The First Death Row Execution In Arkansas In 12 Years
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.พ. 2018
- Ledell Lee's defence attorney is attempting to halt his client's execution on the basis that he didn't receive a fair trial. However, 24 years after the murder, Lee's original prosecuting attorney is still fighting for his execution to go ahead.
Life And Death Row: The Mass Execution is a documentary series about the historic number of executions scheduled in Arkansas, USA, of eight men in ten days.
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I don't think he was thinking about tHoU sHaLl nOt KiLl as he was murdering someone.
None of them are
@@fibronic9674 the ten commandments was directed to the people of the Hebrew nation, not the institution of government then, and not to the institution of government today. Government is not a person and it is not constrained by spiritual orders from God. As mentioned by other commenters, the punishment for some offenses in the old testament when the ten commandments were active was death, and so we see that if the people cannot be permitted to kill, the institution of government is the only permissible venue of handing down the sentence of the sword. Government is operated and enforced by agents of the state and so a person must be the physical actor of the institution of government and carry out the death sentence.
It is necessary to keep the potential criminal in check.
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@Ch2149 You are talking about EXODUS.....OLD TESTAMENT...
He says it's like he's living in the twilight zone. Just imagine how his victims felt.
lots of people are innocent! Especially minorities- if they’re guilty....fine! But be sure because lots of people are framed etc!
Don Cardwell that’s what they said about the black just before his was to be executed! He a got stay and it was determined he was actually innocent!
Don Cardwell of course you would say that.
He was innocent
He was innocent.
Only in america the guilty have more voice than the victims
Ismail Ali totally agree with you
Come over to west europe. Here you will realise what justice is.
That's because the victims are dead
Especially when it is the government
That’s because the truth isn’t always simple,. Innocent people have been blamed for crimes they’ve never committed,. (I.e set ups etc,.)
2:32 "One Day they will face another judge" one of the best sentences ive ever heard
Seriously, you need to read a whole lot more!
Well from the looks of things, he faced the judge upstairs and passed....He was innocent.
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One day we will all face a judge if the American court system is feared a lot imagine the final judgement
I used to be against the death penalty until i saw some of the reports of some of the crimes that were committed and the interviews of these killers. There are some people in this world who are absolutely too evil to stay alive. Watching these people talk about killing like it was nothing scared me more than anything in my life. How some people can be so evil and cruel and are allowed to walk among the other prison population in states that don't allow that kind of punishment. Maybe most murders dont warrant a death sentence, but the ones that harm children or the elderly definitely deserve to go. If they have no remorse killing people as defenseless and innocent as a child, there is no reason for them to live
But how about the killing of someone's mother or father? Think what THAT does to children.
Very well said
There is a reason for them to live being they should repent which is why I can see them having time before the execution or death warrant due to them having concrete evidence of them being guilty and if they are unrepentant
Meanwhile, scumbags like the guy who killed my sister without a shadow of a doubt are legible for parole. Thanks Arkansas.
There is no DEATH PENALTY in my country ...when I think statements like this....I am convinced that DEATH PENALTY is only revenge and the loved ones do not come back anyway...so...
Im sorry about your sister, much love from california
JOANA ISABEL COLL TRUYOL I’m 50/50 about it
@@joanaisabelcolltruyol3090 these animals murder someone ,then they pleeeeed for their own life
Your sister won't come back again....I am so sorry for you and your family but DEATH PENALTY does not change this.....
Why is it not ok to take a Murders life after he or she took someone’s else’s life ? But when it touches your family then you think differently
Because this man was actually innocent and his case was handled poorly. This video did a terrible job at explaining just how poorly it was handled.
Damn they just found out today that it wasn’t his dna on the weapon he really was innocent
Read the book Just Mercy... It'll change your mind if you're for the death penalty. I'm a white dude in his 40s that've always been for capital punishment... I read that book recently and completely changed my mind. Needs to go, and needs to go now.
Where
@@trumpdrago517 It was all over social media
Hold your horses, there. It does NOT mean he was innocent. They found traces of dna of an unknown male. They also said the blood on Lee's shoe was from the victim.
@@e.l.norton yea, I read that
my dad was a detective and I remembered him telling me lots of stories about how every person he arrested always claim they were innocent . Even when the evidence was stacked high as hell . the proof is in the pudding as he would say .
