No lie I was in prison with this man!! I was only 19 at the time and he was the nicest person I met in there. He sat me down and taught me so much I haven’t gotten in trouble since I’ve been out. I’m so thankful for him n I hope he’s living it up!! ❤️
I was 12 the first time I was arrested. In and out of juvi until the judge sent me away for a year and a half. I received therapy, rehabilitation, schooling, and taught independent living skills. Fast forward 20 years later I'm a social worker, raising three incredible children, working on getting licensed. I didn't need an insane sentence, I just needed help.
I love it man!!! You are even more credible than if you didn't go because you went the lowest of lows in your life choices, crawled out of that and here you are a better man.
This is true for too many people in prison, many of whom were significantly traumatized as little ones. Now, I'm not saying predators should ever be released, but statistics show that 40% of the US and UK prison population are people with Borderline Personality Disorder and those are people who NEED intensive therapy, not prison. PTSD in adulthood will turn your life upside down, so imagine what it does to a child's developing brain. So glad you are helping others. People NEED to know they can get out and, with some patience and perseverance, get back to living a productive life.
@@proustruk5681 as a black man,this is one of the most racist nonsense i have read.White people wasnt created in a lab.God made everyone.Culture and Mindset paved the way as well.The same could be said about black people.Others could say that we are only good for gang wars,killing each other and fatherless kids.Is all of us bad?NO!!!Stop this racist BS and love HUMANS.History/slavery did us bad.We sold ourselves to the white colonizers.They capitalized and profited.But dont "damn" an entire race because of past wrongs
That February night, Ligon and four other teenagers drained two bottles of wine, ripped through the streets of South Philadelphia near his home and stabbed eight men, two of whom died.
This may sound weird, but I bet mentally he's still a teenager. I got locked up at 18 and did 6 years in prison, and although my physical age was 24, mentally I was not. I had never paid rent, never paid a water bill or electric bill, never had taken care of a child, never even had much of a real job. Basically, I didn't know what it meant to be an adult or even really how to act like an adult. I knew how to survive in prison, and that was it. Responsibility I knew nothing about. So I can't imagine being incarcerated at an even younger age and then being locked up for so long.
Not weird at all...I know a fella that went down at 21, got out at 40, and was still 21 mentally. He only lasted 8 months before he went back...shame..
I spoke to my son last week about staying out of trouble because the system is broken. I can't imagine being in jail for one night much less 68 years. My heart goes out to him.
@@johnnyboro9558 it seems like they'd rather blame the system. I don't think they can imagine someone being dead and being in unalive jail for the rest of their life without deserving it. No one thinks about that.
i can only imagine what this guy went threw as a child in an adult prison. To see the joy in this mans face after 68 years of being caged is astounding.
Former CO here. When I was at the facility, my favorite block to work was the “isolation unit” reserved for those who committed the most heinous crimes. It was basically all former death row guys. I used to greatly enjoy talking with this one inmate who had been incarcerated since the early 90s. It was like having a conversation with a living time capsule from my childhood. This man would speak with me about stores, businesses, and places that had closed 20+ years ago - but in the present tense. He never used a “car phone” or “the internets.” I would absolutely love to speak with joe or just walk around Philly with him for a day!
I had the same thought as I watched this but thinking my house and yard. Poor people. I see good change in the future. This is terrible and against our moral obligations as people.
This poor man NEVER should've been in there that long!! I am happy that he is free but I'm sad that he lost the majority of his life because of something he did as a child!! Is he a CHANGED man?! He wasn't yet a man when he was incarcerated!! God Bless You Mr. Joe! I'm so sorry that they did this to You!
Apparently he was offered clemency in the 1970s but rejected it because he didn't want to be on parole. I'm pretty sure parole doesn't last more than a couple years usually. So that was dumb. All of his co-defendants accepted the offer but him.
"I don't want to be supervised on Parole" >proceeds to CHOOSE to be under 24/7 surveillance for another 40 years. what the... I mean it changes the way I view this entire story. What a joke!
He was 15 when he went in. He didn't know anything about work and paying bills ever to start with. I think it says more about his child like mind from being in there since he was 15 possible a side effect@@XL_aUdio_Lab
Thank god he got a chance to be free & not have to die in the system, it definitely is a double standard in this country concerning this but I’m a strong believer that those that oppress operate on racism and hate and refuse to change will be held accountable have to realize none of us are here forever need to think about where your soul goes when your body expires.
He outlived everyone, lawyers, judges, attorneys, prison guards, government officials, media. Prison mates, jurors and victims family. God bless. Move on with your life and don't look back.
OK keep in mind he got convicted during the time when segregation and during the 50s so things are a completely different back then when someone is getting sentence especially a person of color so just keep that in mind. You’re talking about pedophiles and rapist or getting convicted in this day and age not from the 1940s 50s
When he was 15...... OMG..... unbelievable..... I love how he's just walking around, happy as can be, being able to do what he wants when he wants, no schedule but his own..... that would be heaven!!! His family is finally 💓complete!!!
@@coffeelink943 And most likely (by all available data) he would have gone on to commit more crimes. It's shocking how people have so much sympathy for a murderer. Frankly the sentence should have been harsher and he should have be dealt without wasting 68 years of tax payer dollars.
I hope he learns that he is an Israelite and finds everlasting life in Jesus Christ his King. Let the Father's Kingdom come. Let His will be done here as it is presently done in Heaven. We are Straitway Truth Ministry. Look us up. Let Yah arise and let His enemies be scatter! Yah has triumphed mightily!
My mom was 7 years old and her dad died when he was incarcerated. She now has 4 children, 11 grand babies 22 great grand babies and 2 great great grand babies. That’s a long time to be locked up.
@@arrqw4633 No, my mom was 19. There are 3 sets of twins from the grandchildren. 22 year old great grand daughter had twin boys. There’s also 3 legally adopted great grand children.
I'm glad Your brother didn't get rammed this this poor man did! I also hope Your brother stays out of those situations that could take away his freedom.☮️
@@bucs03sd The judge that sentenced this man to life in prison while he was still a teenager, is far more of a criminal than this man could ever be. But obviously the law was crafted to protect white collar criminals in the highest seats of power.
Joe is a good example of what can happen by hanging out with the wrong people. Steer clear of those people or, like Joe, you will be pulled down with them.
No doubt. Look at how much technology has changed in the past 15 years. I can't imagine how different the world looks to him since 1953. That was the year my mom was born. It's hard to believe that during her entire life this man was behind bars.
1953 He got in Prison -WW2 ended 8 years ago -Elvis graduated highschool a year until his career starts -The Beatles are still 7 years awau from their debut -The Cuban Revolution started that year -The Mcdonalds Logo was introduced this year -Humanity still didn't reach the Moon
Presley had no 'Career' in the 1953 to 1956 era...although he was employed, it was not as an entertainer nor 'recording artist'. The 'Beatles' history is very well-documented...and as Lennon said "We really didn't do much of anything until Richie came in and Martin liked us a little and we got a contract and all that...that's when everything really started to happen for us and we got to record our own music instead of doing 'covers' most of the time because in clubs and things we had to play the tunes that the kids all knew...we really weren't all that good until the Hamburg thing and all that because we played constantly then...that's what made us the 'Beatles' everyone knows".
@@Zeroshiki No...there is no 'Point' to miss. Writing-out random factoids for 'compare & contrast' has no meaning in relation to the length of a prison sentence. I write "I'm 67 now...one year less than that man's time in prison" means nothing other than I've been alive far too long, at least in my perspective. (A far more pertinent analogy would be the life of 'Robert Stroud' the "Bird Man of Alcatraz" who made a remarkable life for himself studying the physiology of common 'song-birds' and developing actual medical treatments for diseases and syndromes...all while locked in a cell) *Please let me know when you have something of actual value to say to me other than 'jibber-jabber'*
He was 83 when he got out but his other teen friends died in jail and never saw freedom again. Can you even imagine watching the world develop through a shared tv screen nearly 70 yrs?
@HJ The fk are you talking about? It's a gang. They have laws now that if you're in a group and that group is complicit in a crime then ALL MEMBERS OF THE GROUP SHARE THE SAME PENALTY. I think this is a fair law.
