man. I feel so sorry for you and family. I'm a 64year old white granny.sending you big hugs from Scotland. Xxx❤

    • @tommytwotoes3880
      @tommytwotoes3880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      NOT TRUE. Lots of inmates pled guilty because they were guilty and new the state could prove it.

    • @juniorjay1969
      @juniorjay1969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      not every convict is innocent but every month some where in america there is another inmate that has done decades being released with an oopsy sorry you lost decades of your life.

    • @rw8990
      @rw8990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s not a true statement, so what are you saying every person in prison is guilty?Tis best to keep your mouth shut and be thought of a fool than to open it and erase all doubt!

  • @geraldineparker883
    @geraldineparker883 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    bless you hope you get the justice

  • @ssherrierable
    @ssherrierable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    If your not guilty and you confess to a crime you didnt commit than its 100% your fault. You cant try blaming it on your lawyers or anyone else.

    • @thearbiter6350
      @thearbiter6350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Clearly you NEVER been interrogated. Not how it works if they think you did it. Your Not getting out there without a confession.

    • @barrymanulow4896
      @barrymanulow4896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      finally a sensible post

    • @seanberthiaume6909
      @seanberthiaume6909 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Whoo now wait a minute I've seen QUITE a FEW cases where people were found innocent after confessingMe personnaly I am a really strong minded person and tell them to go f--- themselves!And demand the evidence/proof 1st then attempt to just walk the out of the room!

  • @deehud7627
    @deehud7627 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This brought joy to my soul... ty❤️🙏🏾

    • @latasharobinson1100
      @latasharobinson1100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why what did I miss it was sad I thought

    • @deehud7627
      @deehud7627 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He was spared death... it was commuted to a life sentence.

    • @JesusOnlyWay-d8e
      @JesusOnlyWay-d8e ปีที่แล้ว

      @@deehud7627 that proves he is innocent continue to pray he gets out and get the real person who committed this murder

  • @anuv2960
    @anuv2960 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Roger signed a plea deal instead of a new trial and getting the death penalty again. According to the plea deal, his sentence has been commuted to life with parole (he will be up for parole in 2036).

  • @deal380
    @deal380 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    He should have let his brother took his on wrap, if that was the case

    • @planetvegan7843
      @planetvegan7843 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes.

    • @stalyjohn9347
      @stalyjohn9347 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      His brother gets killed by police before he sentenced, so his brother couldn't go to police and say it was him, I just see that now his brother is dead there is no way to prove his story, it all sounds a bit strange,

    • @shantayharshaw6650
      @shantayharshaw6650 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      God is with you on the time of this interview this video

  • @quantumgiggles2806
    @quantumgiggles2806 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How can the man be declared to death but the State cannot?

  • @mikebailey9566
    @mikebailey9566 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just started watching this; So a person, who knows the defendant, hears shots coming from the nightclub, see's the shooter (I guess he assumes that), running out of the nightclub and states it wasn't Roger? And they wonder why the lawyers never contacted him, or asked him to testify? Because his testimony would be nothing but hearsay evidence. Having not been inside the club.....how could he possibly know the identity of the shooter? And damn, wasn't his proximity to the crime scene just as the shooting was going down, one hell of a coincidence?

  • @lauriedavidson4953
    @lauriedavidson4953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Roger is an EXTRAORDINARY human being. He brought love to my heart, joy to my soul, and tears to my eyes. Though he is still locked up (unfortunately), he is no longer on death row, and I pray he is no longer subjected to the loneliness he once was. I wish he could know what a change he's made in the hearts, minds, and lives of others. I will pray EACH day for his happiness. And to the people who fought so hard for him, Thank God for you and, like Roger, for never giving up.🙏

    • @transmanicon
      @transmanicon 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are a true follower of JESUS CHRIST. YOU HAVE LOVE N COMPASSION. I FEEL THE SAME AS YOU. I BELIEVE IN HIS TOTAL INNOCENCE. I PRAY HE WILL TASTE FREEDOM VERY SOON.