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It's safe to say your dad didn't believe anybody was innocent
your dad are the kind of police who coerce people, lie, and hide evidence to get convictions
And lee was INNOCENT HOW ABOUT ASKING YOUR DAD NOW
Your dad put innocent people away
I was on Death row for about 4 years and this attorney from Mississippi stumbled across my case and came to visit me. During the visit I could not tell if he was just interested in my case or if he wanted to prove my innocence. Well after a brief interview he left....about 6 weeks later i recieved a letter from his law office. The letter stated they wanted to reopen my case pro bono well I agreed and a year later I was back in courtroom after about a 3 week trial my innocence was revealed in court and I was set free.
Have you ever thought about your own family or loved ones if you had been executed...for something you did not do?.....
Straight from Jamaica...i can only imagine what u went through during those 4yrs...glad you made it.
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Thank God you were spared.
And if you told the truth were you innocent??
The ONLY time I might agree with the death penalty is if they have 100% DNA proof, obviously if there is proof positive: video or whatever too !! Too many of your citizens on death row have been proven innocent !!
watching the stars the system is a joke ... they only care to close a case but f if they guilty or not ... only in America
Those are sad situations over 20 years ago. Today's DNA technology is undisputable.
watching the stars
Unless your President Trump, the leftist would do him in with no evidence of guilt.
If there are so many innocent people on death row why have Capitol punishment at all how is that justice
@@richjefferson8434 that's what they said 20 years ago besides DNA evidence is only used in small percentage of murder cases mostly its used in sexual assault cases
Seriously ‘they’ wait this long in his sentence & still there is doubt about his innocence or guilt ?????????? That seems crazy to me !?!?!?!
Don’t get me wrong if 100% there is NO DOUBT of his guilt then I’m fine with the death sentence BUT I’m NOT happy to condemn a man/ women IF there is even a 1% chance he/she is in doubt about murdering then life (meaning whole of life) sentences should be served in solitary.
Jonathan Sandford doubt from who? His attorney? DNA doesn't lie five times. There r some fucked up cases but this absolutely is not one.
Jess Hammond thanks for your comment- you are right, I purely meant that the cast of innocence & doubt as a desperate attempt to extend this mans life seems ridiculous after all this time ... as in enough already the guy is guilty & it’s straight to death
I completely agree if there’s solid proof then they should get what they give and be executed but without it there’s the chance someone innocent is facing that punishment and it makes me shudder thinking about that.
Britsdrinkingtea 100% correct - perhaps the law in 🇬🇧 needs to be stricter too?
Read the case, his DNA was found at EVERY crime scene. He's guilty and got what he deserved.
I don't know why they spend so much on the executions. I think the cost of one bullet will get the desired outcome.
I also think it should be done publicly. Why hide it? It’s better to use it as a deterrent if folks can see it. I’m only for the death penalty in extreme circumstances where guilt is certain and there were circumstances like rape, torture, killing of kids, or putting their victim in extreme terror. In those cases, they made their choice that life is not important so why drag it out?
The executions aren't what cost so much. It's the appeals process, court fees and lawyer fees. The process takes a very long time.
Hiccum Blurpaedius you stupid, they are Americans and remain there! We African do not want your trash ! Thank you
Hiccum Blurpaedius the same you are feeding your mom with ? No thank 😂
@Hiccum Blurpaedius Who's they? The justice system have whites on death row too, so should whites be told to go back to Europe? Du kannst mich mal.
Did his victim get to delay her execution for 24 years?
That's honestly horrifying.
I wonder what's going through their heads when they get strapped down
Recie Thompson won't be as bad as what his victims was going through in their final moments
kath starkie That's very true ..
Id be cryin for my mum thats for sure
They are probably thinking, I’m gonna die
Recie Thompson Well getting strapped down is much kinder than what his victims got before they died...
Idc what anyone says the death penalty should NOT exist. The system is FLAWED. And one mistake can cost someone life.
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The death penalty and any extreme form of punishment is so scary to me. Imagine being the person who decides they deserve the death penalty, yet they always fort saying they are innocent then years later after they've been killed evidence comes back to say they are actually innocent.. I mean its happened before! I couldn't live with myself if I'd even put a innocent person away for a long time let alone put them down.
Wrongful convictions happen more often than one would like, and innocent people have been executed because of this.
lolocaust Well who is it keeping in check?? How many mass murders has been witnessed since 9/11? Too damn many and these school shootings are out of damn control now
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I believe that murderers should be put behind bars and die of natural causes make them do hard time. The Bible is clear about murdering rather it is a judge that imposes it. Are the Executioner they will answer to God who is the true judge. They can be punished sufficiently without getting involved in murdering them.
fck streetshitters not all males.