@@apbdolo1817 I’m facing potential time for something that is blown way out of proportion. Nobody was injured no damage to any property but cops hit me with multiple felonies and I want to take it to trial but my lawyer says that I should take a deal if one is offered. I feel trapped man they took my license away it’s been 2 years since I’ve driven a car cause COVID hit right when I was fixing to get this squashed. Hopefully you’ve changed your ways man Amy advice?
@@AdanSolas0:38 "… After a series of US Supreme Court decisions found that those mandatory LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE SENTENCES for JUVENILES was UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Lawyer:"... there were four kids that were tried together… A lot of the evidence against one child was considered against the other two or three other children (e.g. persons 1 - 3 stabbed the victim-which is what he admitted to-but evidence proves the stabs from person 4 is what led to the victims death). If this case went forward to trial today, he probably be found GUILTY of a MANSLAUGHTER charge or maybe a THIRD DEGREE MURDERER and might do FIVE to TEN or TEN to TWENTY." He's done that 5-10,10-20 three times over. He has paid his debt to society.
Because selfish people and people who don't have any self respect are always happy. Nirlajjam Sada Sukham means One who don't care about respect is always happy.
The breaks my heart into a million pieces. We’re all a different person than we were at 15. I’m a different person than I was a year ago. I hope this gentleman lives to be 100 or more!!
@@hudamohamed5972 While he himself maybe should not have gotten this long, do you seriously not agree that murderers should be locked away forever, regardless of how old they were. You're a different person than who you were at 15, but when you're 15 you still realize what you're doing...
I hope he finds out he is an Israelite, joins the true faith and lives forever. We are Straitway Truth Ministry. The Most High is with us. Look us up. The Elohim of Jacob is our refuse! We gon' get the Kingdom!
@trollnerdprison is never “fun”. And the human brain isnt even fully developed until around 25. A 15 year old, despite being slightly mature, does not understand the gravity of murdering someone.
@Aymen19827 68 was too lenient. By 15 you know right and wrong, and you know empathy. The only thing here that could really be argued is that 15 year olds are more impulsive due to under developed Frontal Lobes. Even then, thats really no excuse for double homicide. The victims of his crimes smd his families will never have justice as long as this mans alive.
Refused parole because he didn’t want to be supervised for the rest of his life. I think that speaks volumes about how tough this man really is, in order to stand on principles like that.
@@isabellavalencia8026 maybe he wants to drink or smoke weed or do psychedelics or travel or something else because that's what I would do at his age especially after all them years in prison anyways I'm not sure but when your on parole you probably have to do drugs tests or something and they'd send him back
He went to prison a year before I was born. All the things I've done in my life, world-wide travel, CA national guard, army reserve, Iraq veteran, high school, colleges, earning two degrees, playing piano, guitar. I will be 67. Meanwhile this man was behind bars the entire time. What does a person say other than "Bless him"
He was part of a gang that killed two people. If that had been your father or mother I don't think you'd be saying, "bless him". Just something to think about it. He destroyed his life and ended two others. Don't forget about the real victims
PA has been under demoRATic rule for too long. They absolutely proved this by CHEATING & pushing racist propaganda on everyone in this state! PA did not vote for China Joe! Jared Kusnear did a wonderful job re: prison reform & most of the people & their relatives looked the other way. Remember when nasty Nancy tore up President's great state of the Union Address! All the democrats sat silently - talk about a cult of dummies!
@@sallyg6456 Pennsylvania did vote for Biden. Russian Orange Hitler needed help from his boyfriend Putin and I’m sure you heard this morning Russia tried to help Trump cheat. Sad when the only way you can win an election is to cheat, right Trumptard. F the alt-right republicans, you all are headed to 🔥🔥🔥🔥
He didn't want to be released years ago under parole. He felt that would still be prison. So he kept fighting to be truly free. That's a sacrifice so many wouldn't take. I wouldn't blame anyone for accepting parole after a year in prison much less decades! Wow
@@seanpendleton6354 If I'm right, 2 people died out of 8, correct me if I'm wrong. He could have stabbed one of the 6 that didn't die. He was tried with all the children in the same courtroom so if one was guilty the other was too of the same crime, that the other child may have committed.
@@seanpendleton6354 Also yes he stabbed someone, and again if I'm not mistaken, it's not clear which person he stabbed, but he shouldn't have been tried as an adult when he was 15, 3 years away from being a legal adult.
There's nothing great or happy about this man's release, everybody he knew is dead, the whole world is a place he doesn't remember, there's nothing great about getting out of prison after 68 years. Let's get the help this man deserves instead of just talking about it let's help him.
I agree, being released back into society after being locked up for 68 years is not celebratory. He is not connected to current society. He doesn't have enough time left on earth to try to get up to speed on things. I just don't think he will last many more years. 😏
I was a volunteer in the jail in Orlando for a few years. There was a section with teenage boys who were going to be there for life. My heart just could not take it. I pray that he God gives him a few good years with his loved ones and God Bless this attorney.
@@burneraccount1807 Did you even hear the first thing said in the video? "The US has long led the world in the number of children sentenced to life in prison without the possiblity of parole". Either American teens are the most criminal in the world, or there is something seriously wrong with your prison system. The fact that Hari Om was a VOLUNTEER in a prison tells me it's the latter. The profits the American prison system make is well known throughout the world, and they even have volunteers working there? It's a joke.
@@ef4947 Doesn't matter what you say to that person who commented "cant do the time don't do the crime" will have that same mentality no matter what. Thats why our prison systen is so flawed because people with his mentality run that system
@@Vortex_one Amen to that! The same mentality. My father always use to say to us that if you ( a black person) commit a crime, they can and will make you dissappear...but not to walk around with a "chip on your shoulder." He was telling us the truth and was making us aware that the justice system is not justice for us.
And imagine.. he’s a minority. Who is the only Supreme Court justice who looks like him and why did he vote to uphold juvenile life sentences? May God judge Thomas as harshly as he judges.
@Knuckle Up SUCKA......Who hurt you so much that you hate ? Hate causes illnesses, are you well? I pray that God will meet you in your dreams. In Jesus name!
@Knuckle Up SUCKA poor little lost soul...God loves you too, if only you will repent and call upon the name of the Lord Jesus before its too late. JESUS IS COMING BACK SOON!!
@Knuckle Up SUCKA do you realize that white people do the same thing but get away with it. The stats are biased and skewed. But you know that don’t you?
Wow.. he was 15... that hurts.. it’s hard to say I wish he didn’t serve that time because if it was my family I’d probably think differently but he was a kid and didn’t act alone.
I agree, heartwarming story if it wasn't for the part where he said he participated in the stabbing. Honestly, they shouldn't be celebrating this like some kind of miscarriage of justice because it wasn't, he admitted he took part in the slayings.
and it sounds like even after being in prison for 68 years he still can't admit he did anything wrong, just that he was "in the wrong place at the wrong time". When asked if he has remorse for stabbing someone he only says "he HAS to feel remorse", as if it's something being forced upon him.
well, I would hope that any one of us would do the same. I mean, it's just staring you in the face, blatant injustice. So if the attorney had done nothing he would have died in there? To be honest, I think the attorney's job should have been to change the system and to get the man compensation.
i was imprisoned in a mental asylum against my will for a week, and i still have nightmares about it two weeks later, and talking about it makes me cry. I cant even imagine 68 *years*
he shouldn't taken part in killing two people... he got to wake up every morning meanwhile two people's lives were taken forever sleep and no chance of making their families... i believe in eye for an eye
@@temujinkhan6326Are you stupid or something? if you must pity someone pity the dead, not the living. A lot can happen at the heat of the moment, no one deserves to imprisoned there whole lives for that...
@@temujinkhan6326 well thankfully you're not in charge. An eye for an eye is a fools philosophy, and gives zero chance for rehabilitation. You're basically saying he should have been executed, for something he did as a child. Executing children sound good Mr eye for an eye? A man isn't only the worst thing he has done....