    • @darrenwainwright4405
      @darrenwainwright4405 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@transmanicon bless you brother- I hope Roger s story /book be made into a movie.so touching and inspiring-I suffer depression also in bad health currently, but god has taken me to Roger's story I feel. Godbless you Rocky and your family. Much love brother. Murray Birmingham England. 💕💙💕💙💕💙💕💙🙏

    • @thetruthorossa118
      @thetruthorossa118 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Laurie Davidson why don’t you write a letter to him to let him know that he has touched your heart with love for your fellow man

    • @catman8670
      @catman8670 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Please, PLEASE! Save your tears for the murdered victim (s)! 😥

    • @AK-lg6ju
      @AK-lg6ju 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@catman8670 finally someone making sense

  • @merciavassallo5370
    @merciavassallo5370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I feel like he is enlightened. His serenity is amazing.

    • @jeskg720
      @jeskg720 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What a nonsense. I dont trust his eyes.

  • @davym23
    @davym23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    There's lot of prosecuters in the states who should be prosecuted

  • @me73941
    @me73941 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Regarding his guilt or innocence, what I'm concerned with are the facts, not emotion or that people "feel" he's innocent. It seems the only fact established is that his car was used in the commission of the crime. Beyond that everything else is circumstantial. I'm 50/50 on the confession, because while we would all like to think we would never confess to something we didn't do, six hours being interrogated by professionals is enough to make almost anyone confess to something they didn't do. It's happened many times before. As regards the actual physical evidence, there is none that links him with the crime. The appellate judge was 100% correct that he should have never received the death penalty. I am not against the death penalty in certain cases, but the State of Texas needs to do the right thing in this case and either commute his sentence of death and/or give him a new trial.

    • @lauriedavidson4953
      @lauriedavidson4953 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree! He didn't get his freedom tho, commuted to a life sentence.

    • @me73941
      @me73941 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lauriedavidson4953 When was this?

    • @barrymanulow4896
      @barrymanulow4896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Bullshit, he said himself he took the wrap to keep his brother out of jail, so he confessed.
      Mind you he made that story up after his brother was killed so probably bullshit as well.
      To be honest I smell bullshit with this guys whole demeanor. He is trying to make himself seem too perfect with all his spirituality crap. Never trust a person who keeps mentioning God too often, that's an obvious sign of deception.

    • @svens.5139
      @svens.5139 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@barrymanulow4896 Well said, something stinks.

    • @jesseolson3142
      @jesseolson3142 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would never say I killed someone if I didnt they can keep me there for 24hrs and beat me up. No mf way am I saying I killed someone if I didnt, Because that 24hrs and beating aint shit compared to whats about to happen if you say you did it. They would have to kill me right there in that room and then it wouldnt matter anyway

  • @colleenlally-ross7105
    @colleenlally-ross7105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hate ONLY hurts the hater.

  • @londonk69
    @londonk69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why won't anyone reopen this case

  • @velyzta02
    @velyzta02 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Death sentence did not stop crimes....thats the fact...

    • @kevinpiacente3456
      @kevinpiacente3456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No but the criminal will never commit another crime

    • @velyzta02
      @velyzta02 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kevinpiacente3456 giving life sentence also will make them unable to do another crime

    • @Senaleb
      @Senaleb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@velyzta02 they commit crimes in prison

    • @velyzta02
      @velyzta02 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Senaleb how do you sure?

    • @Senaleb
      @Senaleb 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@velyzta02 because criminals in prison commit crimes? Lol

  • @dravenhawktoland1127
    @dravenhawktoland1127 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    God bless. Roger your one step closer to freedom.

    • @lauriedavidson4953
      @lauriedavidson4953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Commuted to a life sentence unfortunately.

  • @missymason2377
    @missymason2377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Moving forward 2021

  • @flyinno52harris51
    @flyinno52harris51 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Free my uncle

    • @emmawood6869
      @emmawood6869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hopefully he gets out

    • @jendom0112
      @jendom0112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Go see your uncle if you’re so concerned. Shame on you and your whole family. I would be embarrassed to admit that my “innocent” uncle is on death row and I haven’t been to see him.
      Don’t be looking for attention on this post boy. Turn your attention to your family. Ridiculous ignorance.