"My dying words will always be 'I am an innocent man'." Yet you chose no final statement, no literal dying words? 🤔🤔🤔 Hard to believe your own lies there, isn't it?
What you think of it now?
HE WAS/IS innocent
Blood found on his shoes was the victim’s
@@iamnaomi1145 he isn’t tho
I watched a documentary about a guy who was on DR for 22 years and was then found not guilty because of some DNA retesting. THIS is why I am so on the fence about DR. There is a still a chance that those people are innocent.
Not to mention the legalities. Black people tend to come from a poorer background (Not saying all do!), therefore they cant afford the better lawyers than others. They get given the designated ones from the prisons. Some of those have NEVER won a case!
Not to mention that the jurors can be biased as well. All white against a black.
It shouldnt happen I know. But still in this day and age there are racists, more so in the south, which is wher a lot of the states are who have capital punishment.
AvengedAmaranth36 I heard no lies 👏🏼👏🏼
Just to let you know, prisons don't assign the lawyers. It is the courts, they legally have to provide a lawyer whether they are truly sufficient or not. It's super messed up
I agree with this poster.
This is why I don't support the death penalty.
I don't like white people but I love you for been honest and speaks the truth
Anyone awaiting death would plead innocence. For anyone saying the death penalty is wrong put yourself in the victims place. Imagine a slow,terror filled and painful death all while you fight to keep your life. I've held the hand of a friend bleeding to death and I promise you there was nothing peaceful about it. Everything from the sounds of him fighting to breath to him pleading for us to not let him died and finally the look in his eyes. It was a experience I wish I burn from my mind. Any human being that could do that to another person and enjoy it should suffer the same fate.
James so sorry for your loss, don't feel you have to answer but do you suffer from ptsd? My 14 year old daughter found my mother dead after she'd been dead all night and didn't look/smell great obviously, my daughter (and 11 year old son) are now terrified of being alone, the dark and the toilet as that's where she was found, my son didn't see her the night she died it's more his own mind wondering what she was like that's frightening him! I'm convinced my daughter for sure has ptsd as it's been 6 months now, I've spoken to Drs who aren't very helpful at all xx
@@geordielassie1 none of my business but I assume they are in counseling?
Amanda Hudson I don’t mind talking about it, my son seems to be doing great other than holidays (seems like he’s grieving normally as apposed to being as anxious as my daughter has) my daughter is down for a place in counselling in January finally, my mother died in March, luckily she’s had support workers to help in the meantime, just really hope the counselling helps a bit xx
yes I feel for the victims very much but how is it alright do carry out the same crime. Why is it alright for the government to kill people and other get put to death for it. they are copying the criminal, how is this teaching anyone to stop this act of crime when they are continuing it themselves.
I'd rather give up on my vengeful feelings and let murderers rot for life in a cage than advocating in favor of capital punishment and run the chance to have an innocent man strapped on the gurney. Because, you know what, that will happen eventually whatever the precautions.
I think it's sicking that the survivors have to wait all these years to see these heinous criminals executed. It's wrong that they are put threw such suffering after they suffered so much. It doesn't make any sense.
ms slsm kinda like my ppl enduring our babies being fed to alligators for Caucasoid entertainment
I have no problem with murderers and rapists being swept off the Earth.
Dan Ferguson me too, because if whosever sheds man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed
Therefore, you should also be swept off the earth if you're willing to murder them. :) You are considered a murderer if you are for the death penalty.
@Vikiller94 ft. FreshVik So you would like a murderer to roam free?
Yes killing is a sin, but in the bible of genesis 9:6 Whosoever sheds man blood, shall man their blood shall be shed. Also, in the bible in Roman 13: 1-2, Obey the government for God is the one who put it there.
@Vikiller94 ft. FreshVik Good on you, for reading the bible man
She is showing a poster saying "You should not kill". Why she did not show it to the murderer before he killed and is showing it now?
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Such a shame. DNA has proved that Mr.Lee was innocent🙏. INNOCENT. I wonder how that makes some of them feel..
Evil mfs probably don't even care
Be sure to ring that bell for all of the innocent victims.
No one is innocent idiot
@@zsoltszekely3092 surely his victims were .
@@zsoltszekely3092 By your logic, because people are not perfect, they deserve to die? It looks like you're the real idiot here.