It was February 20, 1953, when Joseph Ligon, then 15 years, attended a dance and drank wine with four other teens. They then ended up robbing and stabbing eight people in Philadelphia. Two of the victims, Charles Pitts and Jackson Hamm, died.
He killed someone, let's see if your mother/ father/ child get stabbed to death... perhaps you can forgive them and say its okay you're allowed to be free
Naah at this point, there is no point! Might as well as ended it in prison! The readjustment to normal life is going to be too hard and too much of an effort for the short time of life he has left
The clown desereved the time and wasted his life. 80 years later still 2 people murdered and identities and names have become forgotten in time while this idiot stabbed people. All of them could of acomplished something in life, doctors teachers pilots etc. BUT THEY ALL NEVER GOT TO KNOW
Chauvin won't get away from the wrath of God , bad things will happen to him because what goes around comes around . Even if George was wrong , he is Heartless and wicked to kneel on his Neck . I know Wicked people include my Enemies are Suffering for what they have done to me and others .
'The lord', forgot his victim, apparently. He can still enjoy the sun, while his/her victim is 6 feet underground. Sorry, no sympathy from me. 👎👎👎😖😖😖😡😡😡
That's why he' doesn't hold any grudges, and there's perfect peace. Our eternity is far greater than our lives here on this earth. That's only if we choose Jesus, and the promise of heaven.
This man still said " Thank you Jesus"...even after he has been in prison almost his entire life. That kind of faith has rattled me and belittled my life where my Thanks to the Lord is shortlived from a joyous moment to a small problem I face..
@@dominus6224 Hey sir I'm with you. This poor old man was and still is a criminal. I'd like to see what the person he stabbed thinks or the family members of the dead,let's see how wonderful they think this story is.
Being released from prison after 68 years is like waking up on a different planet. Almost everything and everyone he knew and loved is gone, replaced by technology and people he only has limited time to know.
@grandmaLilith Haha Grandma Lilith, clearly you aren’t much of a grandma if you’re so deluded and unwise to think the world isn’t* nearly unrecognizable in only a 40 year time span. Would it be so bizarre to point out that technology is scaling even faster? Your little “things are drastically different second to second” remark only proves my point. So am I a futurist for pointing out the obvious or am I someone with common sense talking to someone without any? Haha Grandma Lilith. Indeed.
@grandmaLilith Haha Grandma Lilith, clearly you aren’t much of a grandma if you’re so deluded to think the world isn’t nearly unrecognizable in only a 40 year time span. Would it be so bizarre to point out that technology is scaling even faster? Your little “things are drastically different second to second” remark only proves my point. So am I a futurist for pointing out the obvious or am I someone with common sense talking to someone without any? Haha Grandma Lilith. Indeed.
It must have been like stepping out to a futuristic alien planet. The technology now, compared to when he went in, is incomprehensible. People back then couldn't even imagine what it would be like today
Bruh, he does not even know who MJ is. Every Decade went pass from the 50's till his realse so many memories, fun times, sad times he never got to experience.
@Happy Panda wicked men put in his prison for the lengthy sentence. Free will is why God allow so much. Also please stop being mad with God based off the actions of human behavior
Crazy to think that maybe a life incarcerated gave him things he couldn’t have had on the outside. Who knows what other reality would have waited for him. I suppose going away so young, it just becomes another way of life. It’s hard to read that fact but I would like to think he found some sort of comfort in the life that he did have inside, hopefully made friends and still had some meaningful experiences. He’s probably just grateful to spend a bit of time outside now. Truly scary any way you look at it though, it’s just such a long time.
Why plead guilty if the punishment was going to be life without parole? Was the death penalty on the table for 15 year olds at that time? Avoiding a death sentence would be the only reason to plead guilty for a life without parole sentence.
Keep in mind this was back in 1952 in the era before the Civil Rights Movement. This guy was probably pressured and coerced into pleading guilty and likely didn’t get the same level of legal representation as a wealthier defendant.
Most people can’t even relate to how long 68 years really is!
My heart breaks for my ppl
@@mpoemp4703 wat
It’s a lifetime. He served a lifetime in prison...just not his lifetime.
Yet most people won't live to see that age neither
@@mpoemp4703 we get done so bad man
No lie I was in prison with this man!! I was only 19 at the time and he was the nicest person I met in there. He sat me down and taught me so much I haven’t gotten in trouble since I’ve been out. I’m so thankful for him n I hope he’s living it up!! ❤️
OMG. You were meant to cross paths.
No that was me, this guy asked you to pick up his soap...
What did you do?
@@antitiktokunion3894 dont ask that
@@kdm187 oh
The fact that the attorney who represented him was born while he was already in jail is insane.
Samuel, that’s remarkable!!! Truly!!!!
@@darleneachille491 Life is a suprising stuff.
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Uhh. That’s time works, you’d be hard pressed to find a lawyer his own age since they most likely be retired
@@Davidpostingshid we obviously know how Times works, it is crazy because 68 years in prison AND letting him go is crazy
Most people were born when he was already in jail.
*“They did not lock my mind up.”* that is what kept him in that spirit.
*did not lock (do/does/did + bare infinitive)
@@alvallac2171 zut! You are right! Thanks!
It means he didn't change 😂
"Hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things."
- The Shawshank Redemption
@@us3rG jokes aside, if you're in jail for 68 years you HAVE to change..
Imagine being imprisoned for 68 years and after getting out you're in the middle of lockdown and quarantine
I think it didn't bother him that much :)
More like the end of a lockdown
guess its home from home.
@@SedriqMiers Still muchh better in the cell.
To him, the quarantine is the most freedom he ever had, in comparison, but it is ironic.
I was 12 the first time I was arrested. In and out of juvi until the judge sent me away for a year and a half. I received therapy, rehabilitation, schooling, and taught independent living skills. Fast forward 20 years later I'm a social worker, raising three incredible children, working on getting licensed. I didn't need an insane sentence, I just needed help.
Bless you ❤
That's a fact. All it takes is the proper guidance.
Word! That's saying quite a bit!
I love it man!!! You are even more credible than if you didn't go because you went the lowest of lows in your life choices, crawled out of that and here you are a better man.
This is true for too many people in prison, many of whom were significantly traumatized as little ones. Now, I'm not saying predators should ever be released, but statistics show that 40% of the US and UK prison population are people with Borderline Personality Disorder and those are people who NEED intensive therapy, not prison.
PTSD in adulthood will turn your life upside down, so imagine what it does to a child's developing brain.
So glad you are helping others. People NEED to know they can get out and, with some patience and perseverance, get back to living a productive life.
His attorney stood by him for 15 years respect ✊🏼
Absolutely
@@proustruk5681 what if he didn’t get a bag
@@proustruk5681 as a black man,this is one of the most racist nonsense i have read.White people wasnt created in a lab.God made everyone.Culture and Mindset paved the way as well.The same could be said about black people.Others could say that we are only good for gang wars,killing each other and fatherless kids.Is all of us bad?NO!!!Stop this racist BS and love HUMANS.History/slavery did us bad.We sold ourselves to the white colonizers.They capitalized and profited.But dont "damn" an entire race because of past wrongs
Talk about loyalty! Wow
@@proustruk5681 dam so all white people are terrible?
I knew a guy who did 25 yrs and couldn’t imagine how much cars changed(this was ten yrs ago) let alone the world! This guy served life literally!
He went in back when inmates were wearing jeans
The movie Life...literally
Tell me how cars have changed over the past 30 years ...
4 wheels, steering wheel and seats, glass.
This was true then and still is the case.
I believe every 20 years a HUGE difference in generation, culture, and society....
2024
2004
1984
1964
1944
1924
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1884
for anyone confused reading the comment the guy got out of prison 10 years ago
Imagine, there was a lot of people born when he went to jail and died before he came out.
Dang!! Such is life!!
Damn when you look at like that thats just mind boggling
It's weird what will happen when you participate in 8 stabbings resulting in 2 murdered people
ን አንሳሬ ሰብ አንሰሙንአንሳሬ ሰብ አንሰሙን he killed 2 peoples, lmfao?
My mother.
