The American judicial system will so pay through their noses for this. How can someone go to jail for 30 friggin years for a crime they did not commit? These dudes had better slap the government with nothing less than a Fifty Billion Dollar law suit.
Two US men who spent three decades in prison for rape and murder, one of them on death row, have been released after DNA evidence proved their innocence. More…

Mentally disabled half brothers Henry McCollum, 50, and Leon Brown, 46, were convicted in 1984 of raping and killing an 11-year-old girl in North Carolina.
Recently analysed DNA evidence from the crime scene implicated another man, who is in prison for a similar crime.
A county judge ordered the immediate release of the brothers.
Tuesday’s court judgement followed an investigation by the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission, which tested DNA evidence found at the scene.
The commission found that none could be traced to Mr. McCollum or Mr Brown.
“This case is a tragedy which has profoundly affected not only the lives of the people involved, but which profoundly affects our system of justice in North Carolina,” said lawyer for Mr Brown, Ann Kirby.

The near-naked body of 11-year-old Sabrina Buie was found in 1983 near the town of Red Springs, North Carolina. She had been raped before being killed.
Mr. McCollum and Mr Brown, who were 19 and 15 at the time, were picked up by police a few weeks later. There was no physical evidence connecting them to the crime.
Mr. McCollum confessed after five hours of intense questioning, without a lawyer or family member present.
His younger brother also signed a confession written by the police.
The two later recanted their confessions in court, saying they were made under duress. But despite a weak case, the brothers were found guilty and given death sentences.
Mr. Brown’s sentence was later reduced to life in prison and his charge reduced to rape, but Mr. McCollum remained on death row for three decades.
In the years since their false confessions, Mr. McCollum and Mr. Brown maintained their innocence and made a number of appeals.

In 2010 the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission took up their case and uncovered evidence the men’s legal team had not been able to obtain.
The evidence found no link between the brothers and the victim, but did implicate Roscoe Artis, 74, who lived close to where the victim’s body was found.
Although he was not a suspect in the original case, Artis was found guilty for the rape and murder of another girl in similar circumstances less than a month after Sabrina Buie’s killing.
After Tuesday’s release of Mr. McCollum and Mr.Brown, their legal team thanked those who had worked to correct wrongs that occurred under the previous prosecutions
“It’s terrifying that our justice system allowed two intellectually disabled children to go to prison for a crime they had nothing to do with, and then to suffer there for 30 years,” said lawyer Ken Rose.

“It’s impossible to put into words what these men have been through and how much they have lost.”

SOURCE: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/02/us-usa-northcarolina-deathrow-idUSKBN0GX2MR20140902

their kids would have graduated by now if they were free. pity

but these niggas look like die hard criminals nah.

Nothing was said about compensation. I belief some smart lawyers will take this up with the North Carolina Government.

lofty900: but these niggas look like die hard criminals nah.

Does Bode George fit that picture too? What of James Ibori? Let it not confuse you why it seems like the system has beaten you. You don't have the most fundamental understanding of the system. You have allowed yourself to literally have your mind tied up by liberal news media which does its very best to continually make you feel like a victim.

Do you know or care to understand what it means to be locked up from 15 for 30years? 30 whole years for a crime you know nothing about! Do you know how fvcked up your mind and body will be? You lack any sort of critical thought and deserve to be knocked the fvck out.

Reminds of John Grisham's THE INNOCENT MAN.
Brought tears to my eyes. That book.

Anyway isn't there a place for mentally challenged folks who are convicted of a crime.
Why did they have to go to a regular prison?

30 years down the drain.

This is serious,there should be enough compensation to last time a lifetime,and generation over..

If it were Nigeria,this case would have been history,and the suspect made to rot in jail till infinity.

30 yrs
Jesus christ!

spent all their useful productive years in prison
time for some heavy compensation

joudini:

Does Bode George fit that picture too? What of James Ibori? Let it not confuse you why it seems like the system has beaten you. You don't have the most fundamental understanding of the system. You have allowed yourself to literally have your mind tied up by liberal news media which does its very best to continually make you feel like a victim.