It's so messed up that they killed this man and the DNA evidence came back and cleared him 4 years later
I like how most of these coments aged horribly
Why is that officer laughing?
Bonus.....One less rapist in the world can only be a good thing.
I remember watching this and now I'm hearing the news. So sad if true.
The DNA proved he was innocent.
This is a brilliantly done series that challenges your views on the death penalty. It never judges. Just allows you to make your own decision. It's a hard watch but it's essential viewing for every adult in this day and age.
It is like living in a twilight zone.. If you know your going to die for a crime you truly didn't commit.
update evidence dna came back he was not the person😢😢
I would hate to know when and how exactly I’m going to die
LEDELL LEE ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Always said you was innocent, May you rest in peace, you deserved better from the justice system.
He's in Hell now.
@@MichaelSacerdotusdoubt it, DNA exonerated him
@@kayelaine4881 Nope
It’s a terrible situation but LEEDLEEDLEEDLEEDLEEDLEE
All this and they find out he really was innocent. Sad
It's beyond sad
A murderer's motto never admit to anything
Maybe they should have worried about the poor person who they have murdered. They know that if you take a life or done something else horrible to an innocent person. It's life in jail or death. If you don't want to be on death row or jail, then wise up now before you do that horrendous act which will land your ass there.
pecan baby 3107 but they not 100% sure he did it and they denied the dna test which lets u know they might know he did not do it
Normal people have empathy. These murderous monstrous freaks don't. Maybe they feel their own pain or pleasure, but that's about it. We may feel sympathy for the condemned but it's a mistake to assume these creatures give a shit one way or the other about their victims or society.
Bleeding hearts are going to destroy everything beautiful in this world. Death for murderers!!
Your fucked
Lucian James We have an infallible system. Before we start taking people’s life, we must be absolutely sure of their guilt. There are a lot of people being released from death row because they were proven innocent. There are a lot of people being released from prison because of law enforcement and prosecutorial misconduct.
I've watched most of this documentary series. I highly recommend it.
Victums bleed to death he dont
It's not "thou shalt not kill."
It's "thou shalt not murder."
Well Either way the law will burn in hell to because in God's eyes killing in the law or without its all still murder
Funny how they are so concerned with cruelty and humane treatment when their life is at stake but not one concern for the people they so violently kill
You're obviously happy for the government to murder its citizens. Just a few days ago an examination of the handgun used in the assaults and murders revealed the DNA belonged to someone else. lee's DNA was not on the gun.
@@geoffpoole483 gun?
This series by the BBC is probably the best documentary i have ever seen. Do yourself a favor if you have any interest in this subject matter watch all full episodes of Life and Death Row. Exceptional Work BBC
What a powerful series I can’t stop watching
This documentary sends shivers in my body. The world would be such a better place without murderers, thieves and politicians.
Want to get them all with one fell swoop? You'll find all of the above mentioned at a democrat rally.
You kill an innocent and he repeated again I’m innocent after 70 years you com to say that he’s innocent
Music is to loud
We must be humane to them but what about the people they murdered? The fear, the terror, the pain, the suffering and the horror of their last minutes on earth.
What if the person was innocent? His DNA wasn't on the gun.
You can’t ends someone’s life no matter who it is until Everyone knows that that person is for sure guilty
Yeah sure 😒
update:dna proves he was not the person that committed this crime😢😢😢.they will pay for takeing this innocent life
why did they not do all this before they killed him
Blood found on his shoes was matched to the victim
Wowwwww............
What? His attorney is crazy. He has been on Death Row for 24yrs the attorney has been fighting more than 10days. My belief is the death penalty sucks the way it stands. The appeal process has to be sped up and they definitely need to find a better way. 24 yrs on death row? Victimizing families over and over with every appeal? Where is the justice in that?
Who’s here after DNA evidence proved Ledell Lee innocent
let me guess, your the same color as him? you have a bias. There were surviving victims that testified against him, his semen that was left in the dead ones matched up with his. He's GUILTY, and he deserved that punishment.
Another bleeding hearts video- to present a balanced account may I suggest the next one show (in graphic detail) what some of these people have done-and oh, don't forget to interview their loved ones that are left behind!
sane man watch the full documentary its very balanced and shows both sides and the both families. Both families are losing someone they didn’t commit the crime.
Basically they need to retrial. Forensic science back then was horrible, they need to test it again. Justice cannot be achieved by refusing to retest it.
He was guilty as hell, and everyone knew it.