    • @angelawallace6317
      @angelawallace6317 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i have even flown 3000 miles to the USA from Scotland whats your excuse for not visiting your uncle your a disgrace

    • @cal4207
      @cal4207 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@angelawallace6317 why do foreign Nationals think they can come to this country and tell us how to run our death penalty

    • @latasharobinson1100
      @latasharobinson1100 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jendom0112 lol gotta agree

  • @juniorjay1969
    @juniorjay1969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this was put up a year ago. has there been any updates anyone can tell me about?

    • @anuv2960
      @anuv2960 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He signed a plea deal instead of a new trial and according to the plea deal, his sentence has been commuted to life with parole (he will be up for parole in 2036).

  • @clifforddriver9434
    @clifforddriver9434 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That's exactly what they generally end up doing. Turning the perpetrator into the victim.

  • @Sameoldfitup
    @Sameoldfitup 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Makes my problems seem so small in nature,➕🙏

  • @miekadegerness67
    @miekadegerness67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Their are No Words that can Do Justice For Roger McGowen Faith and TRUST in GOD .The Love and Strength He Felt For His Brother . That Roger felt He was Doing the Right thing , May the LORD Bless Him and Keep Him... People that Kill and Murder these Unarmed Men . Have a Thirst for Blood and Want To Murder These Unarm Prisoners ! This is 1 of the Most Heart Braking Stories of an Innocent Man's Life

    • @AK-lg6ju
      @AK-lg6ju 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wait...have you read what you attempted to write? You’re whining about animals who murdered their victims. He may feel sorrow and forgiveness is between him and God. It doesn’t change the fact that the crime happened and there’s still consequences. It’s called punishment, plain and simple. I do believe that every dp prisoner should absolutely be given dna, that way it clears up the innocent/guilty situation. The idea that you are calling those who work on death row as people murdering unarmed innocent men, wtf are you smoking? You need to get yourself together, take a remedial English course for third graders then read what you have before posting.

  • @loisegitau4897
    @loisegitau4897 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Rodger I pray that ALMIGHTY GOD give you a second chance in life.

    • @bb8470
      @bb8470 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Almighty God? Silly girl.

    • @loisegitau4897
      @loisegitau4897 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bb8470 yes only GOD

  • @bb8470
    @bb8470 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The noose shall set you free.

  • @missymason2377
    @missymason2377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you for sharing your story of living to be....God be with you.
    The evil 😈 still roams. DNA will prove your innocent

    • @kevinn4038
      @kevinn4038 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Proved him guilty.

  • @ravenrisby
    @ravenrisby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m glad ravens braut me up instead of humans I don’t understand you

  • @tsebosei1285
    @tsebosei1285 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Can i write to him. What's his jpay number. Pls make more of these documentaries

    • @cynthiabingham8433
      @cynthiabingham8433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Love conquers hate I will always believe that!!!!

  • @benstolen7635
    @benstolen7635 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Good doc Bruh

  • @jaynehinds3339
    @jaynehinds3339 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Let him out now

  • @SkarKingg
    @SkarKingg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    To think I was born January 87 and Roger has been locked up my entire life..sad

  • @thepennsylvanian9280
    @thepennsylvanian9280 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Incredible story

  • @quantumgiggles2806
    @quantumgiggles2806 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Would not a life without parole be sufficient without committing the same crime that those that are held in prison have committed

  • @YourFreeBeats
    @YourFreeBeats 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No air conditioning in that part of Texas is far and beyond cruel and unusual punishment. I would kill myself within the first week without AC (and no breeze)

    • @Kadaf1
      @Kadaf1 ปีที่แล้ว

      They are in prison, not a hotel

  • @aloneinthewoods454
    @aloneinthewoods454 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I was bartending the morning shift across the street from the Huntsville Unit (Walls Unit). Im pretty sure they came in thinking we were small town idiots and were going to say something cruel. That was just my opinion. Some of these people did horrific unspeakable crimes and i dont think people realize that until someone gets murdered in his/hers family... Sucks to suck.