Bros attorney held it down for 15 years 💯🙏🏻 that’s a good soul
That February night, Ligon and four other teenagers drained two bottles of wine, ripped through the streets of South Philadelphia near his home and stabbed eight men, two of whom died.
@@tooreal8968 two bottles of wine ? I drink two bottles of wine & im just fine.
@@chosensevenosev7013 *AA has entered the chat*
@@chosensevenosev7013 they were 15, they were children.
@@joblessmf420 but it was two bottles of wine split between the 4 right?
This may sound weird, but I bet mentally he's still a teenager. I got locked up at 18 and did 6 years in prison, and although my physical age was 24, mentally I was not. I had never paid rent, never paid a water bill or electric bill, never had taken care of a child, never even had much of a real job. Basically, I didn't know what it meant to be an adult or even really how to act like an adult. I knew how to survive in prison, and that was it. Responsibility I knew nothing about. So I can't imagine being incarcerated at an even younger age and then being locked up for so long.
Not weird at all...I know a fella that went down at 21, got out at 40, and was still 21 mentally. He only lasted 8 months before he went back...shame..
And he carries himself like a mature old man too
I had a nervous breakdown at 20, severe anxiety disorder was followed. Its been almost a decade and I still feel like that 20 year old.
@MrMaplezfan bro get off ur knees and wipe ur mouth
Thats actually an interesting concept I never hear about but makes total sense.
I spoke to my son last week about staying out of trouble because the system is broken. I can't imagine being in jail for one night much less 68 years. My heart goes out to him.
what about the 2 people that he stabbed 68 years ago? they are both dead. does your heart go out to them? or their families?
@@johnnyboro9558 TRUE , but 68 yr for a 15yr old ,,
@@johnnyboro9558 Like this one guy said I dont care that he was dying
I can - just a few seconds can change one's life forever! We're that powerful.
@@johnnyboro9558 it seems like they'd rather blame the system. I don't think they can imagine someone being dead and being in unalive jail for the rest of their life without deserving it. No one thinks about that.
Can we talk bout his attorney who stood by him for 15years?? He is a God sent 😊🙏🏽🙏🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Absolutely.
Wow. An attorney did his job.
I mean he got paid...
that's his job try getting one
Bruh wtf u talm ab ? His attorney stood 16 years strong
After 68 years I feel like you wouldn’t even remember the crime you committed
If you take a soul away from someone that stays with you forever.
I think if you stab someone you would remember, not to mention the 2 poor souls who lost their llives in that terrible attack.
The victims and their families remember..
@@interabang right??? These freaking people talking about a violent criminal like if he's freaking Mr. Rogers...... Sickening.
I really don't have any pity for this guy . I have pity for the victims family .
i can only imagine what this guy went threw as a child in an adult prison. To see the joy in this mans face after 68 years of being caged is astounding.
Your comment 😭
Yes! I hope he has a great day,every day for the remainder of his life!
I can only imagine what the parents of those two killed 8 stabbed felt...
to you
😭😭😭
Former CO here. When I was at the facility, my favorite block to work was the “isolation unit” reserved for those who committed the most heinous crimes. It was basically all former death row guys. I used to greatly enjoy talking with this one inmate who had been incarcerated since the early 90s. It was like having a conversation with a living time capsule from my childhood. This man would speak with me about stores, businesses, and places that had closed 20+ years ago - but in the present tense. He never used a “car phone” or “the internets.”
I would absolutely love to speak with joe or just walk around Philly with him for a day!
What happened to his nose?
if you were a co in germany, sweden or denmark you actually could do that. good inmates actually get to leave prison on special occasions
@@fionaokeefe1906 Nah asking about his nose is crazy
We had car phones back in the day for business people
He got sentenced before his lawyer was born that's crazy.
Imagine! Sometimes life happens.
Or worded another way......he stabbed another human being before his lawyer was born that's crazy!
@@Buz-Lunch-Punx a person who did not even die!
@@cadespencer6320 According to Joe Ligon. Does it occur to you that criminals lie?
@@Buz-Lunch-Punx his story checks out
“They locked me up,but they didn’t lock my mind up” dats real.
He’s strong most people break I would have lost myself .
@Knuckle Up SUCKA I don't get it bro why be racist
@@muhammada5560 Nothing racist about facts people lie numbers don’t I’d post them but this snowflake channel deletes the comment
@@CurtainCloser21 i highly doubt that. People can change and we're all not perfect. Showing a lack of forgiveness shows how your no better anyway.
@Knuckle Up SUCKA so you’re assuming that all black and Hispanics are dangerous you sound goofy
Can barely survive 2 hours in a car, can’t imagine 68 years.
I am with you there. Takes two days to get to Vegas from Phoenix. No attention span
I had the same thought as I watched this but thinking my house and yard. Poor people. I see good change in the future. This is terrible and against our moral obligations as people.
I whould go nuts in a week
This poor man NEVER should've been in there that long!! I am happy that he is free but I'm sad that he lost the majority of his life because of something he did as a child!! Is he a CHANGED man?! He wasn't yet a man when he was incarcerated!! God Bless You Mr. Joe! I'm so sorry that they did this to You!
After the first year you become institutionalized
Apparently he was offered clemency in the 1970s but rejected it because he didn't want to be on parole. I'm pretty sure parole doesn't last more than a couple years usually. So that was dumb. All of his co-defendants accepted the offer but him.
"I don't want to be supervised on Parole"
>proceeds to CHOOSE to be under 24/7 surveillance for another 40 years.
what the... I mean it changes the way I view this entire story. What a joke!
He wanted the free food and home in jail
Dont know about PA but in some states paroled murderers stay on parole for the rest of their life.
He was 15 when he went in. He didn't know anything about work and paying bills ever to start with. I think it says more about his child like mind from being in there since he was 15 possible a side effect@@XL_aUdio_Lab
@@CrocodileWhisperswith that knowledge i think he was just crazy and insane. What sane person would make that decision
This is a damn shame, most people even today don't even live to be 68 years old.
Rick King and that's for the free ones smh
Thank god he got a chance to be free & not have to die in the system, it definitely is a double standard in this country concerning this but I’m a strong believer that those that oppress operate on racism and hate and refuse to change will be held accountable have to realize none of us are here forever need to think about where your soul goes when your body expires.
That's true
Well 80 years old is the average age of death
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This is absurd. Nobody is defending him or saying he’s innocent but serving 68 years after being sentenced as a minor is crazy.
Even crazier thinking that a minor shouldn't be held to account for murdering 2 people and stabbing 6 others.
@@jeffd6527 l will need to know a little more about his case, BEFORE making a statement like yours.
@@jeffd6527 Yeah that's crazy. However you're the ONLY one who said anything about not holding a juvenile into account.
He wasn’t even born then,don’t listen to him.
@@jeffd6527 maybe he stabbed somebody. But he was 16 years! and sentenced for more than 60 years without parole! smh
He outlived everyone, lawyers, judges, attorneys, prison guards, government officials, media. Prison mates, jurors and victims family. God bless. Move on with your life and don't look back.
His life over
@@christytea1798 I work in a nursing home and life isn't over until your last breath ...
That’s a positive way to look at it god still showed his grace.
That’s because he was in prison you idiot smh man you people are slow
@@CurtainCloser21 and your just straight up ignorant for such a comment & with the title of your profile I don’t have to guess why so buh bye.
My father didn't even live that long. Passed at 61. Enjoy bro. You've done your time
He missed out on his whole life, basically. All he can do is try to enjoy whatever time he has left on this earth.
Hey dont do the crime if u cannot do the time as they say...
Somebody lost life too
Not much is left of his life
@@vincentmotonya2859 that’s why he said whatever time he has left stupid
@@evanbrad7327 15 year olds are children who cant weigh the consequences of their decisions. Grow up nerd
I like burgers and fries.
exactly
Most don’t get jail time at all they get long probation time but that’s it
keeping it at 69 likes
OK keep in mind he got convicted during the time when segregation and during the 50s so things are a completely different back then when someone is getting sentence especially a person of color so just keep that in mind. You’re talking about pedophiles and rapist or getting convicted in this day and age not from the 1940s 50s
You got a point
“They locked him up but they did not lock his mind up”
When he was 15...... OMG..... unbelievable..... I love how he's just walking around, happy as can be, being able to do what he wants when he wants, no schedule but his own..... that would be heaven!!! His family is finally 💓complete!!!
