Anti-Death Penalty

i wanted to recommend this movie/website to you all who read this:

http://www.afterinnocence.com/

it is about a select group of men who were wrongfully imprisoned and later set free after dna proved their innocence. some were imprisoned for 6 years, some for more than 2 decades. these are not the only men who have had this done to them. there are many. and beyond that, there are still an unknown number of men (and women?) who are going through this, but have not yet been exonerated.

what is really disgusting is that these men have not been taken care of or compensated for what the government took away from them. they were set "free" one day and told they could leave. the amount of money some of them were given is repulsive...$5.37.

the group, innocent project, has worked to free more than 150 people who were wrongfully imprisoned. there are so many more.

can you imagine how happy you would be to be freed finally? only to also experience the sadness at all that you missed. your life as you once knew it is no longer there. your children are grown. spouse maybe gone. job gone. no home.




on the same note, there is a hollywood movie called, http://www.thelifeofdavidgale.com/, that was in theaters in 2003. i recommend this movie as well.

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