    • @moceri55
      @moceri55 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Every case is different. Every life is different.

    • @simononeill5300
      @simononeill5300 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yip, do the crime then get ready to take the punishment.

    • @lauriedavidson4953
      @lauriedavidson4953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@simononeill5300 IF they did the crime.

    • @texascat71
      @texascat71 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I live in the Ville. Where were you tending bar?

    • @aloneinthewoods454
      @aloneinthewoods454 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@texascat71 12th street and or Jozees

  • @nmikloiche
    @nmikloiche 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really have issue with Roger playing the part of his family’s faithful martyr. It can’t be ignored that he thought it virtuous to allow his brother to remain in civil society, fully knowing that he posed a real threat to that very civil society. Roger temporarily spared his brother from punishment, but for what good? His brother continued to be a criminal and died doing so and any good that Roger may have been able to impart on his family has been lost. I’m not angry at the boy who signed a false confession; I’m angry at the man, 25 years later, who still thinks sacrificing himself was good and worthy.

  • @tallwalls76
    @tallwalls76 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I get it. Buy my book. Today.

  • @Golfonegwofour
    @Golfonegwofour 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another innocent man in prison??? who would have thought....

  • @pietrietveld1842
    @pietrietveld1842 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for sharing this story it make me silence and emotional i hope there comes a new trial he deserve it godd bless him and family .

  • @homerj.simpson7562
    @homerj.simpson7562 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    When will the US become a civilised country?

    • @penelope-oe2vr
      @penelope-oe2vr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      When the people unite and stop letting the government intentionally divide us.

    • @SkarKingg
      @SkarKingg 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Never

    • @thomastileston3178
      @thomastileston3178 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When will they learn how to spell??

    • @j_rainsgoat3929
      @j_rainsgoat3929 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      When the violence and low-life robbing stops.

    • @j_rainsgoat3929
      @j_rainsgoat3929 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thomastileston3178 haha 😂 of he can sleep with auto correct he never will.

  • @deal380
    @deal380 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    If all the death row prisoners thought like this before the crime, they wouldn't be in there, i think he may have did it, just time in prison he learned the meaning of life

    • @rickybrown2446
      @rickybrown2446 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      well said

    • @CulturedWhiteBoy
      @CulturedWhiteBoy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Learn the meaning of writing a sentence.

    • @lauriedavidson4953
      @lauriedavidson4953 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't believe, FOR A SECOND, that he committed the crime he's accused of. I know a few men who were actually guilty and 'found the meaning of life' in prison, and he sounds NOTHING like them, to me.

    • @barrymanulow4896
      @barrymanulow4896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes indeed i think everyone needs 25 years on death row to mature properly. maybe we can bring that in.

    • @barrymanulow4896
      @barrymanulow4896 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lauriedavidson4953 he has read books and become a very skilled actor to try and get out. looks like a fraud to me

  • @suzystone244
    @suzystone244 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Roger Mc Gowen is living testament to ultimate faith in God.

  • @joanaisabelcolltruyol3090
    @joanaisabelcolltruyol3090 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My statement is .....Thanks my God because I live in a country with no death penalty so.......

  • @TheArmageddonCafe
    @TheArmageddonCafe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You guys should turn on the closed captions, for the French, especially, and be intrigued with how the CC interprets it as English...Can add some humor to an otherwise grim topic.

  • @vyvianb
    @vyvianb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Capital Punishment is still not a deterrent!

  • @KTSDRE-n1r
    @KTSDRE-n1r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was 2012 ? So what happens to roger ? Where is he now ? God bless him !!

    • @poopoopants7088
      @poopoopants7088 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He's off of death row since 2016. Sentence was commuted to life, with the possibility of parole in 2036.

    • @poopoopants7088
      @poopoopants7088 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Jean Carlo henrique I wasn't speaking to you.

