@taylorebenguard6998 Hopefully, the attitude of corrupt prosecutors unable or unwilling to investigate all of a defendant's alibis? How is that not obvious?
@@Derekzparty do you really think more money even 20 million is gonna effect corruption people in the government system you really think? its gonna effect their pay check its not if you think the government giving money away is gonna change corruption your sorely mistaken
@@taylorebenguard6998 could be spent on making new, fantastic memories with his now-grown children and wife, a lifetime of peace of mind, money could do a lot
@@F3ekku749 how do you know that? Man’s could’ve become an entrepreneur and made billions. Not only that but the birthdays the holidays and all the other special moments in life he could’ve had. 1.1 million is a joke to this man’s face.
@@eastpaloaltosfinest its more than "MOST" will ever make and its very unlikely getting money isnt easy and working hard doesnt just magically get you money 1,1 million is more than enough
Yeah they dont care ive been told by the district attorney in my area "our job is to make a case against the defense, not prove their innocence" and when they told me that i was like wow you people really are thoughtless soulless humans arent you?
The fact that he served 17 of 19 years and it took that long to free him is wild… that settlement should have been a lot more! What a tragedy for that family
To be fair finding an exact duplicate of yourself committing crimes and then claiming he’s the one who actually did it is not only an extremely rare opportunity but also hard to convince someone of, especially when it’s 17 years later. This honestly isn’t the first time something like this has happened but sometimes they’re more lucky. Their was one guy who got arrested for mistaken identity and literally by the time his arrest when around the news cycle the actual criminal was bragging to his friends in a public space how he got away with it just because someone else looked like him, this random citizen called the police on him and got the wrongly convicted out of prison and that all it’s own was a one in a million moment
the issue with yall is that yall think money can solve problems but whats more money gonna solve honestly? its not gonna change what happened or give him the chance to see his kid grow up either but with 1.1m he can pay for their college if they go and pay for himself a smaller house if unless he wants to blow it all on a big two story house
Every time I hear a story about an innocent person going to jail and then being released after years brother were proven innocent it hurts. Imagine how hurt him and his family was for those 17 years, the money was not enough to fill that pain :(
The innocence project is great, but 17 years as opposed to 19 is nothing. His daughter are well into college at this point, he missed everything, his daughters are adults now.
@@jessehaskins7849 I mean I guess there wasn't really anything yeah. But they really should always be absolutely sure that someone is guilty before locking them up for that long. I mean I guess they did look identical and the odds are so low that there are two people living in the same area that look that similar.
Why did it take 17 years to get him out of prison? Imagine the pain his family went through during that time. This is why we can't always trust eyewitnesses. If we do, we must prove that the suspect was the criminal, not wrongly imprison them.
@@ICYinAnutShell Oh no definitely not against the victim. She’s not the problem here. The problem was the authorities and “justice” system not doing due diligence with a man’s life on the line…of course I agree with you
Yeah if you had a really good job you could make at least 1.7 million in the time he was in prison. The amount he got is pathetic for how much time was wasted.
@@kita9868 He still has a point, a solid alibi should have proven his innocence. If he was at work and everyone there vouches that he was in fact there, and the cameras show that as well, he shouldn’t be arrested.
@@ashleysmith7632 there are still ways to verify is someone is at work. Cameras, clock in/out time, work schedules. To be honest I’m not sure how a lawyer couldn’t have gotten this guy off.
1.1 million isn't enough. It can't give him back his 19 years lost or his daughters missing their daddy raising them. Thank God he's free now.❤ Did they ever arrest the actual thief?
That's what I was thinking sounds real stupid.. makes me wonder why that one witness was so much more important than all the rest that were chilling with the innocent man and able to confirm his alibi
I'm sure there's more to the story than that. Even though he was wrongfully convicted, he probably had other past serious felony convictions which are considered relevant for determining sentencing. *Nobody* gets 17 years in prison for aggravated robbery unless they have a long rap sheet. Remember, the victim picked his picture out from a collection of "former inmates", so he had done prison time before (maybe for similar crimes which if true and if part of the evidence, may have swayed the jury.) Still, an enormous failure of the system
@@markallen2984 oh, you sweet ignorant soul You think the cops actually have reasons when they lock someone up Sweetie, they can lock you up without reason if they really want to. Who's gonna stop them? No one
The man had a repeated history of crime. Considering the added years of the normal sentencing for robbery. We can easily conclude it was likely violent crime for his past convictions. That is the reasong for the high sentencing. Most likely anyway i wasnt there
The only way you get less than 15 years for murder is if you get charged with 3rd degree murder which wouldn’t make you the murderer but someone involved in the murder. If you get charged with 1st degree murder or capital murder it is usually a life sentence with or without parole or in some states the death penalty, but usually you get charged with other crimes like armed robbery or battery and it adds up to another several years to a life sentence.
Well there's no way to go back in time, so what, you want the gov to not compensate him at all or something? I'm sure he was happy he at least got a mil.
I dunno we literally sell out time for money, it is called 'work'. I do agree though that 1.1 million for serving 17 years of a 19 year sentence for a false conviction is not nearly enough.