He would have his own family if he wasn’t locked in for life
The first time he was free to do what he wanted he killed two people
@@coffeelink943 I guess he shouldn't have stabbed anyone in a crime in which two people were murdered!
@@coffeelink943 And most likely (by all available data) he would have gone on to commit more crimes. It's shocking how people have so much sympathy for a murderer. Frankly the sentence should have been harsher and he should have be dealt without wasting 68 years of tax payer dollars.
"...They didn't lock my mind up."
This man...so strong wow!
S t f u.
@@Gameboy-Unboxings Dunce
He still stabbed someone.
@@evam5589 yes... thats an amazing revelation. Thank you.
@Richard Myers if that's you want you can do it, I don't though.
This man isn't broken. I pray he remaining days are filled with health, wellness, happiness and prosperity🙏🏾
And I hope he lives to reach 100.
Amen! Definitely!
Ligon has probably already re-offended and stabbed yet another person during a robbery. Now the taxpayers can support him for another 68 years.
Lucky he didn’t stab you
I hope he learns that he is an Israelite and finds everlasting life in Jesus Christ his King. Let the Father's Kingdom come. Let His will be done here as it is presently done in Heaven.
We are Straitway Truth Ministry. Look us up.
Let Yah arise and let His enemies be scatter! Yah has triumphed mightily!
I've been alive 31 years...to think I would have to do another 31 to get somewhat near what this man served 😱 blows my mind
I'm 31 and I was thinking the same ahhahahah
hey baby
@@IBroLLyISePhIrOtH hey luv
@@imhigh5106 Mother! xD
Insane isn't it 68 years Or 24,820 days that's more than the average life expectancy!
That's to say, my grandfather（maternal）was born in 1953 and died of cancer in 2021, exactly when the dude was released.
My mom was 7 years old and her dad died when he was incarcerated. She now has 4 children, 11 grand babies 22 great grand babies and 2 great great grand babies. That’s a long time to be locked up.
She is blessed to live to see 4 generations. This is very rare.
@BRANDON PRESSOIR She’s 77 and happy. We’re a very close family that started out small but loving.
Good Lord did your family have kids at 14? Great great grandchildren at 75?
@@arrqw4633 No, my mom was 19. There are 3 sets of twins from the grandchildren. 22 year old great grand daughter had twin boys. There’s also 3 legally adopted great grand children.
@@TeeTee-2016 Oh, ok. Your family is like 5 times the size of mine, lol.
And he is still able to smile...
That’s the worst and best part 🙈
More than his victims are able to do.
@@joannemartin3952 right. They don’t get to experience big buildings and the rest of their lives but he does ig 🤷♂️
unlike his innocent victims
its crazy how hes able to still smile and TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS FOR MURDERING 2 PEOPLE.
After 27yrs I was blessed to have my brother back home because of this he was 16 when he went away here, funny thing they know each other...
I'm glad Your brother didn't get rammed this this poor man did! I also hope Your brother stays out of those situations that could take away his freedom.☮️
♥️♥️♥️🙏
68 years is just INSANE
“he’s a changed man” well obviously it’s not like he’s gonna go back to stabbings after 68 years in jail.
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yeah his victim is died,died is died
@@jonoliousbrigerton370you mean dead
@@jonoliousbrigerton370, 68 years is STILL too long.🙄
This was HORRIBLE! Best Quote: "They locked me up, they did. But they didn't lock my MIND up" Prayers for you Mr. Joe!! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
well don’t go around stabbing people!
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@@Sb-sz3cn well if someone were to do that now they probably wouldn’t get the amount of time this man got
@@EliasM44 Can you really imagine how all the pain that those victim went through?
@@kovarian3919 okay ur point, time to move on
Wowoooo shame to all of us, all this presidents that grant forgiveness every end of their president to criminals. 68years .Shame
It was a state charge. Even if a President wanted to pardon him, they only have pardon power for federal crimes.
@@bucs03sd The judge that sentenced this man to life in prison while he was still a teenager, is far more of a criminal than this man could ever be. But obviously the law was crafted to protect white collar criminals in the highest seats of power.
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excellent point. Look who Trump pardoned and even considered his family and himself first
@@Zeuswashington Absolutely you are right. What can we do? Only we can do praying for this man's well-being. We cannot change the world.
My fathers name is boise. He was the other man on this case. He got juvenile life. He explained to us that it was not a robbery. It was gang war.
Of course he’s gonna say that
Ask joe, I got nothing to gain. One thing I know is my dad's rep.. and it fits all the way into who he was. All the Clymer st oldheads have co-signed
If you don't mind me asking, what do you mean? What actually happened?
Joe is a good example of what can happen by hanging out with the wrong people. Steer clear of those people or, like Joe, you will be pulled down with them.
Jesus christ. He had been in prison since 1953. He must be so confused at the world he lives in
"They locked me up, but not my mind" Israel is strong
What does Jesus Christ have to do with it ?
No doubt. Look at how much technology has changed in the past 15 years. I can't imagine how different the world looks to him since 1953. That was the year my mom was born. It's hard to believe that during her entire life this man was behind bars.
This reminds of the movie Life
@@tommybrown3477
Who is Jesus Christ ?
1953 He got in Prison
-WW2 ended 8 years ago
-Elvis graduated highschool a year until his career starts
-The Beatles are still 7 years awau from their debut
-The Cuban Revolution started that year
-The Mcdonalds Logo was introduced this year
-Humanity still didn't reach the Moon
Presley had no 'Career' in the 1953 to 1956 era...although he was employed, it was not as an entertainer nor 'recording artist'.
The 'Beatles' history is very well-documented...and as Lennon said "We really didn't do much of anything until Richie came in
and Martin liked us a little and we got a contract and all that...that's when everything really started to happen for us and we got to record our own music instead of doing 'covers' most of the time because in clubs and things we had to play the tunes that the kids all knew...we really weren't all that good until the Hamburg thing and all that because we played constantly then...that's what made us the 'Beatles' everyone knows".
Also at least 2 people died that year because of black people
@@gerrynightingale9045 You missed the entire point ..
@@Zeroshiki No...there is no 'Point' to miss.
Writing-out random factoids for 'compare & contrast' has no meaning in relation to the length of a prison sentence.
I write "I'm 67 now...one year less than that man's time in prison" means nothing other than I've been alive far too long, at least in my perspective.
(A far more pertinent analogy would be the life of 'Robert Stroud' the "Bird Man of Alcatraz" who made a remarkable
life for himself studying the physiology of common 'song-birds' and developing actual medical treatments for diseases
and syndromes...all while locked in a cell)
*Please let me know when you have something of actual value to say to me other than 'jibber-jabber'*
But white people are still in the lead
He was 83 when he got out but his other teen friends died in jail and never saw freedom again. Can you even imagine watching the world develop through a shared tv screen nearly 70 yrs?
@HJ The fk are you talking about? It's a gang. They have laws now that if you're in a group and that group is complicit in a crime then ALL MEMBERS OF THE GROUP SHARE THE SAME PENALTY. I think this is a fair law.
Obviously the system needs a lot of changing and it’s not happening anytime soon. Prison is an industry and that’s the bottom line.
@@Sometimes_Always the government is the biggest gang in the world
I did 10 hrs. But 70 is a long time. Honestly couldn't imagine
@@apbdolo1817 I’m facing potential time for something that is blown way out of proportion. Nobody was injured no damage to any property but cops hit me with multiple felonies and I want to take it to trial but my lawyer says that I should take a deal if one is offered. I feel trapped man they took my license away it’s been 2 years since I’ve driven a car cause COVID hit right when I was fixing to get this squashed. Hopefully you’ve changed your ways man Amy advice?
RIP to the two people who died that day 68 years ago
Yeah, they don’t get to come back to life after 68 years, so I don’t understand why he’s out of prison.
