That attorney was about to cry when he called his client a good man with a good soul. He knew this entire time his client was innocent and he likely felt so bad that he couldn't prove it until this moment. What a great attorney.
Todd melnick has been my attorney and a good loyal friend for 29 years and yes he is an awesome lawyer he gets the job done and he really does care so what you saw on the screen was not drama it was his true feelings he was not playing it up for the cameras
@@buddhaboyy1267 I'd never thought I would say this about a lawyer, but you can see and feel his compassion in that moment. That there is a good man. You're fortunate to know someone like that.
A shameful commentary on our legal system when it gets tossed off so casually that the attorney had to prove his client innocent. It's supposed to be that the defendant is innocent until proven guilty. But these days, it isn't that way at all.
Plus anyone that does makes False claims as a witness should have to trade places with the prisoner that was proven innocent.... make false claims ... pay the price
@@michaelbosisto6259 it may have just been a mistake by the witness. no ill intent. they may have really thought it was him. your logic of trading places is that of an imbecile. so you are saying if an elderly person thinks they saw a certain person commit a crime they should be punished with the same punishment. if someone thinks they saw the murderer and they were wrong they should go to prison for the same charge as murder. jesus, how dumb are you.
I saw this documentary. The disgusting part is that the prosecutor is still adamant that he is guilty. Even with the evidence... It seems she just wanted the win, not to find the guilty party.
We the true people need to learn from true history starting with the natives; north and south, so we can know what's really going on and right now ignorance rules the us government and in all the branches, don't be deceived by sleepy Joe; they are all puppets, i promise you and research operation Northwoods and operation sea spray and that's just the tip of the massive iceberg, spread facts not feelings, expose the tyrants and prosecute them, you have the power don't die.
The problem is getting convictions and closing cases get you reelected and promoted. The incentive is in finding someone who will plead for the lesser plea and closing the case. In the past, people were convicted on just a random witness testimony. No amount of alibi mattered and years later their DNA or another investigation would clear them.
Likely the prosecutor cannot accept the fact that they were wrong and wasted so much effort pursuing the wrong man. They put their heart and soul into this conviction only to be proven they were flat out wrong. So what's more important: hiding your guilt for screwing up or allowing a falsely accused man to be free? SMH
Todd milnick has been my good friend and lawyer for 29 years he is always taking great care of me so everything you saw on screen is genuine he really is a good soul
@@petermoore7796this is why the death penalty can’t occur. Even if it seems like it should with the John Wayne gaceys. It’s too much control to give the government.
@@Michelle-ez9hs No, she was saying it as in if he had stayed home, the only alibi he would have is his wife and mother saying he was home, and neither of them would be believed.
Just ask our current VP. Her run as a prosecutor in California has asterisks up and down the list. Only God knows the amount of hurt she caused for nothing
It's because the criminal justice systems around the world are more focused on closing cases than solving crimes. They want to create the illusion of order not create actual order.
Also it is because if the truth were to be known the ones who are committing the crimes are the ones in power. So, they always choose the individual who can’t defend themselves to hide their crimes. Who else is better than an Latino who could be undocumented.
It's all a lie. Telling truth to some people will have them fashioning that truth into a weapon to bludgeon you over the head with. Be careful who you talk to.
From the moment a police officer detains you. You are guilty until you can prove your innocence. Never agree to talk to police. Talking to police didn't help him in the smallest bit.
Eye-witness testimony is full of problems and we've been recognizing this for many decades... Yet, it seems all too important for our justice system. I wonder if they purposely did this or mistook the actual perpetrator for him. Either way, it highlights a MAJOR issue when someone vaguely "fits the description."
The thing that really haunts me is even after all that evidence the clear innocence, the prosecutor is still trying put an innocent man in jail. Hes obviously innocent but your “witness testimony is reliable”. You can have literal proof of your innocence but some people still won’t believe you didn’t do it
In Jacksonville a man was on trial for burning down his home with his family inside. Based on junk science the prosecutors said it would take 25 minutes for a small accidental fire with no accelerant to engulf a house. Luckily the arson expert found an abandoned house nearby with the same design and (no kidding) set it on fire to run a test. The house was engulfed in less than six minutes with all pathways out blocked by flames. The man was set free. That was in 1990 and still dozens of people have been sent to prison based on the original junk science including Cameron Willingham in Texas who was executed in 2004.
They would be better at their jobs if there were consequences. Like serving the sentence for a wrong conviction. Or the death penalty if they execute an innocent person. As it is, oops i goofed....Bummer. but my conviction rate is higher. We good!
