North Carolina man released from prison after 44 years behind bars for wrongful conviction

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  • Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
  • 64-year-old Ronnie Long, who has always said he was innocent of raping a woman in 1976, was suddenly released late last week after the state of North Carolina admitted it could no longer defend the case and asked a court to vacate his convictions. Only on "CBS This Morning," Erin Moriarty spoke to Ronnie Long in his first sit-down interview since his release.

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  • @Melancholy43952
    @Melancholy43952 4 роки тому +189

    This is criminal. Sentence the DA to 44 years.

    • @Rex4sure6425
      @Rex4sure6425 4 роки тому +3

      Agreed

    • @louisbrown141
      @louisbrown141 3 роки тому +7

      Its amazing that this type of corrupt so called justice system still continues to happen well into the 21st century!!! They should go and arrest the DA and all who put this man in jail for all those years. Here we had a corrupt president who for 4 years did whatever he wanted to and led an insurrection on the Capitol and still not held accountable but an all WHITE jury decided to put this man in jail for 80 years!!! SMH

    • @Mont3000
      @Mont3000 3 роки тому +5

      More like demonic

    • @multi-media-services
      @multi-media-services 3 роки тому +1

      I second that motion expeditiously

  • @MrSadflkja
    @MrSadflkja 3 роки тому +87

    From the age of 20-64. His adult life was basically taken away.

  • @mori-7090
    @mori-7090 3 роки тому +62

    The police who withheld evidence should 100% be punished. I can't even imagine the despair you'd feel from being in such a situation. Imagine the vast majority of the memories you've built your entire life are being in prison for something you didn't do.

    • @Chris-cx7zk
      @Chris-cx7zk 2 роки тому +1

      You might have to dig those cops out of the ground, but I don't think they'll be able to feel any punishment whatsoever.

  • @RelentlesslyBrave
    @RelentlesslyBrave 3 роки тому +48

    This is just sad. Wrongful convictions happen way more often than most realize. The justice system is beyond flawed.

  • @ndeamonk24
    @ndeamonk24 4 роки тому +68

    The fact they aren't going to pursue and arrest those involved ensures this will happen again

    • @333anders6
      @333anders6 4 роки тому +2

      preach

    • @mdeck87
      @mdeck87 3 роки тому +1

      Say dat brotha

    • @retiredstalker
      @retiredstalker 2 роки тому +1

      America is deeply rooted in racism but thanks to modern echnology like DNA and holding law enforcement accountable, it wouldn't happen to this extent.

    • @jonnytlong
      @jonnytlong 2 роки тому

      @@retiredstalker it’s so rare for law enforcement to be held accountable for anything

  • @srichardson1029
    @srichardson1029 4 роки тому +71

    Sue the state, prosecutors and all!!!

    • @ncsouf
      @ncsouf 3 роки тому

      He did Sue the state and they only gave him $750,000

    • @practicaldeen5333
      @practicaldeen5333 3 роки тому

      Sue everybody...

    • @Themarvelous88
      @Themarvelous88 2 роки тому +1

      @@ncsouf What!!!!They took 44 years from this man!!.

  • @TruthOverFear21
    @TruthOverFear21 4 роки тому +95

    They should give him a 7 figure settlement

    • @333anders6
      @333anders6 4 роки тому +8

      . 44,000,000. its not that hard to become a millionare these days. who us to say he would not have become one. 1million for each year. hes an older man now, make him and his estate wealthy because his youth was taken which he never gets back.

    • @sharonisaac445
      @sharonisaac445 4 роки тому +7

      How about 8 figures, he deserved that much.!!!

    • @gwaupo8311
      @gwaupo8311 3 роки тому +12

      No amount of money could bring his youth back.

    • @TruthOverFear21
      @TruthOverFear21 3 роки тому +1

      @@gwaupo8311 Amen

    • @DLL8252
      @DLL8252 3 роки тому +9

      They gave him $750,000, a dam shame

  • @keithdwill90
    @keithdwill90 4 роки тому +91

    They don’t mind paying him because the revenue generated from keeping him in prison all these years doesn’t come close to what they’ll possibly pay out..

  • @najopatrin2284
    @najopatrin2284 3 роки тому +32

    Could we imagine how many African Americans still remain in Prison innocently and being wrongly convicted.by US Justice Department.

  • @aaronlee5073
    @aaronlee5073 2 роки тому +17

    May 1976…I was a year old. This man was locked up my entire life for a crime he didn’t commit. I can’t imagine

  • @raymondsolano1780
    @raymondsolano1780 4 роки тому +41

    This state needs to pay this man for the next 44 years of his life. The DA needs to be placed in prison and license barred.

