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on December 7th 1989 in Lake County there's been a series of bump rapes and robs
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occurring and what that means is you're a single woman driving alone at night your car gets
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bumped and they would grab you rob you and sexually assault you the victim in this case she's been out that night
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drinking she's driving home and she's bumped and she gets out of her car and she's assaulted taken into another
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vehicle and she says raped by five men but there's a racial component here the five attackers were black the woman was
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white it was terrorizing the community and they wanted arrests at all costs perhaps I had the responsibility I was a
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detective Lieutenant I had a free hand I received no interference from anybody whoever perpetrated this crime
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were monsters my next reaction was can we as prosecutors prove Beyond Reasonable Doubt the identity of the
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persons who perpetrated this crime we obtained two convictions out of five people that raped this
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girl I didn't do it I couldn't do it I wouldn't do it and when you heard the word rape it said
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chills to me I couldn't believe that my name was being associated was such a crime when the judge said 75 years I'm
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38 years old that's like a death sentence I'mma die in prison for a crime I didn't
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do and one night I hit right by me and I U attempted to take my life [Music] life I dreamed of a professor and law
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students coming to my rescue I used to see it on TV all the time then one day I said I got my dream
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team do you believe 100% that these two men are innocent yes absolutely 100% yes
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the more you read the case you see all the factors lead to wrongful convictions like jail house snitches ineffective
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assistance of counsel junk science how confident are you that Daryl Pinkins and Roosevelt Glenn raped that
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woman 100% no question no questions we had DNA evidence that was taken off for clothing what was your first impression
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when you read the vile I was confused uh because the DNA was already done and it excluded both of those
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men when it it's not you in the DNA it's not you zero nothing to talk about and everybody knew it before trial
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they had to have known it every night I pray for my son and the only thing I can do is trust that the
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Lord will keep him safe so he can come out