That's so messed up $320k settlement ain't even close to enough. That could've been his life if he's lawyer didn't prove him innocent in a justice system that's supposed to be the opposite you're supposed to be innocent until proven guilty
I basically do this already since almost anytime I leave the safety of my home I'm cycling on my bike and if on foot it's because I parked my bike at my destination. I would 1000% percent recommend an action camera / dashcam if driving a bicycle, moped, scooter, motorcycle, car, truck, etc as the roads / traffic violence and negligence is another public safety / health emergency that North American society chooses to ignore / normalize despite the hundreds of thousands of needless injury victims (including myself) and deaths of innocents. GoPro on a chest mount tethered to a usbc cable and 10k or 20k mAh battery pack. The primary purpose is for security and event recall but it also has the side effect of recording neat / cool moments or helping others that need some kind of footage. Depending on what you do, you could potentially use some of that footage for UA-cam vids, IG, Twitch streaming, etc which admittedly come with their own security risks if you become popular enough (doesn't take a lot to become a target by malicious IRL stream snipers as it doesn't take a lot to become a target otherwise by just existing outdoors).
I remember a case where a man's house burned down and his family was killed. He had severe burns where he tried to save them. However, a fire investigator deemed that the fire was started intentionally and they accused the man of intentionally murdering his entire family and he was sentenced to death. He always maintained his innocence, but was eventually executed. A couple years later it was found that he actually did not start the fire and nearly burned to death trying to save them. Imagine losing your whole family in a house fire and then being arrested and killed by the government.
Did this happen in Texas? Cause we just went over a case similar to it that happened in a small town. He was cleared, but everyone in the town to this day believed he murdered her (he was abusive and such apparently).
Action speaks louder than words. The fact that the attorney found him in that huge ocean of video clips is testament to the belief he had in his client's innocence. Otherwise he would have made a half hearted skim through the videos and never would have found him.
I Remember seeing this on the news and i came across it on Netflix. When his lil one testified he cried. I cried with him. Love his wife for her support and him for keeping his spirit up and of course the baby she is so cute. im so happy for the family and the outcome. BUT IT SHOULD OF NEVER OF HAPPENED! GOD BLESS U AND UR FAMILY. IM SO HAPPY FOR U.
That was a LITERAL miracle!! He was the only one to be come up on that shot from behind and right after that Larry David put his arms up. Freakin got goosebumps
@@unbekannt8232 not really though. Not too many states still have the death penalty, and even then it takes forever for a death row inmate to get executed. The odds of some innocent person currently being executed at a given moment is pretty slim
Someone I knew wasn't so lucky. Even after having video footage that they had the wrong guy, the police department covered up their mistake by deporting the man back to Mexico. I learned a lot from that experience. First anyone can be accused of a crime they didn't commit. Second there's lots of innocent people in jail. Third when in handcuffs, cops are not their to help you. They just want someone to incarcerate because the department gets a bonus from DOJ. So when accused of a crime you didn't commit, plea the fifth and get an attorney asap. Everything you say will be used against you, even if you're innocent.
Watched the documentary last night. Even I was moved to tears watching it, especially the parts when he was freed and when his daughter was recounting the events of the baseball game.
That DA needs dressing down after this! imagine how many innocent souls people like her have destroyed with their malign tactics and over confidence... its frightening to witness and yet they plough on unimpeded
When I was in high school I knew a girl who wanted to be a prosecutor, I asked her if she would ever prosecute an innocent person and she said "they're always guilty."
come on look at his face!!!! He’s just innocent. Breaks my heart to see his face in the courtroom. Crying out when they found him and his daughter in the game!
It's like the small & petty childish accusations towards siblings or school children, except they never truly grew up to understand the potential consequences of their actions. Or worse, they very clearly understood and willingly chose to stay malicious.
Consider that out of humanity only a small percent is exceptional and will do the extra effort to make sure they are correct. Cops, prosecutors, judges, jury members, attorneys, witnesses, and experts. The probability of getting average or below is overwhelming. As a suspect, the deck is heavily stacked against you. If exceptional talent, integrity, and caring isn’t found somewhere along the way, you are in trouble. Of course money can make someone care but how many of us have it?
They say over and over again that eye witness is not to be trusted all by its self, so I wonder what other evidence they had that got him convicted. I wonder how long he was in prison for and I hope he sues for wrongful conviction.
Well, the prosecuting attorney tried to use the witness testimony despite the video evidence. The judge decided the witness isn't lying but mistaken. The shooting happened so fast and at night. The witness ran away after the victim was shot so his testimony is not reliable under those circumstances.
I thought in order to sentence someone for murder, there had to be no reasonable doubt. Literally, all they had was an eye witness, which is the worst way to prove something. Our legal system is totally flawed.
I have a friend whose brother in laws are both cops. They basically say that the whole strategy is to get people to confess. It's not easy to convict someone of murder even when they are guilty. Juan was lucky he had a great attorney and the female judge seemed like a really fair woman. The prosecutor on the other hand seemed like she would convict a ham sandwich of murder if it would keep her conviction rate up.
This documentary was amazing. Shows how detectives and District attorneys are all about their wins at the cost of innocent people’s lives! Mr. Catalan was blessed to have a great attorney! Blessed!!
In the documentary, the prosecution claimed that this tape meant nothing. Since this was an hour and a half before the murder. I thought what actually got him off, was the fact that he was using his cell phone at dodger stadium. Or am I wrong??
julian Alvarez you’re actually right. They say it’s the tape that saved him because you know if I️t wasn’t for it, there would have been no point of checking the cellphone towers because no one would’ve known he was actually at the dodgers game.