@@AdanSolas he was found innocent
@@AndyMoreno-mu9le Did you even watch the video? That's not why he was released.
@Adam-326 he paid for his crimes.
@@AdanSolas0:38 "… After a series of US Supreme Court decisions found that those mandatory LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE SENTENCES for JUVENILES was UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Lawyer:"... there were four kids that were tried together… A lot of the evidence against one child was considered against the other two or three other children (e.g. persons 1 - 3 stabbed the victim-which is what he admitted to-but evidence proves the stabs from person 4 is what led to the victims death). If this case went forward to trial today, he probably be found GUILTY of a MANSLAUGHTER charge or maybe a THIRD DEGREE MURDERER and might do FIVE to TEN or TEN to TWENTY."
He's done that 5-10,10-20 three times over. He has paid his debt to society.
It's incredible how a man, who was 68 years in prison, can be happier than most people nowadays, who weren't in prison.
Because selfish people and people who don't have any self respect are always happy.
Nirlajjam Sada Sukham
means One who don't care about respect is always happy.
He learned to derive happiness from himself, not his surroundings.
We can't assume he's happy based on a five minute report. For all we know he might cry himself to sleep every night.
@@bryantparker7390 It is good for him then.. Atleast the victims parent are not alone who cries at night.
Believe me he is not so happy as he looks and acts this is a broken man and he looks like he is 120 years old
His attorney got him free, out right. No parole. Good for them!
Hello Ammno....💝👋👋👋
Hello Ammon
The breaks my heart into a million pieces. We’re all a different person than we were at 15. I’m a different person than I was a year ago. I hope this gentleman lives to be 100 or more!!
Absolutely just sad simply it’s inhuman. I don’t know the man but I couldn’t stop crying.
@@hudamohamed5972 While he himself maybe should not have gotten this long, do you seriously not agree that murderers should be locked away forever, regardless of how old they were. You're a different person than who you were at 15, but when you're 15 you still realize what you're doing...
I am crying 😭 and so much in my mind that I can not follow
I hope he finds out he is an Israelite, joins the true faith and lives forever. We are Straitway Truth Ministry.
The Most High is with us. Look us up. The Elohim of Jacob is our refuse! We gon' get the Kingdom!
Well I don’t know about you but I never killed two people when I was 15
He is amazingly strong . He survived 68 years of horror .
True, life in prison is a nightmare
@trollnerdprison is never “fun”. And the human brain isnt even fully developed until around 25. A 15 year old, despite being slightly mature, does not understand the gravity of murdering someone.
self-inflicted
@Aymen19827yes you idiot. 15 isn’t a 5 year old
@Aymen19827 68 was too lenient. By 15 you know right and wrong, and you know empathy. The only thing here that could really be argued is that 15 year olds are more impulsive due to under developed Frontal Lobes. Even then, thats really no excuse for double homicide. The victims of his crimes smd his families will never have justice as long as this mans alive.
George Zimmerman walked away free, but this man did 68 years.
My point exactly but were suppose to ignore racism
White privilege at it’s finest
Zimmerman is Latin American lol. It’s hilarious how the media has painted him out as a white supremacist and you morons eat it up 😂😂😂.
Zimmerman is Latin American lol. It’s hilarious how the media has painted him out as a white supremacist and you morons eat it up 😂😂😂.
YoungRT ENTERTAINMENT Zimmerman is white. Hispanic is not a race
Damm...68 years, a lot of people don´t even get that old. My best whishes to this man
he killed someone
@@alexandrawoof1894 And he clearly paid the price. Everyone deserves a shot at redemption.
@@Blake-pn6xm paid the price for killing somebody? 😆 The only payment for that is death
Yeah a lot of people don't get that old... like the two people he murdered.
@@Blake-pn6xm does dylan roof deserve a shot at redemption?
Refused parole because he didn’t want to be supervised for the rest of his life. I think that speaks volumes about how tough this man really is, in order to stand on principles like that.
F.R
So he would rather be supervised and locked up?
@@isabellavalencia8026 that’s what I thought lmfao
@@isabellavalencia8026 because parole is like prison on the outside
@@isabellavalencia8026 maybe he wants to drink or smoke weed or do psychedelics or travel or something else because that's what I would do at his age especially after all them years in prison anyways I'm not sure but when your on parole you probably have to do drugs tests or something and they'd send him back
RIP Charles Pitts and Jackson Hamm.They did not get a second chance.
Ya who did the killing?
And this man is not either he's going to die in a few years.
He went to prison a year before I was born. All the things I've done in my life, world-wide travel, CA national guard, army reserve, Iraq veteran, high school, colleges, earning two degrees, playing piano, guitar. I will be 67. Meanwhile this man was behind bars the entire time. What does a person say other than "Bless him"
He was part of a gang that killed two people. If that had been your father or mother I don't think you'd be saying, "bless him". Just something to think about it. He destroyed his life and ended two others. Don't forget about the real victims
This is exactly what it means to be 67 years old.
@@Sometimes_Always people don't hold grudges like that. People change and you not the same person you were when you were 15 *68* years ago
You mentioned a lot of things that you have done. I noticed that you didn't mention murdering someone. That is the reason that you're free.
Why you lying for TH-cam comments? 🤡
My heart hurts for this man. His situation is one example of why this country is far from great
PA has been under demoRATic rule for too long. They absolutely proved this by CHEATING & pushing racist propaganda on everyone in this state! PA did not vote for China Joe! Jared Kusnear did a wonderful job re: prison reform & most of the people & their relatives looked the other way. Remember when nasty Nancy tore up President's great state of the Union Address! All the democrats sat silently - talk about a cult of dummies!
@@sallyg6456 Pennsylvania did vote for Biden. Russian Orange Hitler needed help from his boyfriend Putin and I’m sure you heard this morning Russia tried to help Trump cheat. Sad when the only way you can win an election is to cheat, right Trumptard. F the alt-right republicans, you all are headed to 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@sallyg6456 Please go some place else with your IDIOTIC conspiracy theories.
Try to use your God given intellicence.
I feel for the people they killed and stabbed
Joy Austin me too. He actually beat the system because he was released and never served his full sentence. Just like most criminals.
“They locked me up, they did. BUT they didn’t lock my MIND UP” if that isn’t an eye opener for you, idk what is! POWER TO THIS BROTHER ❤️
He didn't want to be released years ago under parole. He felt that would still be prison. So he kept fighting to be truly free. That's a sacrifice so many wouldn't take. I wouldn't blame anyone for accepting parole after a year in prison much less decades! Wow
That could’ve been your Dad, Uncle,brother, son hits even more differently doesn’t it. - the most respect to you brother.
@M Davis He didnt admit to murdering anyone, he said he stabbed someone.
@@idkwhy_0779 he stabbed someone that ended up dying
@@seanpendleton6354 If I'm right, 2 people died out of 8, correct me if I'm wrong. He could have stabbed one of the 6 that didn't die. He was tried with all the children in the same courtroom so if one was guilty the other was too of the same crime, that the other child may have committed.
@@seanpendleton6354 Also yes he stabbed someone, and again if I'm not mistaken, it's not clear which person he stabbed, but he shouldn't have been tried as an adult when he was 15, 3 years away from being a legal adult.
@@idkwhy_0779 if it was your mother who died would you feel the same
I can't imagine doing 68 years in jail, then coming home to no family. I wouldn't wanna live anymore........
😞😞😞
His family was literally in the video. 🤦🏾♀️
@@westcoastorbust2462 Oh Yeah!
There's nothing great or happy about this man's release, everybody he knew is dead, the whole world is a place he doesn't remember, there's nothing great about getting out of prison after 68 years. Let's get the help this man deserves instead of just talking about it let's help him.
exactly
Real life Shawshank Story this is beyond humane
Being in his 80s just makes it even more bittersweet. Hope he has good five to ten years to enjoy to the fullest.
Help him how. No one can give him 68 years of his Life back ...thats why the man himself said. He Leaving that in the past.
I agree, being released back into society after being locked up for 68 years is not celebratory. He is not connected to current society. He doesn't have enough time left on earth to try to get up to speed on things. I just don't think he will last many more years. 😏
What dafak ? 68 yrs? It is crazy.