The fact that even Billionaires cannot buy back time is enough proof that this Man should have gotten more. Time is the only currency you cannot buy more of.
You realize far worse things happen in most other countries every day, right? People are murdered by their governments even without any jurisdiction process. Things that aren't even crimes in the US would be considered crimes in many other countries.
@@SilverGate007 is it gonna make it worse? I don't understand how you could say that. What so if something terrible happens to you you shouldn't accept compensation just because it wouldn't undo what happened?
at least he got 1.1 mil but that ain’t gonna get back the 17 years without his family but at least he didn’t come out with nothing unlike most other innocent prisoners sadly
Trust me fam 1.1mil is a tiny ass number for 17 yrs of pain and suffering in awful conditions for sumn u did not do. Where I live with insanely high living costs these days an ordinary suburbs house here is like almost 2 mil
It's horrifying that just out of nowhere something like this can happen in a person's life. All those years that were stolen from him, should be worth more than a million dollars.
Those girls missed out on having a father. A man missed out on raising his daughters. The real criminal got to live his life and most likely destroy many others. Absolutely disgusting. That family deserved so much more than a million dollars
The worst part of that 17 years is his daughters grew up in that time. He didn't get to see it, and now he must have an impossible time trying to connect.
Dude...there's a thing called visitation. It's not like he was put in prison & no one could go see him. I'm not saying this makes it OK, but he would be able to see them growing up & maintain a relationship with his children.
@@mschfz At the time, maybe...but it's just as likely they never doubted his innocence. It's horrible either way. I've read alot about this case. The woman told the investigators she never got a good look at the guy's face & only gave a very basic description. After the get away driver ID'd Richard, she was presented a photo lineup where he was the lightest skinned man. She told them, "If I have to pick, it would be Richard." Later, after seeing the photos of Richard & Ricky side by side, she said she couldn't now & wouldn't have been able to pick then.
@@Messup7654 Probably not behind glass, but I get what you're saying & I agree. The original commenter here said he couldn't see his children which isn't correct. Obviously it wasn't how it should've been, but they did get to see each other. My kid's father got charged with 2nd degree murder for a car wreck. The other driver was drunk & driving with no lights. My ex went to pass a vehicle & hit him head on. The girl in the other car (drunk & no seat belt) was killed. He didn't even know what he hit. He spent 15yrs in prison 4 states away for a car wreck that wouldn't have happened had the other driver not put his drunk ass behind the wheel of a car & drove at night without headlights. I understand what it's like & I feel so deeply for them. My son has no relationship with his father because I couldn't afford to take him to see him. His dad is a stranger to him.
No amount of money will make up for the time or memories lost, and especially not being able to see his daughters grow up, graduate, get their first job, their first car. This is so sad, I hope he lives the rest of his days in luxury, he deserves it.
I thought it was kinda ridiculous that a murderer could walk away in Jewish law if they only had one witness but at least it would help a little in stopping an innocent person from going through that
@@mrcat4508Yeah that is kind of strange, but our system is definitely worse. How can you be at a PARTY and still be convicted? A witness testimony should be important but not treated as definitive evidence.
Crap like this happens so much and after so many years the legal system thinks that money can actually compensate the years that this man has lost even worse than 17 years away from his children and some of the most important time of their lives. Disgusting!! Prayers for this gentleman and his family.
Heart-breaking that Innocent man with many witnesses saying he was at his girlfriends birthday party is robbed out of 17 years of his life! 1.1 million doesn't get back 17 years! I can't imagine how many innocent people are In prison this makes me sick to my stomach!!!
I almost went to jail over my “doppelgänger” when I was a teen. Couldn’t even get mad at the police since dude looked EXACTLY like mine. Shid I thought it was me for a second.
Better then getting out after completing his sentence and having another felony on his record. I am assuming he had previous convictions because no one gets that long of a sentence for 1 aggravated robbery.
She didn't actually do the identification; I'm not sure where Andy got that. This took place here in Kansas and CRACKHEADS who had been smoking dope outside of the Wal-Mart where the lady's purse was stolen identitied Rick. They later testified in court that they couldn't make an ID between the two men.
He had a record and in the joke that is the American legal system the only thing the DAs and judges care about are getting convictions. No incentive for them to get the right person.
I know EXACTLY how he felt❗ After I moved into the town in Missouri,I was constantly experiencing people snapping at me, Like I had done something wrong to them even when I didn't know them at all😮😢 One night I attended a city hall meeting and experienced still one more person the now former mayor treating me with nothing but discontent. All the while an alderman that knew me PERSONALLY stepped in and shower the mayor how wrong he was and showed him I wasn't the person he disliked, she was actually sitting in the seat in front of me❗😮 It was as if I was looking at myself in a mirror 🪞🥴🥺🥴That was spooky‼️😬
I’m of the opinion that the amount he accepted was probably just an initial offer to get the ball rolling, and that they were probably originally prepared to go back and forth several times. But he probably saw all the zeroes in that initial offer and just said, “SOLD. Done! Run it.” Lol. Not only has he probably never seen that much money, but he is also probably of the mindset that “tomorrow is never guaranteed”, so he was probably wanting to get his hands on that money as soon as possible!