    • @londonk69
      @londonk69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He without sin cast the first stone...

  • @82566
    @82566 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    My heart goes out for this man what faith and personal strength . Wow the injustice of the justice system @times is unbelievably scary 😳

    • @rodlavone8473
      @rodlavone8473 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you so much 🙏🏽 this my uncle roger

    • @homerj.simpson7562
      @homerj.simpson7562 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Welcome to "the greatest country on earth"...

    • @AK-lg6ju
      @AK-lg6ju 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      So if the dna comes back proving he had murdered the victim, I think you’ll come up with another ridiculous reason. The only reason you’re giving is that you’re believing his word as the truth. I agree that all dp prisoners should get dna before their trial, this will clear up the question of guilt or innocence. When these people sit in a cell , they have every second of the day to polish their story while the victims were not given the right to not be murdered.

  • @thedragonchaser
    @thedragonchaser 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I believe this inmate has lost all of his marbles

  • @herbertamaya2215
    @herbertamaya2215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is so sad how people can turn a horrible sifuation into somthing positive

  • @garry760
    @garry760 ปีที่แล้ว

    America should open up a "pre-jail program,for the vulnerable and ,high risk to offend people. Hire them,pay them,give them ,a chance, to get out of the inevitable, BEFORE,it happens,go to the projects,and offer this option.Give YOUR citizens,a chance, to live a good safe life.

  • @gilo1303
    @gilo1303 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    God bless you man.

  • @j_rainsgoat3929
    @j_rainsgoat3929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you ain't got no one behind you and don't know the law you'll take the fall for something you didn't do! What the hell did he just say their?

    • @unknownorigin7433
      @unknownorigin7433 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      law dont matter when the judicial system is corrupt- the judges are corrupt -personal corruption - lack of integrity

  • @MichaelDavis-td5si
    @MichaelDavis-td5si 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I took the rap for my lil brother as kids. No way in the world would I ever take a murder case for him. An I still love him. Roger working an having his own place makes, doesn't sound like a robbery and murderer. His brother was shot by the woman...

    • @j_rainsgoat3929
      @j_rainsgoat3929 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      If Roger had told the truth they'd both be on death row.

  • @clairesevrain3460
    @clairesevrain3460 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Force à Roger et à vous j'espère qu'il sera libéré

  • @mohammedqadeer3422
    @mohammedqadeer3422 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Im sorry to say but I don’t understand what they are complaining about,the only people I feel sorry for are the innocent ones!!!!

  • @smurfarooney2003
    @smurfarooney2003 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So this was ten years ago now any update on his status..?

    • @xebraztribes116
      @xebraztribes116 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is a really cool thing called Google it's very popular...you should try that..Just type in what ever you want...

    • @lauriedavidson4953
      @lauriedavidson4953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      His sentence was commuted to a life sentence.

    • @SkarKingg
      @SkarKingg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Eligible for parole in 2036

  • @orroolona2734
    @orroolona2734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I'm crying and praying for Rogger

    • @planetvegan7843
      @planetvegan7843 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now you can feel how your innocent animal victims suffer.

    • @rrexp3779
      @rrexp3779 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I do cry for victims that he killed

  • @alanpowers5307
    @alanpowers5307 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Im a big-time opponent of the death penalty but not from a moral stance. There is a documentary about a guy in Mississippi in the early 80s i believe who was executed for a murder he didn't commit. Everyone, including the warden and guards, knew he was innocent, and actually, all of them quit after it happened. It's called something like "a death row documentary banned in the US" even though you can watch it in the US. I never get that emotional when watching it but if you watch it and still believe in capital punishment you a heartless fool. God would never approve of subjecting people to 20 years in a cage and then being executed for a murder they didnt commit. Only monsters do that and these corrupt prosecutors and judges are just that.

  • @lei3746
    @lei3746 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What happened to him? Did he get off the row. ? I think he's an Innocent man.