    • @archmichael3698
      @archmichael3698 4 роки тому +6

      No amount of money can buy time. The system needs to change.

    • @raymondsolano1780
      @raymondsolano1780 4 роки тому +2

      Arch Michael agreed, but after 40 years it is hard to integrate back into society. I did seven years and came out with no education and hard to find a job. He deserves to get paid for all the lost time so I’m he can get on his feet. This has been a issue for the last two hundred or more years and should stop but won’t anytime soon.

    • @archmichael3698
      @archmichael3698 4 роки тому

      @@raymondsolano1780 I agree.

  • @marlinbabshome92
    @marlinbabshome92 3 роки тому +40

    This is beyond heartbreaking and why they kneel😓
    It is criminal that all involved will not be held accountable.

  • @Wooley689
    @Wooley689 3 роки тому +14

    Don't tell this man not to be angry, he has every right to be angry and he needs justice. His release is only a single step for his justice.

  • @yolandajohnson8685
    @yolandajohnson8685 4 роки тому +68

    When is he going to get his $44million check...1million for each year behind bars innocently

    • @yolandajohnson8685
      @yolandajohnson8685 4 роки тому +9

      @@archmichael3698 44years of INNOCENCE!!!! He should be GIVEN the state of North Carolina and every penny in its treasury.
      Bullcrap about solutions, black people, it wont apply to us.

    • @333anders6
      @333anders6 4 роки тому +2

      1million for each year. because DA committed a crime. it was wrongful unjust, criminal and deliberate, not just wrongful. wrongful implies ooops we made a dreadful mistake. set a precedent!
      he needs to get paid for real to where his whole bloodline now and in the future does not ever have to worry about cash.

    • @333anders6
      @333anders6 4 роки тому +2

      @@yolandajohnson8685
      💲4⃣ 4⃣ 0⃣ 0⃣ 0⃣ 0⃣ 0⃣ 0⃣❗

    • @yolandajohnson8685
      @yolandajohnson8685 4 роки тому

      @@333anders6 ABSOLUTELY!!!

    • @jv-sc1fs
      @jv-sc1fs 3 роки тому +2

      Fasts

  • @Peter-bg5gy
    @Peter-bg5gy 4 роки тому +46

    Tip of the iceberg of wrongful convictions I’m sorry to say

  • @giovanniblanco4345
    @giovanniblanco4345 4 роки тому +38

    44 years taken away. What a tragedy

  • @cindybr62
    @cindybr62 3 роки тому +14

    However, they are only giving this man $750,000 for 40 years of wrongful conviction!

    • @joenavanodo3780
      @joenavanodo3780 3 роки тому +1

      $361.00 / week

    • @demikpre
      @demikpre 2 роки тому +4

      crazy part is, i think that settlement will be taxed too

  • @sharonisaac445
    @sharonisaac445 4 роки тому +27

    40yrs is a lifetime, what a Shame.!!!!
    God Bless this man, and let him have peace, happiness, good health, and Prosperity.
    The state of North Carolina owes him big time.( no pun intended).

  • @marcocolo2954
    @marcocolo2954 4 роки тому +26

    Money ain’t enough

    • @MrPaultopp
      @MrPaultopp 4 роки тому

      Marco Colo ...... what they gonna do then ?

    • @mdeck87
      @mdeck87 3 роки тому +1

      @@MrPaultopp get it back in Blood and I'm not even trying to be funny 🙄

  • @delroyparkes9540
    @delroyparkes9540 3 роки тому +3

    How can anyone replace 44 years innocent behind Bars.

  • @phillipc.nelson9670
    @phillipc.nelson9670 3 роки тому +9

    I'm so ecstatic he was cleared of all charges. Yet, so many innocent people are serving time behind bars for unspeakable crimes they insist they had nothing to do with. I also believe the Death Penalty should be abolished. Imagine when the Justice System executes someone and months later after reviewing the case, they realize they've executed the wrong person.

  • @c.r701
    @c.r701 4 роки тому +18

    How would that hidden evidence not have changed the outcome. It would have proved that this man was innocent to begin with his adult life was taken away from him.

  • @toneytone7497
    @toneytone7497 4 роки тому +11

    The system really failed this man

  • @portermore3864
    @portermore3864 3 роки тому +12

    Ok now I’m convinced it doesn’t matter what color you are evil is evil .

