FL - Delbert Tibbs - Eyewitness Misidentification

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Delbert Tibbs was sentenced to death for murder and rape in 1974, based on the testimony of the rape victim Cynthia Nadeau. Tibbs was convicted on this evidence, despite the fact that the description the police were given by Cynthia did not match him. After two years on death row, he was freed by the Florida Supreme Court.

Find out more, see the other films and follow our journey at www.oneforten.com.

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MD - Kirk Bloodsworth - Wrongly convicted of murder / sexual assault of a child

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Kirk Bloodsworth was the first person to be exonerated and released from death row by DNA evidence. In this film, Kirk describes his experience of being convicted for a crime he did not commit, being on death row and how the discovery of DNA testing led to his release. He also describes the limitations and roadblocks involved in using DNA to exonerate people on death row.

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• Facebook
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• Website
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CO - Brian Banks Blindsided

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The Brian Banks story - Wrongly accused of rape at 16

Brian Banks

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People don't believe it until it happens to them, but instead of proving someone did something "beyond a reasonable doubt," all it takes is someone to accused you of a sex crime, and your life is over. Brian is one of the many examples, which can be seen by clicking the "WronglyAccused" label above.

"I’m beginning to see myself re-trained, re-focused, and re-created. I thank God for keeping me another day." - Brian Banks

They say 1 out 3 African American men will experience incarceration at some point of their life. Having only 2 close friends, Brian Banks was that third. On July 8th, 2002 at the age of 16, and on a fast track to a promising college and NFL career, he was arrested on the charges of raping another student on campus.

Awaken by the heavy knee to his back and barked orders of a cop, Brian was forced from bed and stood cuffed in boxers as he was told to quickly pick something to wear. The police were in his room and with guns drawn. Their voices imitating the sound of calm, their actions filled with anxiety. Shit just got real. It was the beginning of a true act of evil. As police took him into custody and from his home, he could only watch as his mother drop to her knees shouting in terror as they lead him, her middle child, out the door. The LA Times and news reports said, “Long Beach Poly High School Football Player Arrested for Rape”. For the next 10 years he will endure some of America’s greatest nightmares, with the question “why”, an answered prayer, and an amazing struggle for vindication.

Brian was, by all accounts, a high school football star. At the early age of 16, Brian stood 6’3″ tall, 225 pounds, and played the position of middle linebacker for the legendary Long Beach Poly High School. In fact, Banks’ physical fitness and his great speed for his size meant he was heavily recruited by a number of NCAA Division I football programs. At the time of the incident, the University of Southern California had offered him a full-ride scholarship. Other universities also expressed an interest in Banks, including Colorado State, the University of Illinois, the University of Nebraska, the University of California – Los Angeles, the University of Oklahoma, the University of Arizona, Michigan State University, Utah State University, and the University of Kansas. It is indisputable that Banks was on the fast-track to a free college education and a potentially successful football career..

Prisons are often the scenes of brutality, violence and stress. Hear a story of struggle and triumph as one 16 year old boy spends the next 5 years and 2 months behind bars as a wrongfully convicted sex offender. His day to day struggles once released from prison, and the emotional roller-coaster of such an inhumane experience.

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The Invisible War (Rape In The US Military)

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Description:
From Oscar®- and Emmy®-nominated filmmaker Kirby Dick (This Film Is Not Yet Rated; Twist of Faith) comes The Invisible War, a groundbreaking investigative documentary about one of America's most shameful and best kept secrets: the epidemic of rape within the U.S. military. The film paints a startling picture of the extent of the problem-today, a female soldier in combat zones is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. The Department of Defense estimates there were a staggering 19,000 violent sex crimes in the military in 2010. The Invisible War exposes the epidemic, breaking open one of the most under-reported stories of our generation, to the nation and the world.

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Witch Hunt - Sean Penn

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At one time this documentary was on this blog, but it was removed for some reason, so we are adding it back.

