An innocent black man in the United States was declared guilty in 1988 and sentenced to 28 years in prison after being falsely accused of sexually assaulting a woman because the lady dreamt of him.

It was gathered that the lady that was attacked had told a court that the man identified as Clarence Moses-EL was responsible for assaulting her because she dreamt and saw his face in her dream.

The shocking event occurred during a summer night in 1987.

The Denver, Colorado woman, had a drink out with three men and was left partially blind and in her attempt to recount who was responsible, described Moses EL.

She concluded that Moses-EL was behind the attack on her that very night stating that his face came to her in a dream.

Moses-EL mentioned he was innocent and challenged his conviction but that did not do much to prevent the sentence meted out to him.

It is reported that the Denver Police discarded the DNA evidence from the attack and body swabs together with the victim’s clothing were destroyed by the police despite a judge’s order that they were preserved for testing.

However, luck shone on Moses-EL in 2013 when LC Jackson, one of the three men responsible for the attack wrote a letter to Moses-EL.

In 2016, a jury acquitted Moses-EL of all crimes in the case.

In the end, Moses-EL had served nearly 30 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser initiated Moses EL’s compensation plan after announcing he will not oppose his petition for exoneration after the LC Jackson’s confession.

“You could surprise and shock and a host of things, because I woke up this morning with phone calls of good news, so I’ve been in a very pleasant, relaxed state,” Moses-EL said.

Weiser’s decision brings the state’s case to an end and allows Moses-EL to receive about $2 million in compensation for the nearly three decades he spent in prison. The Colorado Exoneration Act gives wrongly convicted individuals $70,000 for each year they spent behind bars.

Moses-EL said the funds will help him regain the sense of dignity he had lost.

“That’s another reason why I’m happy, because it allows me to regain a lot of things that meant so much to me, so dear to me, that now having possession of these things again, it makes me feel like a full person,” he said.

About the DNA evidence that was destroyed, Weiser added at a news conference that Colorado needs to compensate Moses-EL because it destroyed the DNA evidence that could have exonerated him.

“I am aware of the pain that the victim has endured over the years and that the destruction of DNA evidence prolonged this case unnecessarily,” Weiser said.

Moses-EL is the second person to be exonerated and receive compensation under the 2013 law meant to help ease wrongly convicted individuals back into society, according to a statement released Thursday by one of Moses-EL’s attorneys.

“Mr. Moses-EL is grateful to Attorney General Weiser for working to heal the harm that has been done to him by the State of Colorado,” said Gail Johnson, one of Moses-EL’s lawyers. “Although no amount of money can give Mr. Moses-EL back the half of his life that was lost to the Colorado prison system, this compensation will help him and his family recover from this traumatic ordeal.”

“This is a very important point about DNA evidence. It has this lasting and probative effect, which is why preserving it is important,” Weiser said. “We have to learn from this to my mind, tragic mistake and action.”

Weiser’s decision resolves the criminal case, but it does not resolve a pending lawsuit Moses-EL filed against the City and County of Denver, the Denver District Attorney’s Office and others.

Erik Klein, another attorney of Moses-EL, said that the compensation from the state is a great start, but the ongoing civil lawsuit resolves a fuller story.

“The state compensation statute really can’t even begin to compensate for spending almost three decades in prison for a crime he didn’t commit,” Klein said.

“We feel that the people who are responsible for that should be held accountable and there should be something to dis-incentive government actors in the future to make sure this doesn’t happen to anybody else.”

Moses-El said he is not bitter, adding,

“hopping on bitterness is not my thing.”

Asked what words he might have for the woman who accused him of rape.

“For my accuser, I really don’t have anything to say I hope her life is doing all right and having a life. i would say that for anybody. I wish her well,” said Moses-El.


Source: http://community.thenationonlineng.net/forum/man-sentenced-to-28-years-imprisonment-after-lady-dreamed-he-rape

Simplyleo:
Weird.

Black don suffer for oyibo hands.

Ipob pigs are slaves.

SEUN
LALASTICLALA

Only God would save us all..

Chai, this LIFE no just balance

SEUN I THINK ITS TIME U BAN SYMPLYLEO FROM THIS FORUM ON A PERMANENT BASIS

Black men have always been an endangered species way back in the days, imagine judgement.

And they get offended when "black lives matter" trend? Mschwww And they get offended when "black lives matter" trend? Mschwww

The man is a good man.After serving 30 years for committing no crime,he still wishes his accuser well.Men like that are scarce.

Simplyleo:
Weird.

Black don suffer for oyibo hands.

Ipob pigs are slaves.

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You are bereft of common sense. I dunno the joy you derive in being tribalistic. It shows how deranged you are.

Simplyleo:
Weird.

Black don suffer for oyibo hands.

Ipob pigs are slaves.

Be guided.

NockMedia:

Be guided.

I think he is still a boy.no responsibilities yet.

Wtf

Wonders shall never end!

28 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

I guess racism made the Police officers burnt/destroyed the materials gotten at the rape scene. They wanted to pin the crime on the black brother without digging further for proof. What a world we live in, injustice is rampant.

I am trying to imagine the great loss this black brother went through. His family and friends may have deserted him, think about the opportunities he missed also....... The compensation cannot cover-up the years and opportunities he lost for a crime he knew nothing about.

Life is indeed not fair.

Mayb na Afonja woman, na their way

vr0xen:
SEUN I THINK ITS TIME U BAN SYMPLYLEO FROM THIS FORUM ON A PERMANENT BASIS

You can call people afonja but they can't u ipob shit or slave. if you live in a glass house don't throw stone.
if they start banning people that call Yoruba people afonja u and ur friends will not be here.

life no balance oh...



well; thank God say them compensate ham..

$2mili ain't beans money if he knows how and what to invest in.





If na naija; abeg make we just die down dey matter... it ain't worth debating on.

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CallMeAthena:
The man is a good man.After serving 30 years for committing no crime,he still wishes his accuser well.Men like that are scarce.

hmmm.....em hw did yu know such men are scarce?
any research to prove ya submission?

Are those judges dumb or what? A mere dream and they convicted him of a crime he didn't physically commit?

Na wet dream

So sad