Eye witness testimony is the LEAST reliable way of convicting someone. Yet its held as the most damning evidence in any case. People can easily be lead to believe a memory is true, even when its nothing close to reality. This has happened to countless people, the "doppelganger" part of the story isn't needed for this to happen.
Only 1.1million? That is disgraceful. 17 years is such a substantial amount of your life gone. Should be entitled to 1mil per year for wrongful conviction
Worst miscarriage of justice ever, the guy served 17 years for something he didn't do, He should have been freed sooner plus got 10 times plus more in compensation
Well, as people used to say, money cannot buy time. They might have paid him $1.1 million, but no amount of money is enough to pay back for what they did.
This is why the judges should be responsible for each decision they make, no matter the proof. You do a wrong thing? You are the one who pays the person you sentenced.
Why aee you blaming the woman? She didn't do anything wrong. She got robbed and literally only identified the person she saw, how was she supposed to know he just looked almost exactly like the actual guy? it was the prosecutor and 12 dumb ass juries who ignored multiple alibis.
Eye witness testimony is responsible for over 60% of false imprisonments. Lie detectors are almost as reliable as eye witness testimony, but (for damned good reason) isn't allowed as evidence.
@@yodaugg8343 Unless you are saying we should improve eyewitness testimony, in which case a shit ton of people are already (mostly not with that explicit motive, but that would be one of the effects) trying thier hardest in the form of attempting to reduce memory loss/improve recollection. And truth serums.
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I can’t even imagine just how devastated he and his family was during those 17 full years. It’s insane to think that they took so long to let him free. My heart really goes out to those people who were wrongly arrested.
17 years in prison should be like $8 million in compensation, as its not only 17 years of his life lost, but also 17 years of pure hell and torture. The $1million compensation is a sad joke and an insult.
I don’t get why they go by eye witness only since usually they’re under the state of shock/adrenaline/confusion/stress etc etc when the crime happened, there needs to be more evidence than just a word. Horrible what happen to man gets me angry
As an insurance broker I’ve seen people get more than that for having someone slam their fingers in a car door. He missed out on his children in their formative and adolescence years. No sum of money can fix that. On a side note, it’s typically 1m per year awarded for wrongful conviction.
Remember this story when people get mad that defense lawyers exist. Even when the state claims to have a lot of evidence, the defendant needs proper representation to prevent a huge miscarriage of justice 😮
He deserved more than that for compensation honestly, depending on how old he was or what happened he could have died before he was ever released. And also he got a sentence like that for a robbery? I've seen people spend less time for far worse.
He had several alibis, and all it took was the victim to say, "Nah." to arrest him? Given, the two men are near identical at first glance but how often are witnesses wrong? Eye witnesses are wrong all the time. So, maybe, just maybe, side with the f*cking guy that had multiple alibis over the word of someone else. They stole 17 years from this man! He missed his daughters growing up! Who knows how much more he lost beyond that and all you offer is 1.1 million? He should get tens of millions for every year he's alive, at the very least. Though, nothing could erase this injustice, that would be a start.
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1.1 million isn't enough. He spent 17 years away from his family. All those missed memories and moments gone.
No amount of any money could be worth losing 17 years, much less 17 years with children behind
Seriously. They did him dirty. I'd want at least a million for every year I didn't have my freedom.
@@taxevasion0336 I feel losing time is much more worse than losing loved ones or money
His children should be allowed to sue for stealing their dad away.
in terms of math, it’s not terrible
1.1 million isn't enough for missing his kids' entire childhoods.
A tip money for losing so much...Sad!
So true
And the kids grew up with a dad in jail
And 17 years of life
And all the time lost in jail, instead of enjoying life with his kiddos
He missed his daughter's lives. There is no sum of money imaginable to replace that.
@@HiImVeeyou are clueless
@@HiImVeeI’d like to see you keep that attitude after going through what he did
@@HiImVeealways that dumbass who thinks he is sooo clever and edgy
@@victorowens9150, He sure is. HilmVee has low self-esteem.
1 trillion is good sum of money ngl
1.1 million is a fucking slap to the face. He deserved that much per year
whats more money gonna change?
Retirement and having some joy of traveling after being confined to a small space for 17 years@@taylorebenguard6998
@taylorebenguard6998 Hopefully, the attitude of corrupt prosecutors unable or unwilling to investigate all of a defendant's alibis?
How is that not obvious?
@@Derekzparty do you really think more money even 20 million is gonna effect corruption people in the government system you really think? its gonna effect their pay check its not if you think the government giving money away is gonna change corruption your sorely mistaken
@@taylorebenguard6998 could be spent on making new, fantastic memories with his now-grown children and wife, a lifetime of peace of mind, money could do a lot
1.1 million is NOT EVEN CLOSE to enough to pay back this innocent man’s pain he had to go through.