About:
On the night John Stoll was roused from his bed and carted off to jail, his attitude bordered on the cavalier.

"Aren't you worried?" His lawyer wondered.

"Hell no, I ain't worried," John answered. "I didn't do this. You can't convict me of something I didn't do."

It was more than two decades before John Stoll was free again.

Executive Producer Sean Penn proudly presents "Witch Hunt," a gripping indictment of the United States justice system told through the lens of one small town. It's John Stoll's story, but it's also the story of dozens of other men and women who found themselves ensnared in a spiral of fear, ignorance and hysteria. These people are Americans, working class moms and dads, who were rounded up with little or no evidence, charged and convicted of almost unimaginable crimes. All sexual. All crimes against children. Years, sometimes decades later, they would find freedom again, but their lives and the lives of their children would be changed forever. This film shows viewers what the real crime in this case is, not molestation, but the crime of coercion. Viewers hear from the child witnesses who were forced to lie on the witness stand as they describe scary sessions with sheriff's deputies in which they were told -- not asked -- about sexual experiences that happened to them. Their coerced testimony led to dozens of convictions. Many times their own parents were the ones they put behind bars.

Soon after the trials, the children started to crack. They told adults of the lies they'd been forced to tell on the stand and hoped it would make a difference. It didn't and the convicted continued to sit in prison. As the allegations grew more outlandish, California's Attorney General wrote a scathing report on the court misconduct, but instead of being buried by criticism, Kern County District Attorney Ed Jagels thrived, doing what he did best-- putting people away. He boasted one of the highest conviction rates in the country. This strategy served him well. Jagels is still in office today. Through new interviews, archival footage, and unflinching narration by Mr. Penn, the filmmakers construct an intimate film that illustrates a universal point; when power is allowed to exist without oversight from the press, the community or law enforcement, the rights of everyday citizens can be lost for decades. National film critic Marshall Fine says, "This is a chilling story about American law-enforcement run amok and untethered. It's particularly timely in the wake of revelations about the way the Bush administration has trampled American civil rights. A movie that can't help but move you - to tears and to action."

See Also:

• Wikipedia: Day-care sex abuse hysteria

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Katie Couric - Falsely Accused: Innocent Behind Bars

Original Article

12/09/2012

"Falsely Accused" Airing on December 10, 2012

On this episode of Katie, meet two people who both lost years of their lives, sitting behind bars for crimes they didn’t commit. They were everyday people whose lives changed in an instant and in ways they never could have expected. First, Audrey Edmunds, a Wisconsin mom who was falsely accused of murdering an infant. Then, Thomas Kennedy, a single dad living a humble life in Washington State trying to rebuild his relationship with his daughters, until one of them accused him of rape.

See Also:

• Our America with Lisa Ling - Innocent Behind Bars?

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NY - New Documentary, Central Park Five Exonerates Wrongly Accused Men in Public Eye

Original Article

11/29/2012

The New York Police Department has subpoenaed film makers Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon over outtakes of their new acclaimed documentary The Central Park Five. The legal wrangling is part of a case brought by plaintiffs known as the Central Park Five – five men who were convicted for a crime they didn’t commit. Burns and his fellow film makers are releasing a new documentary based on the story that garnered national attention.

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In 1989 these five teens from Harlem were convicted as teenagers for the rape and brutal beating of a female jogger in Central Park, New York. The police arrested Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Korey Wise, Yusef Salaam and Raymond Santana who were at the park earlier in the evening. The boys were told that if they offered to confess to the rape and beating of the jogger, they would be allowed to return home without a lawyer or parents present. Their rehearsed confessions were used to formally charge the five for the rape even though there was no DNA evidence linking them to the crime or a match of the stories. The five maintained their innocence and were exonerated years later only after a convicted rapist who was serving time confessed to the rape in 2002 and whose DNA matched the crime.