Yes, The gf called him or visa versa . Crazy how all his stars were aligned/ God / higher power whatever one may call it, was on his side. Even his dream prior to being arrested was a warning sign
It was the tape bc that way he proved he was at the dodge stadium all day, the season tickets he bought couldn’t prove he was at the game, he didn’t buy anything with his credit card and the footage from the stadium cameras wasn’t HD enough to recognize him among thousands of people, the prosecutor needed hard proof that 1. He was at the game and 2. He didn’t have time to commit the crime while running from the stadium to the crime scene, the murder happened at 10:32 so yes the phone call he made at 10:11 saved him bc there was no way he could make it from the Dodgers stadium to the crime scene in 20 mins with LA traffic
Even with the cell phone ping, Beth Silverman continued to insist Juan was guilty. It was the judge, who accepted the cell phone ping as evidence (along with the other exculpatory evidence--the video footage) --at least according to the documentary I saw.
The cell phone records are what ultimately saved him. The clip was filmed like 1-2 hours before the murder so it wasn’t enough proof. It gave visual proof, but the cell phone record gave a better timeframe.
Yup, the phone records and it’s timing was the clincher. The murder happened well after the game ended so that wasn’t enough. NBC is notorious for editing or omitting important info.
It's actually not as simple as it seems. Even with the 1 in a million shot of finding him on the filming (which was almost thrown away), the D.A. was still unwilling to drop the charges because the D.A. argued that there was still enough time to commit the crime after the game. If you haven't seen this documentary on Netflix, I highly encourage it.
It’s becoming more and more about proving your innocence then about them proving your guilt, this is for so many reasons that so many don’t understand, and by the time they do it will be to late.
The judge said that she took the initial interview tape home (the tape where Juan was first questioned by the police). She said she listened to it over and over. She said she vacillated on how she might rule. Appeared she felt tortured. If you vacílate and feel tortured, you have doubts. If so, the only ruling should be to dismiss. How many innocent poor souls are in jail? One is too many.
Wow. How terrible this must be... Supposed to be innocent until PROVEN guilty. The defendant had to make an effort to prove his innocence, so I'm calling an unfair trial. The whole case should be thrown out, and he should be compensated. What's worse, is that he even stated to the police he didn't do anything wrong, so they had the facts crystal clear, and knew he was innocent from the start. Seems to me like the police and court system were conspiring with the real criminal to hide his identity and help them get away with murder. Or at the very least, made the gross mistake of assuming he was lying. In any case, it's good this news is shown. The court system deserves to be shamed for such a terrible series of events.
How incredibly lucky. Just imagine, if he hadn't been falsely accused of murder, he might have gone through his whole life without ever watching Curb Your Enthusiasm. What are the odds ?
Wow, do NOT curb your enthusiasm. This is amazing, who'd a thunk Larry David, notorious 'bad person' character saves guy inadvertently. Freakin awesome. And yeah LAPD kinda has a pattern.
I’m just watching this at Netflix and i cried I feel bad that he and his family have to go through that. Being lazy detective vs hard working attorney. Pure luck 📺
So no evidence against him and they would have convicted him unless they found footage of him at the game. What a great justice system you have america.
People complain often how blacks are treated unfairly compared to whites (and in large part they are right). But you rarely hear people complain about how men are treated very unfairly compared to women in the judicial system. And that difference is much more than the difference between whites and blacks.
How many are in jail right now paying for somebody else's crimes? Great tragedies these are. May God give comfort and deliver justice to all wrongly jailed.
It’s sad that he had to prove his innocence when one should be innocent until proven guilty. That’s the problem when circumstantial evidence is relied on exclusively in court.
Extraordinary that an innocent man has to prove his innocence because a person identified him as the killer. It’s a well known fact that many witnesses misidentify perpetrators of a crime.
the sheer will of that lawyer to prove his clients innocence is amazing. most would have watched one video and that would be the end. im so glad he has the proof he needs
My god, how absolutely heartbreaking that this guy was framed for a murder he not only didn't commit, but was no where near where it occurred. This guy could have gone to prison for life. That little girl whose hand he was holding could have lost her father...her protector...her provider...for her entire life behind bars. WTF?
Crazy story. What bothers me most is it only took one video clip to prove he was not involved but the prosecutor had all this evidence to convict an innocent man. He almost went to jail and had nothing to do with it. Its disturbing how easy it is for an innocent person to go to jail.
I’ve watched this three times .... I just can’t believe how lucky this man is. I also can’t believe no evidence but an eye witness was going to put him on death row.
Yeah, eye witness testimonies are the most unreliable thing. I watched a crime documentary recently, where a woman spent 30 minutes with her aggressor (he forced himself into her apartment at knife point. The woman later untied herself and escaped). Some month later, she was shown the picture of a suspect. She said "it looks like him, but it's not him". The police let the guy go and crossed him of the list of suspects (suspected of 3 murders). He killed 2 more women before he was identified through DNA.