Inna lillahi wa inna alayhi Raijoon.
24 years later saying he didn't get a fair trial?!!! What were they doing for 24 years?
Haleiwa Steve Wasting time!
Waiting until his appeals were exhausted. It is wrong to kill on any level. But the state gets a pass?
CH2149, thanks for your opinion!
Who’s being executed?
Patrick star:LEEDELEEDLELEEE
lots of catching up to do bring in the next one
i did not know that execution was still a thing like wtf?
Ikr I heard tayk was facing this
depressing.
I heard that he pleaded innocent until the end. Yep - 4 years after his execution he was exonerated. Geez - Why couldn't they find this evidence before.
why are there so many videos like this on social medias
All these people feeling sorry for the perpetrator make me sick. The victims suffered more than those demons did.
A Lawn Chair ok but its not ok to take a life no matter what legal murder is not ok i know what he did and i know that it hurt people but just because he took a life does not me his life need to taken away everyone deserves to like no matter what so stfu
Necil Lane To me, if someone kills someone else in cold blood, then that person has no place on this earth. They have failed our race. Perpetrator sympathizers don’t make sense to me. The guy killed a person and the innocent victim is gone, but the demonic man is still alive. That’s a failure.
Necil Lane shut the fuck up. You're heart is bleeding for a monster and not the victim like always.
But to rights don’t make a wrong
DAsia Sims you said it the wrong way
Yo our society is so screwed vro we really on the breaking point might as well start making bunkers and stuff for survivors of the drug-apocalypse or cop-apocalypse or summ like that😭
Why do you want to kill someone... and walk free? Why?
Who else read his name like"LEEDLE LEEDLE LEEDLE LEEDLE LEE"
I get why there’s the death row but I’m not sure if I agree with it in all cases
Alka Kapur it should be used when there's a fuck load of evidence and repeated his and not just for killer. Rapist and child molester to fuck them they shouldn't be allowed out or to live.
All I can say is Wow...
You know your screwed when your own lawyer is doing everything he can against you.
i saw Leedle lee right away in my mind Patrick with spongebob and the flying Dutchman
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*LEDELL LEDELL LEDELL LEE*
awwwww go hug an electric chair
I love how the state is allowed to murder someone when there isn't any sufficient evidence but someone who was fighting against their rapist, accidentally kills the guy and that girl is sentenced to life. I don't get that. How the fuck can america call themselves pro lifers when they're so eager to end someone's life based on little to no evidence and yet they'll be hypocrites when it comes to normal people who don't have any power and they'll just execute them without a doubt. We're still living in the 1700's when people were hanged nearly every single day for things that were minor or they didn't commit. The only difference is, we've got technology that'll distract us easily and forget them.
They didn't say anything about DNA evidence.
Even if he did do it he got the easy way out
he Gone.
Someone facing imminent execution will say anything to delay and that includes proclaiming innocence and alleging discrimination
every state in the US needs the death penalty. and none of this sitting on death row for 10-20yrs crap either. why feed ,shelter,clothe ,educate,and medicate them at taxpayers expense?
Nicer way to go them I see.
lesson of today is dont kill someone if you dont want to face the consequences.
He was innocence it has been proved.
NEVER heard one of these ppl YET...say they done it...that is out of HUNDREDS.
This channel changed the way of how I think about the death row
Erica's Life In which direction did you change?
They kill innocents but want their lives spared?...really?...
A lot of ppl on death row are innocent. The judicial system is messed up. Many investigators/cops/district attorney's rush cases and refuse to look at particular evidence or will tamper with evidence just to close a case. They don't care who they get as long as they get someone. There has been many cases where officers beat ppl to confess of crimes they didn't commit! Maybe you should look into both sides before you judge and that's why dna evidence is so important now!
Well, we need to know they're 100% guilty first.
Use horse instead!it will work!
Only fools and the utterly naive believe that death is the worst thing that can happen to a person.
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There is such a simple solution. Once every single appeal has been exhausted, firing squad. Quick efficient and no argument about faulty chemicals.
People saying this guy is innocent are crazy. After this guy was caught there were no more violent murders at that time.
After naming all them victims good riddance
Why even when people do such horrible things but when they are told to be put to death. Why do I feel sorry. And sad.? Someone tell me.
i really love these happy endings.....right now im aplauding
What about the victims?
If he stated that he was innocent, why didn't you mention all evidence that links him to these crimes?!
why is it trying to make me feel sympathy?