  • @tooblessed573
    @tooblessed573 3 роки тому +10

    Sickening! Some heads should roll AND they owe this man Millions

  • @mrfixit7047
    @mrfixit7047 3 роки тому +10

    this is how I see it. All of the people who help convict him wrongfully are all getting a pension. if you total all of their pensions together for the month, then that is how much he should get. He or his family should get it for the next 88 years. edit: he should be tax exempt he paid all his debts

  • @UrbanSipfly
    @UrbanSipfly 4 роки тому +20

    Man, if that kind of story doesn't scare the jam out of your jelly - being accused of a crime that one did not commit, and having to spend 1 second in prison for it - even 44 years!!

  • @leobrad2199
    @leobrad2199 3 роки тому +4

    "Failed" him? I don't think "failed" is a strong enough word to describe what the State did to him. I don't think that word exists.

  • @luevajackson8356
    @luevajackson8356 3 роки тому +9

    This Is America Till This Day. 🖤

  • @Joeyriot473
    @Joeyriot473 3 роки тому +4

    I don’t get it why would they want an innocent man in jail

  • @xaviers5188
    @xaviers5188 4 роки тому +15

    They're right it is great to see an innocent man walk out of prison but it's even better to not have been falsely accused n put there to Begin with

  • @JUGGERNAUT____
    @JUGGERNAUT____ 4 роки тому +13

    Tear jerker. Enjoy your freedom my brother.

  • @violetapadron1065
    @violetapadron1065 4 роки тому +12

    He needs to get paid for all that time

    • @333anders6
      @333anders6 4 роки тому

      1million for each year. because DA committed a crime. it was wrongful unjust, criminal and deliberate, not just wrongful. wrongful implies ooops we made a dreadful mistake. set a precedent!
      he needs to get paid for real to where his whole blood line now and in the future does not ever have to worry about cash.

    • @kkid2747
      @kkid2747 4 роки тому

      Yea

  • @wendybarnett7670
    @wendybarnett7670 3 роки тому +15

    God bless this man for letting him get out stay strong mr long 🙏

  • @Jrcoaca
    @Jrcoaca 3 роки тому +2

    Guilty until proven innocence is so obvious by the phrase “could no longer defend the case”.

  • @connectionoflivesandinterests
    @connectionoflivesandinterests 4 роки тому +6

    This is Beyond SAD & WRONG that someone could Do Most of their life in prison for something they didn't do!!! They need to be REWARDED Enough money to live an extragent life for themselves, the family & friends!!! It's a CRIME to take a life away by putting them in prison when they are Innocent!!! MAKES ME SOOOOOO SICK!!!

    • @marcocolo2954
      @marcocolo2954 4 роки тому +2

      Money ain’t enough

    • @connectionoflivesandinterests
      @connectionoflivesandinterests 4 роки тому +1

      @@marcocolo2954 I agree, but nothing is.... Time cannot be brought back. 💔💔💔

    • @333anders6
      @333anders6 4 роки тому

      1million for each year. because DA committed a crime. it was wrongful unjust, criminal and deliberate, not just wrongful. wrongful implies ooops we made a dreadful mistake. set a precedent!
      he needs to get paid for real to where his whole blood line now and in the future does not ever have to worry about cash.

  • @michaelsandoval41
    @michaelsandoval41 3 роки тому +4

    He needs to file a law suit for wrongful Arrest he needs to be compensated for his time they robed from him

  • @kayemoore4973
    @kayemoore4973 3 роки тому +9

    Praise God. Keep fighting Ronnie... even though you're out...they still owe you!

  • @GaasubaMeskhenet
    @GaasubaMeskhenet 4 роки тому +4

    Release all non violent prisoners immediately
    Abolish solitary confinement
    Abolish private prisons

  • @erichighsmith7299
    @erichighsmith7299 3 роки тому +4

    No amount of money paid to him will bring back the years he missed, with that said he needs to have a very large payout...

    • @luvitluvitbaby
      @luvitluvitbaby 3 роки тому

      Yep he’s set to be compensated a stinkin $750000 for 44 years in prison wrongfully. 🙄

    • @luvitluvitbaby
      @luvitluvitbaby 3 роки тому +2

      And he won’t even see a good portion of that because of lawyer fees....smh

    • @erichighsmith7299
      @erichighsmith7299 3 роки тому +1

      @@luvitluvitbaby yes, it’s sad they can take up to 1/3 I think.

  • @amyrolack5719
    @amyrolack5719 4 роки тому +13

    It is SO VERY VERY SAD how messed up & broken our justice system is ALL OVER THE USA... They don’t care how much time these individuals lose & that they will never ever get the time back. THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS just like everyone else & they have people that love them just like EVERYONE else. This is why our world is SO broken & filled w/so much hatred. It is heartbreaking... Glad this man is out & can live life. May GOD bless him & his family!!