Yes, scientifically eye witness is the most unreliable thing. In the legal system, it is the most credible. Human memories are flawed and often distorted. Try asking the same person any other detail on the day they’re testifying, and it’s likely they have already forgotten 90% of it.
That attorney was about to cry when he called his client a good man with a good soul. He knew this entire time his client was innocent and he likely felt so bad that he couldn't prove it until this moment. What a great attorney.
Todd melnick has been my attorney and a good loyal friend for 29 years and yes he is an awesome lawyer he gets the job done and he really does care so what you saw on the screen was not drama it was his true feelings he was not playing it up for the cameras
@@buddhaboyy1267 : That's really great to know.
@@buddhaboyy1267 I'd never thought I would say this about a lawyer, but you can see and feel his compassion in that moment. That there is a good man. You're fortunate to know someone like that.
@@Movie-tf4ydTodd has a genuine soul
A shameful commentary on our legal system when it gets tossed off so casually that the attorney had to prove his client innocent. It's supposed to be that the defendant is innocent until proven guilty. But these days, it isn't that way at all.
Why “eye witness” evidence needs to be taken with a huge pinch of salt.
Lol, oxymoronic.
Its already been proven as the least reliable form of evidence.
Plus anyone that does makes False claims as a witness should have to trade places with the prisoner that was proven innocent.... make false claims ... pay the price
@@michaelbosisto6259 it may have just been a mistake by the witness. no ill intent. they may have really thought it was him. your logic of trading places is that of an imbecile. so you are saying if an elderly person thinks they saw a certain person commit a crime they should be punished with the same punishment. if someone thinks they saw the murderer and they were wrong they should go to prison for the same charge as murder. jesus, how dumb are you.
Absolutely
I saw this documentary. The disgusting part is that the prosecutor is still adamant that he is guilty. Even with the evidence... It seems she just wanted the win, not to find the guilty party.
We the true people need to learn from true history starting with the natives; north and south, so we can know what's really going on and right now ignorance rules the us government and in all the branches, don't be deceived by sleepy Joe; they are all puppets, i promise you and research operation Northwoods and operation sea spray and that's just the tip of the massive iceberg, spread facts not feelings, expose the tyrants and prosecute them, you have the power don't die.
The problem is getting convictions and closing cases get you reelected and promoted. The incentive is in finding someone who will plead for the lesser plea and closing the case.
In the past, people were convicted on just a random witness testimony. No amount of alibi mattered and years later their DNA or another investigation would clear them.
Likely the prosecutor cannot accept the fact that they were wrong and wasted so much effort pursuing the wrong man. They put their heart and soul into this conviction only to be proven they were flat out wrong. So what's more important: hiding your guilt for screwing up or allowing a falsely accused man to be free? SMH
@@deferpanic8981 Give the prosecutor LWOP.
every prosecutor....ever
That Lawyer is "Good man with GOOD SOUL"
Todd milnick has been my good friend and lawyer for 29 years he is always taking great care of me so everything you saw on screen is genuine he really is a good soul
S Kiran: Agree.
takes one to know one ;)
Or it’s all Goodman
The way we all should be
Good for him , I hope he gets rich off the book and movie
Buff Mexican $300K so far
@@guslb12 Wow! Where did you read that, btw?
@@thomasalias8492 this is the news story title
Man Cleared by TV Footage Gets $320,000 - ABC News
@@thomasalias8492 it says it in the end of the movie
I believe the documentary said he got $300k from the city. So hopefully he gets more from the book and doc.
Any time I see a story like this. I always wonder about the people who weren't so lucky.
for every lucky guy like this, there are thousands of innocent people wasting away in prison
It's called the long shot for a reason.
Amen
Imagine there was no video evidence, the prosecutors had no legitimate evidence but they were still adamant on taking him down.
@@petermoore7796this is why the death penalty can’t occur. Even if it seems like it should with the John Wayne gaceys. It’s too much control to give the government.
In the documentary his wife says " what if he didn't go to the game and stayed home, who were they gonna believe, us or his mom?"
OH, VERY GOOD POINT, MAXXAUS .
His mom ratted him out?
@@Michelle-ez9hs that's the "Privilege" his mom doesn't get
@@Michelle-ez9hs No, she was saying it as in if he had stayed home, the only alibi he would have is his wife and mother saying he was home, and neither of them would be believed.
@@DooMGo2It thanks I understand now.
It’s crazy to think how many more people are wrongfully locked up or sentenced to death while the real suspect is out living their lives.
Just ask our current VP. Her run as a prosecutor in California has asterisks up and down the list. Only God knows the amount of hurt she caused for nothing
@@isaacmartinez7557 why is this so true???
It's because the criminal justice systems around the world are more focused on closing cases than solving crimes. They want to create the illusion of order not create actual order.
Also it is because if the truth were to be known the ones who are committing the crimes are the ones in power. So, they always choose the individual who can’t defend themselves to hide their crimes. Who else is better than an Latino who could be undocumented.
Sadly, it's probably happened hundreds of thousands of times over the years.
