How’s it going Youtube I am Landon and welcome back to another most amazing video.
Ok so with these videos we have been learning that there are just way to many who have been
convicted to horrible crimes that they didn’t commit.
Sometimes it takes decades for the system to realize they have the wrong person.
Sometimes these people are given millions of dollars to try and compensate a huge mistake
although no amount of money can really justify the many years lost in these people on this
list.
But there are some people who are just released with just bus fair and a sorry.
Well lets take a look at this crazy list.
This is the top 10 longest prison sentences served by innocent people part 3.
For part 2 just click right over here and I will link it in the description as well.
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Starting off at number 10 we have, Clarence Brandley who was wrongly convicted of murder
and rape of Cheryl Dee Fergson back in 1981.
He was sentenced to death 11 months into his sentencing.
Cheryl was 16 yrs old at the time she was murdered at Conreo High school in Conroe,
Texas.
this was the same high school Clarence worked at as a janitor supervisor.
Cheryls body was found in the loft above the school auditorium.
This is a place not many people had access too so this is when Clarence became the prime
suspect.
Well it took 9 yrs for his innocence to come to light.
Clarence sued the state for 120 million dollars but he lost.
Luckily they didn’t kill this man before the truth came out.
Number 9 we have Derrick Jamison from Hamilton Ohio.
Back in 1984 a bartender Gary Mitchell was beaten to death when two men robbed him.
Well several witnesses described the two perpetrators to police but no one was immediately arrested.
Over a month later police arrested Derrick as a prime suspect.
Police noted that he fit the description of one of the perpetrators given to them by witnesses.
He wasn’t charged at that time though.
About 4-5 months after the crime happens a guy named Charles Howell was arrested for
sexual assault and he confessed to being an accomplice to the robbery and murder.
Well at trial Charles agreed to testify against Derrick in exchange for a lesser sentence
so that’s what he did.
Accept Charles Howell was lying about everything to get a lesser sentence.
Police were happy they arrested and are now sentencing away two many for murder but they
have one of the wrong guys.
It took 20 yrs to prove that Derrick Jamison was actually innocent.
At number 8 we have, James Joseph Richardson Who served 21 yrs behind bars for a very horrible
crime he didn’t commit.
James was accused of murdering his 7 kids so instead of being able to burry his kids
he spent 21 yrs in the worst place imaginable.
James probably had so many questions to why the justice system in which he pays taxes
towards is failing him.
James was accused of poisoning their his kids lunch.
There was Phosphate pesticide found inside of there lunches which killed them.
James is an African American man who was in front of a all-white jury in a time where
racism plays a huge role.
Well back during the sentencing he was sentenced to death but a few years later with a new
Supreme court law, James was taken of the death penalty.
The new law found the death penalty as unconstitutional so his sentence was reduced to life imprisonment.
Well after 21 yrs later he was finally exonerated after many clues have been overlooked or hidden
that would have pointed to Jame’s innocence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joseph_Richardson Number 7 we now have Dewey Bozella who is
a former amateur boxer who has now been known for being wrongly locked up for 26 yrs.
Back in 1983 Dewey was convicted for the murder of an elderly woman Dewey.
This guy has lived a really messed up life when he was 9 yrs old he witnessed his father
beat his pregnant mom to death.
So he ran away and never turned back.
One of his brothers was stabbed to death and another one was shot and killed.
This is just insane.
He has a third brother and he actually died of Aids.
So Dewey turned all of his anger into boxing where he trained for a world champion boxer.
At the age of 20 yrs old was when he was sentenced away to prison for a crime he never committed.
Poor Guy.
After life in prison he works with the youth at a local gym.
His dream was to have it least one professional fight.
Well in 2011 his dream came true.
At the age of 52 yrs old he fought at the staples centre in Los Angles where he won
his professional boxing debut fight.
What a story.
He has a very similar story to Rubin Hurricane Carter the guy I talked about in part 1 of
this serious.
Hes the guy whose life was turned into a movie played by denzil Washington.
Now at number 6 we have, Gregory Bright from New Orleans who was convicted of second- degree
murder back in 1974 at the age of 20 yrs old.
Gregory was sentenced to life without parole.
He served 27 and a half years at the Loiusiana State penitentiary till he was finally granted
a new trial on the grounds that the prosecution had withheld evidence from the defense in
his previous trial.
With the new evidence presented it proved that Gregory was actually the wrong man it
took almost 3 decades to figure this out is this real life right now?