    • @bobbymueller376
      @bobbymueller376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      they tested his dna and upheld his conviction on 1- 22- 2004

    • @bobbymueller376
      @bobbymueller376 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      2014 not 2004 found guilty

    • @lei3746
      @lei3746 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bobbymueller376 Thank you Sir ,…I did some research in 2016 the deathsentence was commuted into LIFEsentence With parole.date in 2036 😁

    • @barrymanulow4896
      @barrymanulow4896 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bobbymueller376 i knew he was guilty

    • @lei3746
      @lei3746 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@barrymanulow4896 this doesn't mean he is guilty. If he was they would never taken him of the row in the first place

  • @catherinekershaw903
    @catherinekershaw903 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have just watched a documentary about Clifford Boggess I immediately gave me chills. However this guy does not, I truly believe he is innocent. Boggess is NOT

    • @pauljones8218
      @pauljones8218 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      boggess enjoyed the killings he done right nut job

  • @monickalynn4365
    @monickalynn4365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why do inmates,many, find God and religion in prison-had they found God prior they likely would not be in prison in the first damn place!

    • @stephenjackson7412
      @stephenjackson7412 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because people find God I’m assuming. Trying to question something that we won’t know unless we were in the same circumstances…What else do they have to rely on? I’m sure after seeing a Bible and that being one of the entertainments they probably go back to their roots and find God. God has no respect of person and sometimes it takes going to jail to find God. Sometimes they are making it up but I’m sure many genuinely found God

  • @wall-to-wallbc6591
    @wall-to-wallbc6591 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    But didn't he kill somebody?

  • @jettehansen3394
    @jettehansen3394 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This man must leave prison now! How come you americans to deside wether live or die? How!

    • @picassoboy52
      @picassoboy52 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's the system. "You Americans" have nothing to do with it. Average everyday citizens have no say

    • @moceri55
      @moceri55 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      How about not generalizing “you Americans” in one broad stroke of your brush?

    • @AK-lg6ju
      @AK-lg6ju 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It would help if you could actually write a sentence and spell check yourself. It’s called the justice system, every criminal knew the punishment before choosing to murder innocent victims. SIT DOWN

    • @SkarKingg
      @SkarKingg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Speaking as if France is perfect....

  • @tineb3626
    @tineb3626 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    For anyone that didn't know, he's a "REAL BROTHER"S KEEPERS".

  • @daanstam6697
    @daanstam6697 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That polunsky unit is really inhumane

    • @jesseolson3142
      @jesseolson3142 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dont forget what people do to wind up there. Ask the mother and father of the person the brutally murdered if they care

  • @ick9160
    @ick9160 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    He enter plea deal and could be freed in 2036. Off death row now

    • @kevinn4038
      @kevinn4038 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yay. A killer will walk free. Awesome.

    • @moceri55
      @moceri55 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you. Just the question I was going to ask.

    • @AK-lg6ju
      @AK-lg6ju 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So he was guilty and conned you bleeding hearts again...lol pitiful

  • @johnnynorton1188
    @johnnynorton1188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I DON'T THINK THIS MAN KILLED ANYBODY SOME PLACES HAVE MORE CRIMINALS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT THAN IN PRISON. AND HE IS IN ONE OF THEM.

  • @ravenrisby
    @ravenrisby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Waw I was only 6 at the time he got sent to death row sad 😞

  • @jesseolson3142
    @jesseolson3142 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I see in the comments all these people praying for Roger and not 100% sure he actually is innocent. You cant be 100% sure unless you were with him that night in that case you should be on the stand. No one is praying for the INNOCENT victim or the INNOCENT family

  • @TheSherryBoops
    @TheSherryBoops 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    USA looks like a circus. It's terrible. If found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, the grime is terrible, then give them life . This man is a good man . In my thoughts & prayers.

  • @CulturedWhiteBoy
    @CulturedWhiteBoy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Poor guy has lost his marbles. He believes in God, Hell, souls, spirits, etc. None of those are real.

    • @bullcat6531
      @bullcat6531 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      So then why are you talking about them?

    • @CulturedWhiteBoy
      @CulturedWhiteBoy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bullcat6531 I have to mention them to make my point, dummy.