Broo its more than most will ever make in their lives its more than enough
@@F3ekku749 how do you know that? Man’s could’ve become an entrepreneur and made billions. Not only that but the birthdays the holidays and all the other special moments in life he could’ve had. 1.1 million is a joke to this man’s face.
@@eastpaloaltosfinest its more than "MOST" will ever make and its very unlikely getting money isnt easy and working hard doesnt just magically get you money 1,1 million is more than enough
@@F3ekku749 this isn’t the 50s. 1.1 million isn’t much money today.
@@eastpaloaltosfinest ok but he could have been legally left with almost nothing and with a million you will be more than good
Fact it takes 17 years to clear a case of mistaken identity shows how much "justice" the justice system cares for.
They'd rather be forcing alimony on men than help wrongly accused.
@@MisterHeroman wrong video incel
Yeah they dont care ive been told by the district attorney in my area "our job is to make a case against the defense, not prove their innocence" and when they told me that i was like wow you people really are thoughtless soulless humans arent you?
Yeah, in SF they stopped going after robberies that didn’t exceed 900 dollars in worth…
@@MisterHeromanYep, or giving mandatory minimum sentences to drug addicts.
The fact that he served 17 of 19 years and it took that long to free him is wild… that settlement should have been a lot more! What a tragedy for that family
Even worse, if he served 17 of 19 years, he was probably denied parole probably because he wouldn’t admit to the crime.
To be fair finding an exact duplicate of yourself committing crimes and then claiming he’s the one who actually did it is not only an extremely rare opportunity but also hard to convince someone of, especially when it’s 17 years later. This honestly isn’t the first time something like this has happened but sometimes they’re more lucky. Their was one guy who got arrested for mistaken identity and literally by the time his arrest when around the news cycle the actual criminal was bragging to his friends in a public space how he got away with it just because someone else looked like him, this random citizen called the police on him and got the wrongly convicted out of prison and that all it’s own was a one in a million moment
the issue with yall is that yall think money can solve problems but whats more money gonna solve honestly? its not gonna change what happened or give him the chance to see his kid grow up either but with 1.1m he can pay for their college if they go and pay for himself a smaller house if unless he wants to blow it all on a big two story house
Every time I hear a story about an innocent person going to jail and then being released after years brother were proven innocent it hurts. Imagine how hurt him and his family was for those 17 years, the money was not enough to fill that pain :(
It's incredibly infuriating to me. Like imagine yourself in that situation losing 17 years when you have done nothing
@stickguy9109 and then only getting 1m for your troubles.
The innocence project is great, but 17 years as opposed to 19 is nothing. His daughter are well into college at this point, he missed everything, his daughters are adults now.
“oh um.. youre innocent.. heres 1.1mil after we’ve locked you up for 17 years when you were innocent, causing you to miss your children growing up”
What else were they meant to do, aside from give him even more money?
@@jessehaskins7849 have a better system in the first place to avoid this from happening.
@@jessehaskins7849 I mean I guess there wasn't really anything yeah. But they really should always be absolutely sure that someone is guilty before locking them up for that long. I mean I guess they did look identical and the odds are so low that there are two people living in the same area that look that similar.
@@jessehaskins7849 more money is the start, how about reforming the bullshit system?
sounds like every single working parent in the world.
I like how Andy always uses all the time of minute in stead of doing a part 2 🙂
True,I like that he has alot of interest stories.This was really bizarre .
@@irenemarano8241 u😮
True and his stories are all interesting.
Oh i hate it so much when people do that sh
Yh, because it's not tik tok
1.1 mil is all he got? That is actually heart wrenching.
1.1 million before taxes. So it’s probably more like 600k
Why did it take 17 years to get him out of prison? Imagine the pain his family went through during that time. This is why we can't always trust eyewitnesses. If we do, we must prove that the suspect was the criminal, not wrongly imprison them.
Likes!!
@@ICYinAnutShell Oh no definitely not against the victim. She’s not the problem here. The problem was the authorities and “justice” system not doing due diligence with a man’s life on the line…of course I agree with you
@@ICYinAnutShell they mentioned he had several alibi's
@@kyo4386 true they dont even look into it
Cops. District Attorneys. Politicians. Judges.
Not the eyewitness she picked perfectly, everyone got them confused.
He, his daughters and the rest of his immediate family deserve way more than 1.1 million dollars for the almost two decades of humiliation and pain.
Yeah if you had a really good job you could make at least 1.7 million in the time he was in prison. The amount he got is pathetic for how much time was wasted.
They should've given him like 2 million at the bare fucking minimum
"This 1 witness says they saw you commit the crime"
"But I have several alibis"
"Sounds like a skill issue to me"
Two witnesses, and prior convictions. Don’t be reductive.
@@kita9868 He still has a point, a solid alibi should have proven his innocence. If he was at work and everyone there vouches that he was in fact there, and the cameras show that as well, he shouldn’t be arrested.
ah yes the one time when one is greater than multiple
@@Nojah_Kruskieit probably wasn’t a good one or they thought the people were lying
@@ashleysmith7632 there are still ways to verify is someone is at work. Cameras, clock in/out time, work schedules. To be honest I’m not sure how a lawyer couldn’t have gotten this guy off.