When he was finally released from prison he was given a 10 dollar check and garbage bags
full of legal paperwork.
Not really sure what 10 dollars is going to do and why the heck would he want all of his
paperwork its nothing but BS.
Nothing in the paperwork should have showed that Gregory was the man who killed someone.
Raymond Towler Comes onto this list at number 5.
Age the age of just 24 yrs old Raymond was falsely convicted of rape, kidnapping and
felonious assault in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
Back in 1981 a 12 yr old boy and an 11 yr old girl was coaxed into a wooded area in
the Rockey River Reservation which is a Cleveland, Ohio park.
Well the 12 yr old was assaulted while the girl was raped.
3 weeks after the attacks Raymond became the prime suspect after he matched a description.
He was sentences away to 12 yrs to life in prison for rape, with additional consecutive
sentences of 7 to 25 yrs and 5 to 25 yrs.
This guy just got slammed with many consecutive sentences that all add up to this guy never
seeing the light of day.
But luckily in 2004 after 27 yrs behind bars, DNA testing proved that the attacker is still
on the loose because Raymonds DNA wasn’t at the crime scene at all.
From someone who falsey served 27 yrs to now someone who was locked away for 34 yrs we
have Lewis Fogle at number 4.
Lewis was convicted for a 1982 murder of a 15 yr old girl.
The girl was identified as Deann Katherine who was from Indiana County.
It was a tragic day for family friends and loved ones but there was a little bit of peace
when Lewis was convicted for the crime because the family knew they had the killer paying
a punishment for the death of Deann.
But with this case re-opened and with it proven that Lewis was the wrong person I am sure
the family are not at rest anymore.
There is a killer on the loose and someone has been locked up for 34 yrs for someone
elses crime.
Number 3.
We have Wiley Bridgeman.
He has just left prison after being behind bars for 39 yrs.
For once he is able to walk around without being in handcuffs or confined to 4 walls
or prison rules.
He can now make his own rules after 39 yrs.
Its probably going to be so hard to adjust to the real world because with technology
alone that’s enough to be confused about.
So back in 1975 Wiley became the prime suspect who murdered a 12 yr old.
Wiley and his brother Ronnie in which we will talk about soon, were all convicted for this
crime and there was a third person involved as well but we will talk about him at number
2.
Wiley and his brother become the longest- serving wrongfully convicted prisoner which
is for sure something you don’t want to be known for.
When they were finally exonerated they were given a 2 million dollar pay out which was
calculated out to be 40,330 per year spent in jail.
So it was almost being in jail was there job but that’s for sure not a $40,000 dollar
a year type of job I would want.
Number 2 we have Ricky Jackson who has also served 39 yrs behind bars.
So he can very much relate to Wiley Bridgeman’s and his brothers situation.
Ricky was the 3 man was who falsely convicted in the murder of the 12 yr old.
So one of the main reasons why these 3 people were convicted of this crime was because of
a testimony made by Eddie Vernon who has just recanted his testimony after he said he had
been pressured and threatened by police to testify.
So without any witnesses or any hard evidence linking these 3 men linking Rickey Jackson
to the murder they were released.
Also on top of the 2 million dollars given out to these men they will also receive an
undeterminded sum of money to account for the wages they lost while in prison.
I really hope its proven these guys were well educated or had the ability to really make
a ton of money if they were not in jail because I want them to be entitled to as much money
as possible.
They should try and say they could have been a CEO in a major company so they can be paid
millions more.
So now at number 1 we have the last member of the Trio was was wrongly convicted for
the murder of the same 12 yr old kid.
We are talking about Ronnie Bridgeman who is the younger brother.
So there is actually more to this story.
Ronnie Bridgemans life was in the hands of a 13 yr old boy Eddie Vernon who was testifying
against him, his brother and his friend Ricky Jackson.
Well it took 4 decades to figure out that, 13 yr old Eddie actually lied about his testimony
that ultimately put these three guys behind bars.
Ronnie was only 17 yrs old at the time of the murder.
Now almost 60 yrs old his whole life has been taken away from him.
He has become exonerated of any wrong doing, and he was also compensated for the time he
was falsely in jail.
I totally now understand why people in jail all say they are innocent.
Because you know what there are many many innocent people.
I mean this is a part 3 to this serious so that’s it least 30 people and I know we
can go on and on with this serious.
Well thanks so much for watching this video I will see you all in the next top 10 video.