  • @moogdome2562
    @moogdome2562 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a guy.

  • @alexanderbreglia2599
    @alexanderbreglia2599 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The guy signed his own death warrant as soon as he signed his confession the detectives made up. It's virtually impossible to overcome a confession because the vast majority of people believe only a guilty person would confess.

    • @nicolaking1205
      @nicolaking1205 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yea like the central park 5 (Brit sarcasm)

    • @AK-lg6ju
      @AK-lg6ju 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nicolaking1205 so your sarcasm, are you agreeing with the comment or not? The Central Park kids thankfully were released and I believe they’ve been compensated, though all the money in the world wouldn’t be enough.

    • @nicolaking1205
      @nicolaking1205 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AK-lg6ju I agree with the comment. Many do own up to something they haven't done and that in itself is a crime. Central Park 5, horrendous what happened to those boys

    • @josephmarzullo
      @josephmarzullo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @AK your man, trump, wanted the Central Park 5 executed lol

    • @FriendlyRider88
      @FriendlyRider88 ปีที่แล้ว

      Milky milky coa coa puff break it down

  • @patriciaschoemaker9348
    @patriciaschoemaker9348 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    When I go to the links that say. Write Roger or support Roger it says Page cannot be found.

    • @barrymanulow4896
      @barrymanulow4896 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      just send your donations to me i could do with a few quid

  • @blackwidow999
    @blackwidow999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Unless you have worked in corrections in texas, you don't have a damn clue what goes on in there. Put in an application, we are hiring. Come work with us then you express your opinion.

  • @tammyhultquist6941
    @tammyhultquist6941 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    22 years later, your most likely not the same person

  • @anuv2960
    @anuv2960 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Most of the prisoners find God and salvation once they are in prison out of the world of all temptations and distractions. Eileen Wurnous, Faye Tucker, etc are some of the prime examples of inmates who became a noble inmate and started preaching Christ and forgiveness; however, it does not mean they did not commit the atrocities that they were convicted of.

  • @lauranichols2027
    @lauranichols2027 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So he knew his brother was using his car for robberies and admits he took the fall for his brother but now he wants out??
    His brother deserved the death penalty for this crime and he'd probably still be alive if Roger didn't lie and play the martyr. He volunteered himself, you don't get a take back.

  • @shanehale5215
    @shanehale5215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So, I am supposed to gain some sense of enlightenment from someone who doesn't understand that you have a right to remain silent?

  • @trianedtog0417
    @trianedtog0417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can I use this for my channel please if not I understand from uk we don't have the death penalty

    • @berni9977
      @berni9977 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      YES YOU CAN !

    • @georgettegoodner3255
      @georgettegoodner3255 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think its called 1976 fair use act . So yes you can use it as long as it's for educational and informative purposes.

  • @tamaracalderon3184
    @tamaracalderon3184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    If nothing else, it should be changed so that they are not put on death row until appeals have run out. And give these people something to do... Books would be a start.

    • @christhevancura9113
      @christhevancura9113 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Im sure they can get books, and possibly access to the library with a law library too (with the wardens approval)..Every unit in Texas has one ..And you can order books thru Amazon .

    • @tamaracalderon3184
      @tamaracalderon3184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@christhevancura9113 the rules are different for death row, aren't they? I know rules are different between Texas State Jail Units & TDCJ Units. But State Jails are run by private corps too... Mostly Corrections Corporation of America.

    • @christhevancura9113
      @christhevancura9113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tamaracalderon3184 I think you may be right to an extent..I thought they have access to a book cart that comes thru.. And with approval from the warden they can give them use of the law library thru an appointed time ..

    • @christhevancura9113
      @christhevancura9113 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tamaracalderon3184 The Pulunsky unit is a TDCJ ID unit run by TDCJ..And houses the death row inmates in Texas..

    • @emmawood6869
      @emmawood6869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@christhevancura9113 if you had a brain cell you would no most people on death row are poor and cant afford books through amazon 🙄 they got there as they couldn't fight there case wether there guilty or innocent