I was always told we don't have to prove our innocence, and that the prosecutor has to prove our guilt. Guess that is a Big Lie.
As i like to say "Guilty until proven innocent... but youre still guilty!" its disgusting
It's all a lie. Telling truth to some people will have them fashioning that truth into a weapon to bludgeon you over the head with. Be careful who you talk to.
It's the other way around for black and brown people guilty until proven innocent
From the moment a police officer detains you. You are guilty until you can prove your innocence. Never agree to talk to police. Talking to police didn't help him in the smallest bit.
the "Witness" who falsely accused him should be sent to jail for 60 years.
It was probably a gang snitch someone that has the role of misleading police by claiming to be a witness when they aren't.
Unfortunately, our memories are notoriously unreliable and easily manipulated. Leads to a lot of false positives.
It's prudent to be very careful what you say about someone else---it has an amazing way of coming back on you as the very retribution you espouse.
Eye-witness testimony is full of problems and we've been recognizing this for many decades... Yet, it seems all too important for our justice system. I wonder if they purposely did this or mistook the actual perpetrator for him. Either way, it highlights a MAJOR issue when someone vaguely "fits the description."
This is def crime drama territory lol but isn't it possible the "witness" was the real murderer?
The thing that really haunts me is even after all that evidence the clear innocence, the prosecutor is still trying put an innocent man in jail. Hes obviously innocent but your “witness testimony is reliable”. You can have literal proof of your innocence but some people still won’t believe you didn’t do it
In Jacksonville a man was on trial for burning down his home with his family inside. Based on junk science the prosecutors said it would take 25 minutes for a small accidental fire with no accelerant to engulf a house. Luckily the arson expert found an abandoned house nearby with the same design and (no kidding) set it on fire to run a test. The house was engulfed in less than six minutes with all pathways out blocked by flames. The man was set free. That was in 1990 and still dozens of people have been sent to prison based on the original junk science including Cameron Willingham in Texas who was executed in 2004.
@@kewltony are......... Are you that man that was set free?
Prosecutors don't admit to being wrong.
Prosecutors only care about their record they don't care about justice or who is innocent and who isn't. We have some major problems in this country.
They would be better at their jobs if there were consequences. Like serving the sentence for a wrong conviction. Or the death penalty if they execute an innocent person.
As it is, oops i goofed....Bummer. but my conviction rate is higher. We good!
That's so messed up $320k settlement ain't even close to enough. That could've been his life if he's lawyer didn't prove him innocent in a justice system that's supposed to be the opposite you're supposed to be innocent until proven guilty
Sadly , in the minds of the jurors , he was proven guilty.
$320k barely buys you a decent condo in Sacramento, can't imagine the shack it would get in LA.
No kidding. They were prepared on the flimsiest of evidence to send him to life. He should have gotten more.
should have lifetime gardener and toilet cleaning service performed by the police and prosecutor involved
@@EmCitynWaterCo that sucks, 320k can get a nice 5 bedroom multi floor and a few full bathrooms here in Michigan. Big city life seems way overpriced
15 years imprisoned for bad detective work beyond his control
Mitch Silva he was only in prison for a few months, still a few months to many.
brandenlee887 what about the trauma and the horrible thought of life or death in prison ? Or never see your family again ??
When are y’all going to mention the WITNESS?
It makes me want to wear a body camera everywhere I go.
nowadays you'd be able to use geolocation stuff from your phone to assist
I basically do this already since almost anytime I leave the safety of my home I'm cycling on my bike and if on foot it's because I parked my bike at my destination. I would 1000% percent recommend an action camera / dashcam if driving a bicycle, moped, scooter, motorcycle, car, truck, etc as the roads / traffic violence and negligence is another public safety / health emergency that North American society chooses to ignore / normalize despite the hundreds of thousands of needless injury victims (including myself) and deaths of innocents.
GoPro on a chest mount tethered to a usbc cable and 10k or 20k mAh battery pack. The primary purpose is for security and event recall but it also has the side effect of recording neat / cool moments or helping others that need some kind of footage. Depending on what you do, you could potentially use some of that footage for UA-cam vids, IG, Twitch streaming, etc which admittedly come with their own security risks if you become popular enough (doesn't take a lot to become a target by malicious IRL stream snipers as it doesn't take a lot to become a target otherwise by just existing outdoors).
Just keep your location on and take selfies
I remember a case where a man's house burned down and his family was killed. He had severe burns where he tried to save them. However, a fire investigator deemed that the fire was started intentionally and they accused the man of intentionally murdering his entire family and he was sentenced to death. He always maintained his innocence, but was eventually executed.
A couple years later it was found that he actually did not start the fire and nearly burned to death trying to save them. Imagine losing your whole family in a house fire and then being arrested and killed by the government.
Because the case centered around the testimony of a law enforcement arson investigator instead of a fire behavior investigator. Big difference.
What case was this?
Did this happen in Texas? Cause we just went over a case similar to it that happened in a small town. He was cleared, but everyone in the town to this day believed he murdered her (he was abusive and such apparently).