I'm 38 yrs old and i love my life so much
I was a volunteer in the jail in Orlando for a few years. There was a section with teenage boys who were going to be there for life. My heart just could not take it. I pray that he God gives him a few good years with his loved ones and God Bless this attorney.
Can’t do the time, don’t do the crime. Teens shouldn’t be given any less harsh sentences because of their age.
@@burneraccount1807 Did you even hear the first thing said in the video? "The US has long led the world in the number of children sentenced to life in prison without the possiblity of parole". Either American teens are the most criminal in the world, or there is something seriously wrong with your prison system.
The fact that Hari Om was a VOLUNTEER in a prison tells me it's the latter. The profits the American prison system make is well known throughout the world, and they even have volunteers working there? It's a joke.
@@ef4947 Doesn't matter what you say to that person who commented "cant do the time don't do the crime" will have that same mentality no matter what. Thats why our prison systen is so flawed because people with his mentality run that system
@@Vortex_one Amen to that! The same mentality. My father always use to say to us that if you ( a black person) commit a crime, they can and will make you dissappear...but not to walk around with a "chip on your shoulder." He was telling us the truth and was making us aware that the justice system is not justice for us.
@Paul Smith You are defending a prison system that is known to function on profit, not rehabilitation. A real sad thing to do, to be honest.
And imagine.. he’s a minority. Who is the only Supreme Court justice who looks like him and why did he vote to uphold juvenile life sentences? May God judge Thomas as harshly as he judges.
I don't think Clarence Thomas believes in God.
@Knuckle Up SUCKA......Who hurt you so much that you hate ? Hate causes illnesses, are you well? I pray that God will meet you in your dreams. In Jesus name!
@Knuckle Up SUCKA poor little lost soul...God loves you too, if only you will repent and call upon the name of the Lord Jesus before its too late. JESUS IS COMING BACK SOON!!
@Knuckle Up SUCKA do you realize that white people do the same thing but get away with it. The stats are biased and skewed. But you know that don’t you?
@Knuckle Up SUCKA NO PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE DANGEROUS.
Respect to his lawyer. Stood with him for 15 years.
sorry I don't sympathize with attorneys that prefer to represent criminals more than victims.
@@extropiantranshumanFun fact: nobody cares
I am so happy that you're free.68 years is a long time.God bless you in prayers for your journey
Wow.. he was 15... that hurts.. it’s hard to say I wish he didn’t serve that time because if it was my family I’d probably think differently but he was a kid and didn’t act alone.
My thoughts exactly! However, I think I could probably forgive after all these years because he was 15.
At 15 he looked like 25 in that picture. Maybe it was a prison picture. Idk
Ellis Midkiff I believe they do prison picture updates every once in awhile
He’s not even the one who killed the man.
There are people who did far worse and are still walking around.
He should've at been set free at 20 or so. This man's whole life was lost in prison.
After 7 decades...that man done lost most of his family member ...he will never get that time back smfh...this system needs to change!
I agree
Did his victims get their time back???
@@celtasnakeYes because they weren't in prison
He still got a Thank you Jesus!!!! Amen ✊🏾🙏🏿
Hallelujah and AMEN 🙏🏾
Amen!
HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH Aaaaamen GLORY TO GOD 🙏🏾🛐🙏🏾
"He was convicted of guilt by association." It's not really guilt by association if he personally stabbed someone.
I agree, heartwarming story if it wasn't for the part where he said he participated in the stabbing. Honestly, they shouldn't be celebrating this like some kind of miscarriage of justice because it wasn't, he admitted he took part in the slayings.
and it sounds like even after being in prison for 68 years he still can't admit he did anything wrong, just that he was "in the wrong place at the wrong time". When asked if he has remorse for stabbing someone he only says "he HAS to feel remorse", as if it's something being forced upon him.
@enbie_the_hungry a persons dead because of him. If he actually served his sentence he would still be in there.
That attorney deserves a Nobel Peace Price for his compassion and work.
well, I would hope that any one of us would do the same. I mean, it's just staring you in the face, blatant injustice. So if the attorney had done nothing he would have died in there? To be honest, I think the attorney's job should have been to change the system and to get the man compensation.
the man took the life of someone
@@Jamie-js3qw compensation for what? he admitted guilt, the injustice was the punishment due to outdated practices.
@@Jamie-js3qw if he killed or stabbed one of your family members you would not talk so strange. "Compensation" O_o
are you serious?
I hope he lives long enough with good health to enjoy his freedom.
..while his victim is 6 feet under. I am sure his/her family are very happy about that. There is no real justice. It is disgusting. 👎👎👎😖😖😖
@@adrianaboga8361 ....the person he stabbed survived, go back and listen.
The people he killed aren't that lucky
@@teresah.6696 so that makes it okay then huh
@@masterofpuppets5072 bruh he was in jail for 70 years
i was imprisoned in a mental asylum against my will for a week, and i still have nightmares about it two weeks later, and talking about it makes me cry. I cant even imagine 68 *years*
hope you're ok
I once visited a friend who was committed to a state hospital. It was a horrible place. I hope you're getting the support you need.
Prison is way worse lol. Solitary broke me
Dont do dumb stuff then you bring this type of stuff on yourself
I pray that everything works out for you. I never second guess mental health.
Taking parole in the 70s while middle age was the better choice then coming out of jail 50 years later being very old.
do you not think he did that ?
he shouldn't taken part in killing two people... he got to wake up every morning meanwhile two people's lives were taken forever sleep and no chance of making their families... i believe in eye for an eye
@@temujinkhan6326Are you stupid or something? if you must pity someone pity the dead, not the living.
A lot can happen at the heat of the moment, no one deserves to imprisoned there whole lives for that...
@@temujinkhan6326 well thankfully you're not in charge. An eye for an eye is a fools philosophy, and gives zero chance for rehabilitation. You're basically saying he should have been executed, for something he did as a child. Executing children sound good Mr eye for an eye? A man isn't only the worst thing he has done....
I don’t see any kind of evil in that poor man. I’m glad he’s out. Blessings to him and his family.
It was February 20, 1953, when Joseph Ligon, then 15 years, attended a dance and drank wine with four other teens. They then ended up robbing and stabbing eight people in Philadelphia. Two of the victims, Charles Pitts and Jackson Hamm, died.
He killed 2.
Don’t move to New Mexico than.
He killed someone, let's see if your mother/ father/ child get stabbed to death... perhaps you can forgive them and say its okay you're allowed to be free
@@nateburrito7914 he didn’t stab anyone tho. he was just an accomplice
Still wearing his blues. Glad he is able to enjoy some life as a free man
Naah at this point, there is no point! Might as well as ended it in prison! The readjustment to normal life is going to be too hard and too much of an effort for the short time of life he has left
@@andreware6492 I wonder if he feels the same way - He seemed pretty happy to be out and getting some fresh air before he goes
he killed people
get it?
in a care home............
Glad the two murdered will finally enjoy a little life they have left. Wait what
I hope CBS compensated this man for this interview and not just exploited him for his story!
S b , ain't that karma for ya!
Don't be stupid okay
@@Sb-sz3cn Why do people like you always hide in someone else’s comment?
Tell it to the DEAD.
@@StevenMichaelCunningham The DEAD will have their turn at justice. This ain't the end as we are about to find out!
Dame 68 years is a long time hope this man enjoys the rest of it. I hope he lives a positive life.
The clown desereved the time and wasted his life. 80 years later still 2 people murdered and identities and names have become forgotten in time while this idiot stabbed people. All of them could of acomplished something in life, doctors teachers pilots etc. BUT THEY ALL NEVER GOT TO KNOW
Will Chauvin get life in prison for kneeling a man to death?
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Only God knows...
Chauvin won't get away from the wrath of God , bad things will happen to him because what goes around comes around . Even if George was wrong , he is Heartless and wicked to kneel on his Neck . I know Wicked people include my Enemies are Suffering for what they have done to me and others .
Probably not he has the complexion for protection.
No!