In the documentary, Central Park Five, the freed men who are now in their thirties and forties, talk about the confusion, misconstruing of events by police and the ordeals that they and their families faced over a crime they had no part of. Central Park Five has been nominated for Best Documentary by the International Documentary Association and will be released in theaters at the Landmark Nuart Theater on Friday with David McMahon, Raymond Santana and Kevin Richardson present for a question and answer segment following the two Friday and Saturday night shows.

GUEST: Sarah Burns, filmmaker and Raymond Santana one of the Central Park Five

Central Park Five opens at the Nuart on Friday November 30th, 2012. The Nuart is located at 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard (just west of the 405 Freeway), West Los Angeles, CA 90025. More info at (310) 473-8530.

Click here to learn more about the film.

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ARE ALL MEN PEDOPHILES?

About the movie:
For the first time a documentary examines the global impact of pedophilia from a cultural and professional perspective.

We live in a society that condemns pedophiles, though biological instinct and world cultures throughout history suggest that an attraction to adolescents is unavoidable. The fashion industry on the one hand sexualizes ever-younger girls while those who act on these instincts are reviled. The apparent hypocrisy at the heart of society forces the question:

What do we mean when we talk about Pedophilia?

The film also explores the many dangers children face and exposes the systematic violation of children rights by societies and how the pedophilia hysteria has led to the mass incarceration of adults and children. In conclusion, we are faced with both the contradiction of a society which sexualizes youth and the question: Are All Men Pedophiles?

See Also:

• Songs from the past that would make society today squirm!!!

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SWEDEN - The pedophile night documentary

I find it very ironic that all other countries can see how draconian our sex offender laws are, except us. Nazi Germany didn't end, it's just moved.

See the full documentary, here, and and additional clip here. Even Germany did a documentary on the Julia Tuttle disaster in Florida a year or so ago.

Documentary Description (Translated):
The nationwide sex crimes registry in the United States would give security but has led to the fear of pedophiles increased. Now it's Halloween and all families do not dare go out. In the small community of Anderson has a radical solution to the problem, sex offenders are to be collected and locked away during the celebration.

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FL - WE ARE NOT MONSTERS (2012) - Dealing with sex offenders in the U.S. and Germany (Documentary)

Video is in German, but you can make out some of what is said in the USA portion of the video, and the description below is translated by Google, so it may not be 100% accurate.

Video Description:
Sex offenders - the monsters of our society? Regularly reported by cruel child abuse or rape. Thousands go from fear and dread of these people to protest on the streets. In Germany and the USA.

In Miami, Florida, the rules for sexual offenders have been tightened so much that is left open for offenders after their prison time offered only a residence during their probationary period, namely the Julia Tuttle Causeway (YouTube) bridge. Under this highway bridge sex offenders living in tents and self-made wooden huts were under inhumane conditions until they finished their probation. America shows a particularly hard dealing with sex offenders. Someone who is urinating in public as so sexoffender branded as a child molester - including Internet pillory and labeling on the identity card. Looking to Germany shows another picture. Even in the prison time is to treat attempted rehabilitation measures initiated. Even after the imprisonment of the offender is not left alone. Assistance and control to the same extent.

But the "Popular sentiment" is incalculable. Harder approach is required, even for lynching called. At the front, the NPD acts with the demand for capital punishment and castration for pedophiles.

The documentary shows the differences in dealing with sex offenders in the U.S. and in Germany. There are both two American offenders and two in Germany to speak out and share their feelings and desires and fears of an uncertain future. Experts shed light on the pros and cons of Resozialisierbarkeit of sex offenders and go to the demands of the population for tougher measures.

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AUSTRALIA - Sex Offender Documentary

NOTE: Not all videos have been uploaded yet, but I'm sure they will follow. Visit the following YouTube channel for the videos. As the videos become available, we will add them to the playlist, so they will show up below as well.

P.S.: The author has also disabled embedding, which we have asked that they enable it, so others can share the videos, so in the meantime, you will have to click the playlist link below the video, or visit their channel above.