Bless the attorney. He meant every word he spoke about his client. Gotta love good ppl ❤️
Action speaks louder than words. The fact that the attorney found him in that huge ocean of video clips is testament to the belief he had in his client's innocence. Otherwise he would have made a half hearted skim through the videos and never would have found him.
Imagine if he couldn't afford an attorney he would be in prison doing life.
I just watched it on Netflix, I cried ...glad he is free, is scary to think how many innocent men are in jail for caps like that🤔😔😡
many people are locked up who are innocent.
What's the movie name?
@@A.D.A.M.M "Long Shot"
@@A.D.A.M.M it's on Netflix
@@Crazyguy2349 thanx🌹❤️
Curb your false accusations
Curb your Murica
@@SteadyBark96720 I don’t get it
@@SteadyBark96720 not what bishop said, what you said..
I Remember seeing this on the news and i came across it on Netflix. When his lil one testified he cried. I cried with him. Love his wife for her support and him for keeping his spirit up and of course the baby she is so cute. im so happy for the family and the outcome. BUT
IT SHOULD OF NEVER OF HAPPENED! GOD BLESS U AND UR FAMILY. IM SO HAPPY FOR U.
Dont say its luck...
He is innocent!!!!
Lucky it's physical evidence. People are in there for lies even now
Love the obvious bond between lawyer and client! He definitely believed in his innocence since day one. 🙌🏽
@iamnobody noone get a life
That was a LITERAL miracle!! He was the only one to be come up on that shot from behind and right after that Larry David put his arms up. Freakin got goosebumps
And now as we speak an innocent man is getting executed
that's all I could think of!
Word are powerful, do not say that.
Who?
@@Minos14 not a particular person. He/she meant that this happens all the time
@@unbekannt8232 not really though. Not too many states still have the death penalty, and even then it takes forever for a death row inmate to get executed. The odds of some innocent person currently being executed at a given moment is pretty slim
Someone I knew wasn't so lucky. Even after having video footage that they had the wrong guy, the police department covered up their mistake by deporting the man back to Mexico.
I learned a lot from that experience. First anyone can be accused of a crime they didn't commit. Second there's lots of innocent people in jail. Third when in handcuffs, cops are not their to help you. They just want someone to incarcerate because the department gets a bonus from DOJ. So when accused of a crime you didn't commit, plea the fifth and get an attorney asap. Everything you say will be used against you, even if you're innocent.
May God help all the innocent people who are locked up right now with no videotape to prove their innocence. 🙏
@FlyboyCGC God doesn't allow it. We allow it. We have failed.
you fuckheads replying with "IF GOD" , are idiots. You're completely missing the point. Sad.
@FlyboyCGC very good question, in my opinion.
@FlyboyCGC Jesus Christ, it's the sentiment that matters. It's just an expression, you simple bonehead.
@@ericmann770 Shut up.
Watched the documentary last night. Even I was moved to tears watching it, especially the parts when he was freed and when his daughter was recounting the events of the baseball game.
Sadly it’s always guilty until proven innocent. What a lucky guy! So glad they caught him on film!
When an innocent man is sent to jail, he comes out a criminal. The prosecutors of justice system creates its own monsters.
And that is why I am against the death penalty. Mistakes take innocent lives, it's not worth it.
Must admit I cried when I first saw this documentary on Netflix.... specially being an LA Dodgers fan myself!
The Netflix documentary is called “Long Shot”, for anyone who is curious.
They need to lock up the so called witness and attorney who sent him to jail!!!!
It’s on Netflix now if y’all want to watch it. It’s very sad and uplifting at he same time. Great documentary and glad Juan was cleared of his name
What it called,
@@chinolopez5658 long shot
That DA needs dressing down after this! imagine how many innocent souls people like her have destroyed with their malign tactics and over confidence... its frightening to witness and yet they plough on unimpeded
Situations like this are why I donate to the Innocence Project.
When I was in high school I knew a girl who wanted to be a prosecutor, I asked her if she would ever prosecute an innocent person and she said "they're always guilty."
come on look at his face!!!! He’s just innocent. Breaks my heart to see his face in the courtroom. Crying out when they found him and his daughter in the game!
I love the attorney's heartfelt comment about the character of the man! B E A utiful!
Makes you think how many are in prison who are actually innocent, just because someone said you where there when you weren’t.
It's like the small & petty childish accusations towards siblings or school children, except they never truly grew up to understand the potential consequences of their actions. Or worse, they very clearly understood and willingly chose to stay malicious.
Consider that out of humanity only a small percent is exceptional and will do the extra effort to make sure they are correct. Cops, prosecutors, judges, jury members, attorneys, witnesses, and experts. The probability of getting average or below is overwhelming. As a suspect, the deck is heavily stacked against you. If exceptional talent, integrity, and caring isn’t found somewhere along the way, you are in trouble.
Of course money can make someone care but how many of us have it?