The lord has looked out for him and he's in great health at 83. Many of us won't even live to see that number.
I concur wholeheartedly; As he said so eloquently, “there’s nothing I can do about the past but I can control the future ahead.”
Yes thats true Richard. Even his victims didn't get to live that long.
your the definition an idiot
@@dailyinspiration9805 thanks for reminding us society can't even say "lord" without getting cancelled.
'The lord', forgot his victim, apparently. He can still enjoy the sun, while his/her victim is 6 feet underground. Sorry, no sympathy from me. 👎👎👎😖😖😖😡😡😡
What’s even crazier to me is that even though he did 70 years in prison man said thank you jesus that was powerful
Made my hair stand up that guy luvs jesus that is powerful he has no I'll will may God bless him for eternity 🙏🙏🙏
@Holy Blackbeings whatever
@Holy Blackbeings you have holy in your name
That's why he' doesn't hold any grudges, and there's perfect peace. Our eternity is far greater than our lives here on this earth. That's only if we choose Jesus, and the promise of heaven.
@Holy Blackbeings so what was your point of that rant , where you trying to put people down or educate them ?
When they told him he was going home he asked who was going to sweep the floor, I was in court with him. Crimes he didn't commit btw
This man still said " Thank you Jesus"...even after he has been in prison almost his entire life. That kind of faith has rattled me and belittled my life where my Thanks to the Lord is shortlived from a joyous moment to a small problem I face..
He stabbed someone, did you miss that part? He had to pay for the life he took.
@@dominus6224 he has paid the price for it and repented...
Indoctrinated faith.
@@dominus6224 Hey sir I'm with you. This poor old man was and still is a criminal. I'd like to see what the person he stabbed thinks or the family members of the dead,let's see how wonderful they think this story is.
@@africanlastborn7776 That's a BINGO.
Being released from prison after 68 years is like waking up on a different planet. Almost everything and everyone he knew and loved is gone, replaced by technology and people he only has limited time to know.
Imagine getting out of prison in 2060 and everything is robots different t
Apt
@grandmaLilithBy 2060, our society is going to be DRASTICALLY different compared to know. Think 1984 to 2024 - 40 years. Now think 2024-2064.
@grandmaLilith Haha Grandma Lilith, clearly you aren’t much of a grandma if you’re so deluded and unwise to think the world isn’t* nearly unrecognizable in only a 40 year time span. Would it be so bizarre to point out that technology is scaling even faster? Your little “things are drastically different second to second” remark only proves my point. So am I a futurist for pointing out the obvious or am I someone with common sense talking to someone without any? Haha Grandma Lilith. Indeed.
@grandmaLilith Haha Grandma Lilith, clearly you aren’t much of a grandma if you’re so deluded to think the world isn’t nearly unrecognizable in only a 40 year time span. Would it be so bizarre to point out that technology is scaling even faster? Your little “things are drastically different second to second” remark only proves my point. So am I a futurist for pointing out the obvious or am I someone with common sense talking to someone without any? Haha Grandma Lilith. Indeed.
I watch "Forensic Files" all the time, and I see "adult" murderers get out in less than 20 years.
All those killers on Unsolved Mysteries go to prison for like 8 years when they run the update.
Serial killer
So much changed over the years,he said he knew things changed in his mind,which is still sharp.Like who He credited and thanked,great man!!!
It must have been like stepping out to a futuristic alien planet. The technology now, compared to when he went in, is incomprehensible. People back then couldn't even imagine what it would be like today
Well he said he expected the buildings and cars to be different, but yeah computers and such would be crazy
I’m sure they watched TV like everyday...
Dude in jail got smartphone and facebook
Yeah, well we never got to find out because this anti-criminal justice system propaganda piece spent 90% of the video attacking the justice system
@@Buz-Lunch-Punx conservative idiot
If you're 25 years old right now, it feels like you've lived your life for a long long time now right. Imagine that times 3 times
Wow, you said something then @Jake4595 being so close to the age I am now that you listed, it really hit different. My heart ❤️ goes out to him.
@@Sb-sz3cn u mad? 😂
He was practically put in a time capsule
Nope. He got to see the worst society had to offer throughout time
A Time Capsule? Nah that’s a life capsule really, where time stands still for you for 68y.
@@beinformed3607Nope. Time did anything but stand still for him. Otherwise he’d be 15.
Im glad he was strong enough to make it out. Good luck to you!Ĥave a wonderful life!
Bruh, he does not even know who MJ is. Every Decade went pass from the 50's till his realse so many memories, fun times, sad times he never got to experience.
He never knew MJ or Kobe.He never saw Barry Bonds hit a home run in person.
Go Giants
Because of his choices
@Roland Specht he was a murderer though.
@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants he meant MJ as in Michael Jackson lol
@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants but yeah he also didn't know michael jordan
We need more lawyers like this. I never want to see anyone die. But we always need good people to fight for old people. A sad situation.
The sad situation is that this dude and his friends killed 2 people.
@@anonfan7763 it is very sad.
@@monica6019 And why do you want to have those criminals freed then?
@@antonsmith1497 I dont want criminals freed, but I do want someone to fight for the old and the innocent.
@@monica6019 Then u are under this video wrong. because this guy deserved prison.
I'm touched by his saying, "...thank you Jesus.."
He definitely knows where his strength comes from...amen! 🙏
Those words have so much meaning in this man's mouth
@Happy Panda wicked men put in his prison for the lengthy sentence. Free will is why God allow so much. Also please stop being mad with God based off the actions of human behavior
@@dreia2405 They have no meaning at all. The same meaning as saying "thank you Harry Potter"
@@celtasnake that could be true if you don't believe in Jesus
it was a fair and good system in the USA. And now for killing a person you can get a prison sentence of 5 years. It's just funny and crazy.
thank the democrats
Poor man. This is disgusting
As America as apple pie
@Jessica Hartfield idiot? Lol
@Jessica Hartfield he didn't do anything he was innocent whole time
He did do the crime, 68 years for a minor 🤯. The cost associated as well 🤬
@Jessica Hartfield Yeah and he paid for it. About 5 decades ago. 🙄
I would have completely lost my mind in there. That guy is made up of something stronger than most of us.
A normal people would. But a killer and a thief doesnt lose his mind so easy
Lol he isn't
No, you and anyone else would be fine like this dude. The time would eventually pass by and nothing would`ve happened.
A lot of us are strong enough not to stab someone
I would
This guys lived basically his whole life in prison...I'm surprised he lived and STILL had a calm happy mind. Insane.
Crazy to think that maybe a life incarcerated gave him things he couldn’t have had on the outside. Who knows what other reality would have waited for him. I suppose going away so young, it just becomes another way of life. It’s hard to read that fact but I would like to think he found some sort of comfort in the life that he did have inside, hopefully made friends and still had some meaningful experiences. He’s probably just grateful to spend a bit of time outside now. Truly scary any way you look at it though, it’s just such a long time.
Why plead guilty if the punishment was going to be life without parole? Was the death penalty on the table for 15 year olds at that time? Avoiding a death sentence would be the only reason to plead guilty for a life without parole sentence.
Keep in mind this was back in 1952 in the era before the Civil Rights Movement. This guy was probably pressured and coerced into pleading guilty and likely didn’t get the same level of legal representation as a wealthier defendant.
That is one strong man. He never gave up.
This is outrageous to send a juvenile to life with out parole.
People died
@@westcoastorbust2462 still, you don't send kids to jail for life for their first offense
@@westcoastorbust2462 someone did die, but most kids are not aware of their actions or realize there are consequences. It’s sad for all involved.
@@playcousin5497 he should of done 20 to 30 but doing 68 sounds like he killed a whole family for a judge to give him that lol
Hello Lyn..... 💝👋👋👋👋
Over sentencing for POC, let's be honest about this.
Ok racist.
Not people of color.... Black.
@@kas3583 Thank you. 💯
@@kas3583 yeah.... let’s be clear.
For Black Americans, not people of color.
This is heartbreaking. I hope he’s able to enjoy some happiness with the time he has left. I’m glad he has a supportive family.
Hello Donna