1.1 million isn't enough. It can't give him back his 19 years lost or his daughters missing their daddy raising them. Thank God he's free now.❤ Did they ever arrest the actual thief?
Wow. So basically they believed the testimony of one “witness”, but ignored several people’s when they backed up his alibi. Nice.
Well look at him, it's no secret the justice system is racist.
That's what I was thinking sounds real stupid.. makes me wonder why that one witness was so much more important than all the rest that were chilling with the innocent man and able to confirm his alibi
I'm sure there's more to the story than that. Even though he was wrongfully convicted, he probably had other past serious felony convictions which are considered relevant for determining sentencing.
*Nobody* gets 17 years in prison for aggravated robbery unless they have a long rap sheet. Remember, the victim picked his picture out from a collection of "former inmates", so he had done prison time before (maybe for similar crimes which if true and if part of the evidence, may have swayed the jury.)
Still, an enormous failure of the system
He is black....😠😡☹😩
@@markallen2984 oh, you sweet ignorant soul
You think the cops actually have reasons when they lock someone up
Sweetie, they can lock you up without reason if they really want to. Who's gonna stop them? No one
So a robbery means 17 years in prison while you could get 15 or less for murder... Makes sense
Humanity☕
The man had a repeated history of crime. Considering the added years of the normal sentencing for robbery. We can easily conclude it was likely violent crime for his past convictions. That is the reasong for the high sentencing. Most likely anyway i wasnt there
Welcome to America.
The only way you get less than 15 years for murder is if you get charged with 3rd degree murder which wouldn’t make you the murderer but someone involved in the murder. If you get charged with 1st degree murder or capital murder it is usually a life sentence with or without parole or in some states the death penalty, but usually you get charged with other crimes like armed robbery or battery and it adds up to another several years to a life sentence.
And usually zero jail time for SA. Isn’t the US great!?
17 years... he never got to see his daughters grow up. Money is NEVER a replacement for time.
Well there's no way to go back in time, so what, you want the gov to not compensate him at all or something? I'm sure he was happy he at least got a mil.
I dunno we literally sell out time for money, it is called 'work'. I do agree though that 1.1 million for serving 17 years of a 19 year sentence for a false conviction is not nearly enough.
I know that they at least get money, but if I lost that much time, then I wouldn't care about the money.
@@Fluctlight they could do more
@@RongDMemer besides more money, no, they could not do more.
The fact that even Billionaires cannot buy back time is enough proof that this Man should have gotten more.
Time is the only currency you cannot buy more of.
yeah well billionaires unfortunately just buy their way out of a prison sentence.
This man deserves at least 10 million. This country is pathetic
$2 million for ever year served!
You realize far worse things happen in most other countries every day, right? People are murdered by their governments even without any jurisdiction process. Things that aren't even crimes in the US would be considered crimes in many other countries.
Happens in more than just the US bud, in fact in many countries he wouldn't of even been let out after the conviction, rightful or not.
Happens in more than the US bud
@@KaoticReach1999well luckily we dont live in other countries bud
I feel like it should be a million each year he was falsely imprisoned
One million dollars was a paltry sum for all those years incarcerated through no fault of his own!!!
@@jrogervaughan what? I genuinely don't understand what you're saying
@@TheMacksterz He saying 1 million dollars is a small sum of money for 17 years of prison time.
Tax payer money. 17 million is a lot
@@TheMacksterz they are saying Richard didn't get enough compensation for being falsely imprisoned. Paltry means a small amount.
17 years? He basically almost served the whole sentence.
He should have gotten 17 million dollars in compensation and a one time get out of prison for free card
@@kekekeke2200 still no amount money can give him what he missed
@@SilverGate007 is it gonna make it worse? I don't understand how you could say that. What so if something terrible happens to you you shouldn't accept compensation just because it wouldn't undo what happened?
@@kekekeke2200life isn’t only about money buddy
@@khalidhassan9423 did I write that? No I didn't.
A million he deserves 100 million and as a tax payer that would have to pay that l would...my heart goes out to his kids they needed there father.....
at least he got 1.1 mil but that ain’t gonna get back the 17 years without his family but at least he didn’t come out with nothing unlike most other innocent prisoners sadly
Trust me fam 1.1mil is a tiny ass number for 17 yrs of pain and suffering in awful conditions for sumn u did not do. Where I live with insanely high living costs these days an ordinary suburbs house here is like almost 2 mil
No, if you’re found innocent. You’re able to sue.
1 mil is nothing bro you know that more than anything
@@epiczer0ripper792 You can live a cushy life for 1 mil, after a year of course. Just make a diversified investment and watch it grow.
@@anondabomb yea but still I try to sue them for the crimes that I didn't commit
Imagine knowing how innocent you are but having no way out. Unimaginable is the appropriate word. His children completely grown 😢
you get the wrong guy, hold him for 17 years and just throw 1 mil at him nah i would want a big ass apology and have the whole world know about it
thats what happened tho lolol
This is a reference to that better call court scene. So if you think hard enough everything is a reference to breaking abd
God bless this man, he’s deserved more than that because he missed his children’s lives and life is what they stole from him.