Do you know or care to understand what it means to be locked up from 15 for 30years? 30 whole years for a crime you know nothing about! Do you know how fvcked up your mind and body will be? You lack any sort of critical thought and deserve to be knocked the fvck out.

mental disorder is a common term used by defence attorneys to their clients from death sentences, that doesn't mean they were crazy

lofty900: the story says that he has been accused of similar crime, not only this one which means that he was a criminal by nature . even if he was innocent of one, the fact that he was accused the second time is more than just a coincidence. at the teenage age they were arrested , their mates were in school

Reading with comprehension is not your forte, is it? Just a simple passage and you can't determine that aside the brothers, who were wrongly jailed for 30 whole years and in fear of the death sentence, was another man, Roscoe Artis, the perpetrator, who lived close to where the victim's body was found and was already serving a sentence for a similar incident.

Do you understand what it means to be exonerated by DNA after serving time for 30 years? Do you understand the implications for thousands all over the world serving time for offences they know nothing about?

Do you understand what it means to be a victim of the system? To be a suspect just because you 'aint gat the right skin'?

The only thing worse than giving freedom to the guilty is killing the innocent.

If ignorance is bliss, you must be ørgasmic.

joudini:

Reading with comprehension is not your forte, is it? Just a simple passage and you can't determine that aside the brothers, who were wrongly jailed for 30 whole years and in fear of the death sentence, was another man, Roscoe Artis, the perpetrator, who lived close to where the victim's body was found and was already serving a sentence for a similar incident.

Do you understand what it means to be exonerated by DNA after serving time for 30 years? Do you understand the implications for thousands all over the world serving time for offences they know nothing about?

Do you understand what it means to be a victim of the system? To be a suspect just because you 'aint gat the right skin'?

The only thing worse than giving freedom to the guilty is killing the innocent.

If ignorance is bliss, you must be ørgasmic.

olodo rabata, nobody said they were convicted wrongly because they were blacks. The American judicial system is full of flaws that even whites suffer for crimes they know nothing about. For u to see this in a racial perspective shows how myopic and shallow minded u r. While u r still swimming in the ocean of ignorance, I suggest u take a chill pill b4 u become a laughing stock

lofty900: olodo rabata, nobody said they were convicted wrongly because they were blacks. The American judicial system is full of flaws that even whites suffer for crimes they know nothing about. For u to see this in a racial perspective shows how myopic and shallow minded u r. While u r still swimming in the ocean of ignorance, I suggest u take a chill pill b4 u become a laughing stock

You are truly an ediot. Who even said this case was race on trial? What you ignorantly interpreted as a racial perspective was a question in addendum. Ever heard the term 'legal rejoinder'? Possible causes for an action? Aren't there even documented evidences of racially charged cases?

I still maintain that you deserve to be knocked out for stereotyping these unjustly jailed men as hard criminals. Shouldn't actually convicted criminals like Bode George and James Ibori look the same way too?

Autistic dolts like you make people agitate for a read only internet.

It is a pity that some commented without taking a time out to understand the fact in the above supposed comprehension. Been shut off civilisation and development for 10,950days for a crime one never committed is ridiculous and the evident of a deficient judicial system.

You may however be forgiven for the way you think as some of us are products of our system except for those who strove to be distinct regardless of our failed social, judicial, political and environmental system which is slowly catching up with the reality of time for a positive CHANGE

Ever been locked up for half a day i.e. 12 hours?

#May every time-waster in our lives be wasted NOW in Jesus name. Amen!

joudini:

You are truly an ediot. Who even said this case was race on trial? What you ignorantly interpreted as a racial perspective was a question in addendum. Ever heard the term 'legal rejoinder'? Possible causes for an action? Aren't there even documented evidences of racially charged cases?

I still maintain that you deserve to be knocked out for stereotyping these unjustly jailed men as hard criminals. Shouldn't actually convicted criminals like Bode George and James Ibori look the same way too?

Autistic dolts like you make people agitate for a read only internet.

slowpoke,ur words reeks of stark illiteracy. whether or not there are documented cases of racially charged case is not even related to the issue at hand. By the way, the way u keep on mentioning BODE GEORGE AND jAMES IBORI makes me wonder if ur father's pension was stolen by them. While ur busy wallowing in poverty pls stop blaming anyone 4 ur family misfortunes, they're not the only criminals on earth. aturu

Feel dumb now? You should.

Next time, before you puff out your chest like a boy pigeon strutting around the local park looking like an ediot, if you want to do a word mincing jerk off session with me, make sure you are stroking the right verbiage.

Ignorant piece of shît.