Imagine one person saying he was at the scene and then everyone else believing that one person that one person would ruin your whole life
Bless him and his attorney. There are so many unjust things in the justice system. Whoever said he was at the scene of the crime has no heart :(
They say over and over again that eye witness is not to be trusted all by its self, so I wonder what other evidence they had that got him convicted. I wonder how long he was in prison for and I hope he sues for wrongful conviction.
Juries have been known to convict on eyewitness testimony alone, even forensic evidence isn't always reliable
I wanna know what’s going to happen to that “eye witness”. That “eye witness” needs to be scrutinized. TF
That prosecutor needs to be struck off for trying to ruin an innocent mans life with unsubstantial evidence! I was fuming
No doubt!
So what happened to the "witness" who identified him at the scene?
Well, the prosecuting attorney tried to use the witness testimony despite the video evidence. The judge decided the witness isn't lying but mistaken. The shooting happened so fast and at night. The witness ran away after the victim was shot so his testimony is not reliable under those circumstances.
@@DarkPhoenixSaga so why even convict him
@@TheLivingPizza4 Good question
Plus the witness didn’t actually name him or select him from a line-up. A sketch was drawn and they felt that Juan looked like the drawing.
So it likely he was a victim of racial profiling?
I thought in order to sentence someone for murder, there had to be no reasonable doubt. Literally, all they had was an eye witness, which is the worst way to prove something. Our legal system is totally flawed.
I have a friend whose brother in laws are both cops. They basically say that the whole strategy is to get people to confess. It's not easy to convict someone of murder even when they are guilty. Juan was lucky he had a great attorney and the female judge seemed like a really fair woman. The prosecutor on the other hand seemed like she would convict a ham sandwich of murder if it would keep her conviction rate up.
Paul y even a conviction isn’t good enough for her. She wants everyone to get the chair. Pure evil
This documentary was amazing. Shows how detectives and District attorneys are all about their wins at the cost of innocent people’s lives! Mr. Catalan was blessed to have a great attorney! Blessed!!
In the documentary, the prosecution claimed that this tape meant nothing. Since this was an hour and a half before the murder. I thought what actually got him off, was the fact that he was using his cell phone at dodger stadium. Or am I wrong??
julian Alvarez you’re actually right. They say it’s the tape that saved him because you know if I️t wasn’t for it, there would have been no point of checking the cellphone towers because no one would’ve known he was actually at the dodgers game.
Mariah Catalan Thank you for clearing that up.
Yes, The gf called him or visa versa . Crazy how all his stars were aligned/ God / higher power whatever one may call it, was on his side. Even his dream prior to being arrested was a warning sign
It was the tape bc that way he proved he was at the dodge stadium all day, the season tickets he bought couldn’t prove he was at the game, he didn’t buy anything with his credit card and the footage from the stadium cameras wasn’t HD enough to recognize him among thousands of people, the prosecutor needed hard proof that 1. He was at the game and 2. He didn’t have time to commit the crime while running from the stadium to the crime scene, the murder happened at 10:32 so yes the phone call he made at 10:11 saved him bc there was no way he could make it from the Dodgers stadium to the crime scene in 20 mins with LA traffic
Even with the cell phone ping, Beth Silverman continued to insist Juan was guilty. It was the judge, who accepted the cell phone ping as evidence (along with the other exculpatory evidence--the video footage) --at least according to the documentary I saw.
The cell phone records are what ultimately saved him. The clip was filmed like 1-2 hours before the murder so it wasn’t enough proof. It gave visual proof, but the cell phone record gave a better timeframe.
Yup, the phone records and it’s timing was the clincher. The murder happened well after the game ended so that wasn’t enough. NBC is notorious for editing or omitting important info.
Larry saves the day
*curb your enthusiasm music starts*
And in true Larry fashion, he does it accidentally
Scary because people get falsely arrested everyday. Lots still inside now for a crime they’ve never committed. Very sad to say the least.
It's actually not as simple as it seems. Even with the 1 in a million shot of finding him on the filming (which was almost thrown away), the D.A. was still unwilling to drop the charges because the D.A. argued that there was still enough time to commit the crime after the game. If you haven't seen this documentary on Netflix, I highly encourage it.
There was enough time. Agreed. But that is not proof.
Whoever lied, and accused him of being at the murder scene should be sentenced to prison for the amount of time he was facing.
It’s becoming more and more about proving your innocence then about them proving your guilt, this is for so many reasons that so many don’t understand, and by the time they do it will be to late.
You guys knocked it out of the ballpark! Good work!
The judge said that she took the initial interview tape home (the tape where Juan was first questioned by the police). She said she listened to it over and over. She said she vacillated on how she might rule. Appeared she felt tortured. If you vacílate and feel tortured, you have doubts. If so, the only ruling should be to dismiss. How many innocent poor souls are in jail? One is too many.
And she made her kids listen to it
This was awesome.
Brings tears of joy for this man's innocence!
Wow. How terrible this must be...
Supposed to be innocent until PROVEN guilty.
The defendant had to make an effort to prove his innocence, so I'm calling an unfair trial. The whole case should be thrown out, and he should be compensated.