He literally lost 17 years because they can't ask him his name
You should do something about it
@@yodaugg8343 this makes no sense
So you didnt pay too much attention, then. The getaway driver said his name was Rick, both men were named variations of Rick.
@@Messup7654 idk I’m just messin’
@@yodaugg8343 😂😂
It's horrifying that just out of nowhere something like this can happen in a person's life. All those years that were stolen from him, should be worth more than a million dollars.
honestly good million for each one
Dang sang, 17 years lost with his family, no millions could replace the experience of being a father, I hope all is well in the future for this man
Those girls missed out on having a father. A man missed out on raising his daughters. The real criminal got to live his life and most likely destroy many others. Absolutely disgusting. That family deserved so much more than a million dollars
The worst part of that 17 years is his daughters grew up in that time. He didn't get to see it, and now he must have an impossible time trying to connect.
Dude...there's a thing called visitation. It's not like he was put in prison & no one could go see him. I'm not saying this makes it OK, but he would be able to see them growing up & maintain a relationship with his children.
@@norabunyard5798 But the daughters probably think that her dad was a criminal.
@@mschfz At the time, maybe...but it's just as likely they never doubted his innocence. It's horrible either way.
I've read alot about this case. The woman told the investigators she never got a good look at the guy's face & only gave a very basic description. After the get away driver ID'd Richard, she was presented a photo lineup where he was the lightest skinned man. She told them, "If I have to pick, it would be Richard." Later, after seeing the photos of Richard & Ricky side by side, she said she couldn't now & wouldn't have been able to pick then.
@@norabunyard5798 he could barely spend time with them he couldn’t be active in their life and had to see them behind glass
@@Messup7654 Probably not behind glass, but I get what you're saying & I agree.
The original commenter here said he couldn't see his children which isn't correct. Obviously it wasn't how it should've been, but they did get to see each other.
My kid's father got charged with 2nd degree murder for a car wreck. The other driver was drunk & driving with no lights. My ex went to pass a vehicle & hit him head on. The girl in the other car (drunk & no seat belt) was killed.
He didn't even know what he hit. He spent 15yrs in prison 4 states away for a car wreck that wouldn't have happened had the other driver not put his drunk ass behind the wheel of a car & drove at night without headlights.
I understand what it's like & I feel so deeply for them. My son has no relationship with his father because I couldn't afford to take him to see him. His dad is a stranger to him.
No amount of money will make up for the time or memories lost, and especially not being able to see his daughters grow up, graduate, get their first job, their first car. This is so sad, I hope he lives the rest of his days in luxury, he deserves it.
Honestly if someone had several alibis and one witness they should do more research or let him go
Agreed. The justice system fails yet again.
But he’s black, so why bother making sure they got the right one? /s
I thought it was kinda ridiculous that a murderer could walk away in Jewish law if they only had one witness but at least it would help a little in stopping an innocent person from going through that
@@mrcat4508Yeah that is kind of strange, but our system is definitely worse. How can you be at a PARTY and still be convicted? A witness testimony should be important but not treated as definitive evidence.
@@XadovBro what. Don’t bring race into this.
Crap like this happens so much and after so many years the legal system thinks that money can actually compensate the years that this man has lost even worse than 17 years away from his children and some of the most important time of their lives. Disgusting!! Prayers for this gentleman and his family.
Although the money helps, there is 17 years of his life with his family he can't get back .
Thank you, Innocence Project for all those you help ❤️🤗🙏🏻
Heart-breaking that Innocent man with many witnesses saying he was at his girlfriends birthday party is robbed out of 17 years of his life! 1.1 million doesn't get back 17 years! I can't imagine how many innocent people are In prison this makes me sick to my stomach!!!
The only reason they didn't question it was because he had a bunch of priors.
@@hkc2140did you watch the fucking video? This isn't the witnesses fault.
@@hkc2140I'd say a little bit less than that Lol
Should be17million for 17 years for false prison
@@NoOne-hc6zfeye for an eye.
I almost went to jail over my “doppelgänger” when I was a teen. Couldn’t even get mad at the police since dude looked EXACTLY like mine. Shid I thought it was me for a second.
Thanks for getting him out 95% into his 19 year sentence
Better then getting out after completing his sentence and having another felony on his record. I am assuming he had previous convictions because no one gets that long of a sentence for 1 aggravated robbery.
Every human being has a doppelganger, I just hope mine isn't a criminal
Mine is an asshole that lives in Tatum,Tx.
Or if they are they live in Uzbekistan or some country I’ll never go to
This is actually not unimaginable ..This is America .
1.1 million is like a penny for staying in prison for 17 years
It's not a penny but it's not enough but it should have been it should have been like 3 to 5 million
@@jonnym4670 3-5 million is still a penny for 17 years in prison
this made me nearly cry, he had to miss his daughters’ childhoods
Bro, me personally I wouldn’t just let that happen. You should do something about this.