Documentary Description:
I have placed on here in sections a 10 hour DVD my son has made as a part of trying to free himself from abusive cycles. He made this so he could take it to people who maybe able to create change. In the DVD he addresses issues like the sex offenders register, the courts, the police, the prison system and other subjects. There is a lot of rare insight and helpful answers that I hope may help others from what ever walk of life they are from. This DVD gives a truthful look at the entire system from a person that has had 25 years involvement with it.

• Chapter 01 - Introduction
• Chapter 02 - The Sex Offenders register
• Chapter 03 - My court case
• Chapter 04 - Today's position
• Chapter 05 - The courts
• Chapter 06 - The prison system
• Chapter 06.1 - Shocking follow up
• Chapter 07 - The Police
• Chapter 08 - My Police experience
• Chapter 09 - Vigilantism
• Chapter 10 - The Government & the misleading of the people
• Chapter 11 - In closing
• Chapter 12 - Bonus chapter: Legal BS, Technicalities & Revelations

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Lawless America - The Movie is all about exposing the fact that we now live in Lawless America.

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Movie Description:
The Movie is all about exposing the fact that we now live in Lawless America. We no longer have laws that are enforced because judges do whatever they want to do. America has also become lawless because government officials are dishonest and/or corrupt.

The movie will expose corruption in every state. The Movie will focus on victims. Corrupt judges and corrupt government officials will be exposed, and we will confront a number of the crooks.

If anyone has ever questioned the story of a person who has expressed the view that they were a victim of the government or of judges, this movie will prove that the odds are that the corruption report was true. In fact, there are probably tens of millions of victims in the United States who never realized what happened to them.

One feature length documentary movie is being produced. It will be shown in theaters, on Netflix, Blockbuster, and other such video places, and the movie will be presented at the Sundance Film Festival and other film festivals.

In addition, videos will be produced for each state and for each type of corruption. Everyone who is interviewed for the film will record a three-minute segment that will be done as testimony before Congress as well as a 30-60 minute on-camera interview with Bill Windsor, founder of LawlessAmerica.com and GRIP, and candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislators in each state will receive the testimony from those in their state, and the members of the U.S. House and Senate will receive all of the testimony nationwide.

Over 750 people are already scheduled to be interviewed for the movie.

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Exonerated of Raping Daughter: The Michael Trevino Story

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Michael Trevino was coerced into pleading guitly for raping his minor daughter. He got probation in 1994. From 1996 to 2012, he registered as a sex offender. His daughter recanted 3 times, at 18 y/o, 24 y/o and at 29 y/o. The Travis County DA agreed that he was wrongfully convicted and Mr. Trevino was exonerated by the grace of God and a fair DA.

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American Sex Offender - Video Blog (08/13/2012)

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Our America with Lisa Ling - Labeled for life

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Lisa Ling travels to Texas to investigate the case of Travis - a teenage boy sent to prison for twenty years for touching a young girl's breast. After 16 years of incarceration, Travis is now a man and is about to be free for the first time in his adult life.

See Also:

• Our America with Lisa Ling
• Other "Our America" videos
• Texas Voices

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NOTICE: Be sure to watch "Labeled For Life" by Lisa Ling on OWN this August 7th at 10/9c

Video/Show Description:
Lisa Ling investigates the case of a teenage boy who was sentenced to 16 years in prison for touching a girl's breast - and is now a registered sex offender. Lisa will try to piece together what happened and find out: did the punishment fit the crime?

Tune in Tuesday, August 7th at 10/9c for this all new episode of Our America on "Labeled For Life."

For more on Our America with Lisa Ling, visit: http://www.oprah.com/OurAmerica

Texas Voices will be on the show as well.

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John Walsh - Biography Channel

The following was sent to us via the contact form and posted with the users permission.