What's worse, is that he even stated to the police he didn't do anything wrong, so they had the facts crystal clear, and knew he was innocent from the start.
Seems to me like the police and court system were conspiring with the real criminal to hide his identity and help them get away with murder.
Or at the very least, made the gross mistake of assuming he was lying.
In any case, it's good this news is shown. The court system deserves to be shamed for such a terrible series of events.
It's terrifying how much power is in an incorrect witness account
How incredibly lucky. Just imagine, if he hadn't been falsely accused of murder, he might have gone through his whole life without ever watching Curb Your Enthusiasm. What are the odds ?
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Wow, do NOT curb your enthusiasm. This is amazing, who'd a thunk Larry David, notorious 'bad person' character saves guy inadvertently. Freakin awesome. And yeah LAPD kinda has a pattern.
I’m just watching this at Netflix and i cried I feel bad that he and his family have to go through that. Being lazy detective vs hard working attorney. Pure luck 📺
His attorney is a real one
He’s a very handsome man. I hate that he had to go through this, but I’m so happy he’s innocent.
So no evidence against him and they would have convicted him unless they found footage of him at the game. What a great justice system you have america.
That's really fantastic! You're the man mister attorney!! Great job!!
People complain often how blacks are treated unfairly compared to whites (and in large part they are right). But you rarely hear people complain about how men are treated very unfairly compared to women in the judicial system. And that difference is much more than the difference between whites and blacks.
How many are in jail right now paying for somebody else's crimes? Great tragedies these are.
May God give comfort and deliver justice to all wrongly jailed.
You can tell that he is good man from when he speaks. A sense of gravitas.
It’s sad that he had to prove his innocence when one should be innocent until proven guilty. That’s the problem when circumstantial evidence is relied on exclusively in court.
This is a one in a million shot in the dark. Thank you, God, and thank you to the attorney and Larry David.
This is one time I’d have to say Thank God for TV reality!
The relief I felt for this man when they showed the game and him and his daughter walking into frame
Watched this documentary. Hard to watch. Nearly bawled like a child when his case was won in court. Great stuff.
Extraordinary that an innocent man has to prove his innocence because a person identified him as the killer. It’s a well known fact that many witnesses misidentify perpetrators of a crime.
Every time someone accuses this guy of something he's gonna start humming that theme song...
the sheer will of that lawyer to prove his clients innocence is amazing. most would have watched one video and that would be the end. im so glad he has the proof he needs
This made me cry! I appreciate my freedom so much more now 💔 God bless!
My god, how absolutely heartbreaking that this guy was framed for a murder he not only didn't commit, but was no where near where it occurred.
This guy could have gone to prison for life. That little girl whose hand he was holding could have lost her father...her protector...her provider...for her entire life behind bars.
WTF?
In American it's guilty until proven innocent for a lot of black and Latino men.
That's actually my favorite episode of Curb. I know that story for years. It was a HBO Sports story first.
Baseball: saving lives every day.
Imagine the alarming number of people who might have been jailed unfairly.
Well this is one thing social media influencers won’t ever have to worry about since they’re always filming themselves and their whereabouts
😂
The real pain is many people sit in prison for no reason
I want to know what happened to the person who accused him of being at the scene.
Crazy story. What bothers me most is it only took one video clip to prove he was not involved but the prosecutor had all this evidence to convict an innocent man. He almost went to jail and had nothing to do with it. Its disturbing how easy it is for an innocent person to go to jail.
I’ve watched this three times .... I just can’t believe how lucky this man is. I also can’t believe no evidence but an eye witness was going to put him on death row.
What happened to innocent til proven guilty you have to prove your innocence.
Cops and egos. A dangerous combination.
And you, Mr. Attorney, you also are "a good man with a good soul"!
Thank goodness the guy blocking the stairs let them by at that time!
In America, you're guilty until proven innocent
Todd milneck has been my lawyer and a good friend for 29 years and yes he is an awesome lawyer and he really does care about all of his clients
False witnesses should be charged.
It couldn’t be that hard to find him in the crowd he has to know where he was sitting at least
I don't get it.
Aren't the pitches full of CCTV cameras?
Why did they need the footage of a TV Show?
Yeah, eye witness testimonies are the most unreliable thing. I watched a crime documentary recently, where a woman spent 30 minutes with her aggressor (he forced himself into her apartment at knife point. The woman later untied herself and escaped). Some month later, she was shown the picture of a suspect. She said "it looks like him, but it's not him". The police let the guy go and crossed him of the list of suspects (suspected of 3 murders). He killed 2 more women before he was identified through DNA.
Yes, scientifically eye witness is the most unreliable thing. In the legal system, it is the most credible. Human memories are flawed and often distorted. Try asking the same person any other detail on the day they’re testifying, and it’s likely they have already forgotten 90% of it.
It’s terrifying to think that once you’re accused of something, you’re basically on your own to “prove” your innocence.
I feel like this tips the scale in Larry's favor. Hopefully they give this guy a guest spot, even as an extra, on *Curb Your Enthusiasm*
finished this documentary then immediately rewatched the whole thing again