@@yodaugg8343 what
@@dizzy_jump idk I’m just messin around
@@yodaugg8343 watch your damn mouth
It happens all the time!!! I Worked for the innocence project in college. This is not uncommon😢
after all that and missing his kids whole childhoods he deserves billions in compensation
That’s hardly enough to compensate him for basically losing his life. 😢😢😢😢😢
And watching his children grow up!
There's no amount that's enough
He should get a full apology from everybody on the case as well as the "witness"
that 1.1 million aint enough. he should be rewarded much more than that.
“Do you have an alibi Sir?”
“Yes, actually I have a few.”
“Well she says she’s sure it you so sorry..”
Tf???
You should do something about it
@@yodaugg8343 ill do your mom
Yet women críticize Patriarchy
of course the replies are blaming women before the corrupt 'justice' system lmao. continue to be part of the problem.
She didn't actually do the identification; I'm not sure where Andy got that. This took place here in Kansas and CRACKHEADS who had been smoking dope outside of the Wal-Mart where the lady's purse was stolen identitied Rick. They later testified in court that they couldn't make an ID between the two men.
1.1 Million is pretty low for what this man has been through. 17 years of his life are gone. Worth a shit-ton more than 1.1 million
even with 1.1 million dollars he can’t make up for the missed time of his kids growing up 😔
Well making up for the time is impossible but a more reasonable number would have been flat 3 to 5 million
@@jonnym4670 Why would 3-5 million dollars be more reasonable???
I once heard a quote that said something like
“I’d let a 1000 men go free, to make sure that at least one innocent didn’t have to go to jail.”
He had all those people backing him up and he still went to jail? Someone please make it make sense
Juries are easily swayed by sobbing women,and eye witness testimony is usually worthless, it is that simple.
He had a record and in the joke that is the American legal system the only thing the DAs and judges care about are getting convictions. No incentive for them to get the right person.
The justice system ☕☕☕
@@TheImperiumEmpire552bruh what’s with tea the people looked the exact same you would do the same
He had a lot of priors. This was completely in-character for him.
So the testimony of a single mistaken Witness is what the court calls "undeniable proof without a reasonable doubt" ???
This is the second time I heard someone talk about other people getting arrested because people mistook them with a doppelganger, I'm scared
Do you have a rap sheet a mile long? If not, you don't need to worry. He was a career criminal. That's why he got convicted.
I know EXACTLY how he felt❗ After I moved into the town in Missouri,I was constantly experiencing people snapping at me, Like I had done something wrong to them even when I didn't know them at all😮😢 One night I attended a city hall meeting and experienced still one more person the now former mayor treating me with nothing but discontent. All the while an alderman that knew me PERSONALLY stepped in and shower the mayor how wrong he was and showed him I wasn't the person he disliked, she was actually sitting in the seat in front of me❗😮 It was as if I was looking at myself in a mirror 🪞🥴🥺🥴That was spooky‼️😬
Uhh what?
He deserves 17 million jfc...
*billion
@@knowledgeanddefense1054You're sped
I’m of the opinion that the amount he accepted was probably just an initial offer to get the ball rolling, and that they were probably originally prepared to go back and forth several times. But he probably saw all the zeroes in that initial offer and just said, “SOLD. Done! Run it.” Lol. Not only has he probably never seen that much money, but he is also probably of the mindset that “tomorrow is never guaranteed”, so he was probably wanting to get his hands on that money as soon as possible!
Eye witness testimony is the LEAST reliable way of convicting someone. Yet its held as the most damning evidence in any case.
People can easily be lead to believe a memory is true, even when its nothing close to reality.
This has happened to countless people, the "doppelganger" part of the story isn't needed for this to happen.
Only 1.1million? That is disgraceful. 17 years is such a substantial amount of your life gone. Should be entitled to 1mil per year for wrongful conviction
Worst miscarriage of justice ever, the guy served 17 years for something he didn't do, He should have been freed sooner plus got 10 times plus more in compensation
Well, as people used to say, money cannot buy time. They might have paid him $1.1 million, but no amount of money is enough to pay back for what they did.
1.1mil is hardly anything
For 17 yrs I mean
This is why the judges should be responsible for each decision they make, no matter the proof. You do a wrong thing? You are the one who pays the person you sentenced.
In most criminal cases judges are not the ones deciding the case
Wow that's truly sad that it took that long to set him free
Good gos this is horrible that poor guy. Only a million is an insult to a stolen life and missing his kids grow up.
So what happened to the robbed woman?? she got robbed of material possession but she robbed Richard of his life (17 years, goddamn)
What I don't understand is why the sentence was so extreme to begin with. The US clearly has an obsession with unjustified punishment
@@freezedriedicecreamThey'd rather be forcing alimony on men than help wrongly accused.
@@MisterHeroman nigga really pulled the oppression card
Why aee you blaming the woman? She didn't do anything wrong. She got robbed and literally only identified the person she saw, how was she supposed to know he just looked almost exactly like the actual guy? it was the prosecutor and 12 dumb ass juries who ignored multiple alibis.