The other week, there was a post about a documentary featuring John Walsh from ‘America’s Most Wanted’ and father of Adam Walsh (after whom the sex offender law is named). In the documentary, John Walsh admitted to dating his wife when she was 16 and he was in his 20’s. An excerpt from the documentary can be found here: (Full documentary here)

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When I was attending the SO treatment program there was another offender in the program who was around 19-20 and was convicted for acts with his girlfriend, who was 15. They were part of the same youth group… someone reported it… he was arrested. In court the girlfriend argued that it was consensual but the judge said she was a minor and couldn’t consent.

There were some people in my program who deserved to be there, others who I believe didn’t, but he, in particular, I felt badly for. Even though he only got probation, his life was ruined. He couldn’t stay over at his mom’s house because a minor sibling was there, he wasn’t admitted to college because of his offense, he kept getting fired from jobs because someone would notice his GPS or co-workers would Google his name and create drama.

After reading about John Walsh his situation has been really bothering me.

In doing my fact checking on the John Walsh documentary, I came across a report on Joshua Lunsford, son of another SO Law activist; Mark Lunsford, father of Jessica Lunsford (after whom another sex offender law is named). The details about Josh can be found here. Turns out Joshua molested a 14 year old when he was 18. He got a few days in jail but isn’t registered.

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Absent the obvious conclusion, I wonder why Walsh and Lunsford get to avoid the registry while others don’t. What is the difference between John Walsh dating a minor and the guy in my group? I wonder if they would have advocated so vehemently for these laws named after their family members, if they themselves would have been subjected to them. If society is so concerned about monitoring these types of offenses wouldn’t they be equally concerned about ALL offenders who have committed them?

Considering the “Adam Walsh Child Protection & Safety Act” eliminates the statute of limitations on the prosecution of felony sex crimes against children, wouldn’t it be a perfect illustration of the success of the act if John Walsh were prosecuted under it?

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John Walsh admits dating an underage girl, but continued anyway, and laughs about it?

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Her looking like she was 21 is no excuse Mr. Walsh, and you should be on the sex offender registry for life, and forced to live in certain places, like under the Julia Tuttle Causeway in Florida! You were 22 or 23 at the time.

See Also:

• Age of Consent Laws

Skip forward to 5:46 to see him admit this

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CA - American Sex Offender: Documentary Trailer

Original Article

Synopsis:
American Sex Offender is an ambitious, groundbreaking, and unprecedented feature-length documentary film that reveals the untold story of hundreds of thousands of America’s most shunned social outcasts: registered “sex offenders”. By creatively interweaving the human stories of real registrants, expert commentary on America’s unjust and inefficient laws, the filmmaker’s personal story, and shocking cases of punishments that don’t fit the crime; the film challenges the fairness and usefulness of the country’s contemporary sex offender laws and registration systems.

Story:
Like lepers of biblical times and 'witches' of 17th century Salem, registered sex offenders are the most despised and shunned social outcasts in America today. The picture that the “sex offender” label paints in the mind of the average citizen, however, is often worlds apart from the reality of what the person has actually done. High-profile child murder tragedies and fear-based media sensationalism have led to undeserved stigma, unfairly cruel punishments, and even reactionary violence against people who never (a) touched or raped anyone, (b) posed any kind of threat to public safety, or (c) fit the typical characterization of a child predator, sociopathic deviant, or violent rapist. American Sex Offender portrays multiple sides of the controversy through interviews with registered sex offenders and their families, victims of sexual abuse, probation officers, legal experts, politicians, activists, psychologists, human sexuality experts, and more. Proponents of the current system argue that it keeps families and children safe by informing the public about dangerous predators. Opponents argue that it fails to distinguish between those who pose an actual threat to society - and the majority who do not. An autobiographical element is woven into the story by filmmaker Kevin Scott Foley, who is himself a registered “sex offender”. He presents the objective facts of his case, describes the setbacks the registry has caused in his personal life, and leaves it to the viewer to make their own conclusions about whether his punishment fit his crime.

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