    • @shangtatum1395
      @shangtatum1395 2 роки тому

      Just a day in the life of a blk male that's all this is nothing more nothing less

  • @localone1597
    @localone1597 3 роки тому +2

    District Attorneys and Police that knowingly go after innocent people, who they know are innocent, need to go to jail. Peiord.

  • @saintonerism
    @saintonerism 3 роки тому +2

    I truly hope that Mr. Long files corruption charges for every single corrupt official that was responsible for locking him up. They need to be held accountable. From the police who falsely arrested him, to the DA that lied about evidence to the judge that sentenced him. They need to spend 44 years in jail!!!!

  • @royalenterprises8794
    @royalenterprises8794 2 роки тому +3

    Wow! See, this is what makes me want to go back and finish college and become an attorney

  • @shena1256
    @shena1256 3 роки тому +2

    So are we going to see any charges against the DA and police officers who hid the evidence?? How do they not get held accountable. If I hold someone hostage I would go to jail. Why aren't they?

  • @perryholmes8652
    @perryholmes8652 3 роки тому +1

    They owe this man too much. There has to be repercussions for this.

  • @practicaldeen5333
    @practicaldeen5333 3 роки тому +7

    damn...I have so much to say but I am lost for words. How many more stories like this through out this country? smdh...

  • @rogerricalde7860
    @rogerricalde7860 4 роки тому +6

    It's PAYBACK. Nothing but a bunch of cowards to hidden evidence and keeping everything to them selves.

  • @nenew1330
    @nenew1330 3 роки тому +3

    I support this man's calling for Real Monetary Justice!!!

  • @bigtexas7580
    @bigtexas7580 3 роки тому +1

    *4:28** The idiot dude reporter's response was gross, I can tell he's the type who sat in the jury 44 years ago and helped to wrongfully send this man to jail.*

  • @artariusjackson6960
    @artariusjackson6960 Рік тому

    How is someone not facing criminal charges

  • @tryin2beehappygolucky431
    @tryin2beehappygolucky431 4 роки тому +7

    Amen Hallelujah Thank Jesus Christ
    All glory goes to Jesus!!!!!
    I am smiling, so happy for Mr. Long!😊❤️
    (i turned 1 year old when he was Wrongfully accussed)
    The TRUTH shall set you free

  • @Cripplewalker
    @Cripplewalker 2 роки тому +2

    The state owes this man millions on top of millions of dollars! Bar none!

  • @Peter-bg5gy
    @Peter-bg5gy 4 роки тому +7

    May God bless ALL involved🙏🏻☦️

  • @zat0076
    @zat0076 4 роки тому +4

    respect to that decent lady that he married as a wrongfully convicted ....

  • @michaelalejandro3267
    @michaelalejandro3267 8 місяців тому

    And what happens to the people that wrongfully accused him of this? Are they going to be held accountable? This is disgusting. No amount of money is going to give this guy 40 years that he lost of his life.

  • @elijahduran1227
    @elijahduran1227 4 роки тому +4

    So sad

  • @healing4thysoulministries453
    @healing4thysoulministries453 2 роки тому +4

    Thank God for all who helped in his release. Blessings to all of them. Shame on all who took part of this false imprisonment. May God have mercy on your life because one day before God you will have to answer. True and just judgment is coming.

  • @synjata8670
    @synjata8670 4 роки тому +8

    How does this happened, like how...his life wasted. A rapist lived free but. But people don't know why people say BLM i don't agree with the riots, or the violence being done during protests. But this is why, when people say their are Disparities within the justice system this what people mean

  • @Doors067
    @Doors067 4 роки тому +3

    If you cant do the crime, dont live in carolina

  • @anthonychew9691
    @anthonychew9691 3 роки тому +3

    Makes me feel sick, ask yourself.....why did it take 44yrs if the evidence was just sittin' there in some file?'
    'Cause the evil people who did this thought....we'll take the best years of your life first, then let you go, Nothing's changed in 150 years, all the best Ronnie.

  • @HolyMarkMcGrath
    @HolyMarkMcGrath 2 роки тому

    Why doesn’t he come back at the people who got him into prison and file charges against the police and the system?

  • @OOTD_
    @OOTD_ 3 роки тому +2

    The crazy thing about it is that this can happen to any black man no matter how successful you are.

  • @darlenegaines3546
    @darlenegaines3546 3 роки тому +3

    They should compensate him GOD bless him and his family.