@@freezedriedicecreamIt's ridiculous. You can expect to get 10+ years in the US for something you would get 1-3 years for in Europe
Multiple alabies: explain that they arent guilty
Court: ima pretend you dont exist
Eye witness testimony is responsible for over 60% of false imprisonments. Lie detectors are almost as reliable as eye witness testimony, but (for damned good reason) isn't allowed as evidence.
You should do something about this
@@yodaugg8343 You go on the news and say "I want eyewitness testimony banned from court" see how well that goes.
@@yodaugg8343 Unless you are saying we should improve eyewitness testimony, in which case a shit ton of people are already (mostly not with that explicit motive, but that would be one of the effects) trying thier hardest in the form of attempting to reduce memory loss/improve recollection. And truth serums.
@@hanzzel6086 idk I’m just messin, people online always complain instead of doing (not saying that about you tho)
Precious Time was lost for him and his family.I hope at least that compensation will help to start all over again.
ONLY 1.1 MILLION????? thats nowhere near enough.
make that be 9999999999999999999999999999999999 trillion
1.1 million isn’t enough. No money is enough. Time is priceless. This breaks my heart.
He should get 1
Million for every year
So he could prove he's innocent but still judged guilty
What a farce of a judicial system
It’s kinda scary how he had similar names and had the same exact hairstyle, like what are the chances of that.
Murphy's law
@@kutloanodlamini4153 Yup, everything that cluld go wrong, will do sometime s, kinda like mistaking the Lub bottle with Tabasco and end up with 🔥in the butts
@@adolphgracius9996 BRO YOU SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE OR WHAT
They're both obviously Jared Leto fans.
whats worse is that people are compensated for less even thought theyve been in jail longer. its crazy how bad this stuff can get
1.1 mil for 17 years !? Now that's the actual crime here.
To convict an innocent man is just as evil as letting a guilty man walk free. Despicable outcome. 17 years is a missed fatherhood
Bruh eyewitness is literally a joke you're telling me i could get someone in prison by simply saying "I sAw hIm DiD iT!!11"
Yep.
They look the same
Imagine how excited he was to find out that Richard actually had a doppelgänger like him…
I can’t even imagine just how devastated he and his family was during those 17 full years. It’s insane to think that they took so long to let him free. My heart really goes out to those people who were wrongly arrested.
The victim should be arrested. They ruined someone’s life.
17 years in prison should be like $8 million in compensation, as its not only 17 years of his life lost, but also 17 years of pure hell and torture.
The $1million compensation is a sad joke and an insult.
"Literally identical?"
Dude their eyes are completely different.
Similar, sure, but they're nowhere near "identical."
He should have gotten paid 17 million.
Much love and healing to them. Please may they heal from this trauma. Wishing the best of the best for them.
Think about how horrible that girl must feel. I mean they LITERALLY look like twins. She had no way of knowing she was dooming an innocent man.
Doubt she cares or remembers
Yeah her dumbass smh. Women ☕
@@zibix4562 dude stop being so pessimistic she's literally in one of the photos hugging the man.
Fuck the Girl man Look at the guy he lost 17 years of his life
😂 yeah, right
A life is priceless not even million is covering it
$1.1 million is so disrespectful. It should be $1.1M per year.
Sad part is, it's not unimaginable. It happens a lot
Moral of the story:Don’t have a doppelgänger.
Imagine having a iron clad alibi and someone's word still gets you locked up
We’ll if you’re black and “someone’s word” is from a white person, sounds about right.
Dude deserves 1 billion in restitution
Early gang
👇
I don’t get why they go by eye witness only since usually they’re under the state of shock/adrenaline/confusion/stress etc etc when the crime happened, there needs to be more evidence than just a word. Horrible what happen to man gets me angry
As an insurance broker I’ve seen people get more than that for having someone slam their fingers in a car door. He missed out on his children in their formative and adolescence years. No sum of money can fix that. On a side note, it’s typically 1m per year awarded for wrongful conviction.
Remember this story when people get mad that defense lawyers exist. Even when the state claims to have a lot of evidence, the defendant needs proper representation to prevent a huge miscarriage of justice 😮
He deserved more than that for compensation honestly, depending on how old he was or what happened he could have died before he was ever released.
And also he got a sentence like that for a robbery? I've seen people spend less time for far worse.
He had several alibis, and all it took was the victim to say, "Nah." to arrest him? Given, the two men are near identical at first glance but how often are witnesses wrong? Eye witnesses are wrong all the time. So, maybe, just maybe, side with the f*cking guy that had multiple alibis over the word of someone else. They stole 17 years from this man! He missed his daughters growing up! Who knows how much more he lost beyond that and all you offer is 1.1 million? He should get tens of millions for every year he's alive, at the very least. Though, nothing could erase this injustice, that would be a start.
Should get 1.1 mil in compensation plus the beating hearts of those who wrongfully convicted him. Our judicial system is absolute trash.
One person story against another and conviction , unacceptable
1.1 million doesn’t bring back 17 damn years. 😤