  • @jermainesmith7649
    @jermainesmith7649 3 роки тому +7

    That’s his wife 😂 This guy is something else

    • @elijahwilliams8878
      @elijahwilliams8878 3 роки тому

      Right that woman look 25

    • @nannymcphee222
      @nannymcphee222 3 роки тому

      Well.... It is interesting to me that he would hook up with a white woman when he lost 44 years of his life accused of raping/murdering a white woman!!! I personally would not go there. 😬

    • @jermainesmith7649
      @jermainesmith7649 3 роки тому

      @@elijahwilliams8878 I ain’t talking about the looks

    • @jermainesmith7649
      @jermainesmith7649 3 роки тому

      @@nannymcphee222 Hopefully it doesn’t take another 44 for him to learn 🙏

    • @nannymcphee222
      @nannymcphee222 3 роки тому

      @@jermainesmith7649 🙏, we will see what happens. Still smh at his choice though.... Ppl are probably saying he is guilty of what he was charged with because he obviously desires white women.

  • @islandgirl42
    @islandgirl42 4 місяці тому

    Now they need to put them women to do 44 years. It is a crime to lied and putting a innocent man in prison.

  • @TaraInman2023
    @TaraInman2023 4 роки тому +5

    oh no i feel like there is fighting to do, heelllo where are these people who didnt do what they were PAID to do! these people need to pay for his LIFE!! WTH

  • @markfoxx5220
    @markfoxx5220 3 роки тому +4

    NC DID MY COUSIN THE SAME WAY 14YRS RELEASED WRONG MAN. GOOD LUCK BRO. HEAD-UP

  • @CatherineSTodd
    @CatherineSTodd 3 роки тому +10

    I lived in Durham NC for many years, and racism is horrendous there as it is in many places in NC. Broke my heart every day and there was little I could do but be one "white person" who tried to right the wrongs, and show not all white people are the same. I feel for this man. TEARS.

    • @TaylorBlack420
      @TaylorBlack420 3 роки тому +2

      There's a lot you can do but if you just ignore it you are just as guilty

  • @clos7629
    @clos7629 4 роки тому +5

    Ok trump let's see if u pardon this poor innocent man, since u good to do it for others. This poor man life was taken away from him. No amount of money will bring it back.

  • @johnvallery5539
    @johnvallery5539 3 роки тому +1

    Well what kinda defense team he had ?? Shouldn’t they have requested all of the evidence??

  • @kimmie1957
    @kimmie1957 3 роки тому +2

    They owe him so much!!

  • @seand67
    @seand67 3 роки тому +2

    So sad.....whole life lost. I hope he can receive proper compensation

  • @herbalife4220
    @herbalife4220 4 роки тому +12

    OMG, GOD BLESS YOU ALL THE BEST

  • @michellenc1237
    @michellenc1237 4 роки тому +1

    Wow this is so sad and unbelievably unfair

  • @joblo2299
    @joblo2299 11 місяців тому

    Hiding results should be illegal

  • @Terrence90.
    @Terrence90. 2 роки тому +1

    This is so common. Here in Mississippi I knew a few guys who was serving long sentences and was innocent. Would cry about it saying that would always plead not guilty. It’s more common than one knows. Especially here in Mississippi

  • @johnsteward8311
    @johnsteward8311 2 роки тому

    I got a cousin that's in South Carolina State prison. He's been framed and convicted. All he needs is the weapon tested in his case and nobody wants to help him with it. He's been locked up for 18yrs

  • @heaven7459
    @heaven7459 3 роки тому +1

    Can he sue the cops who withheld the evidence?

  • @XD152awesomeness
    @XD152awesomeness 2 роки тому

    This is disgraceful. This is infuriating. It’s good he’s a free man, but it’s a crime he wasn’t always so. The state kidnapped a man, stole his life.

  • @chriswalker7327
    @chriswalker7327 3 роки тому +1

    Evil in the hearts of men

  • @parrishharris3008
    @parrishharris3008 3 роки тому +2

    This is Amerikkka and things like this has always happened to minorities but thank the heavens this soul made it out - many blessings sir.

  • @berkshirecove1936
    @berkshirecove1936 3 роки тому +1

    This is disgusting. And this has happened multiple times

  • @daviddobson8933
    @daviddobson8933 3 роки тому +1

    Catching up will be hard to do but do what you can live the good life. My God bless you.

  • @girlnextdoor7
    @girlnextdoor7 4 роки тому +1

    HOW. IS. THIS. POSSIBLE.?!?! Poor man...

    • @MrPaultopp
      @MrPaultopp 4 роки тому +1

      oliver .....it’s always possible where there’s corruption ....

  • @gkr2424
    @gkr2424 3 роки тому +1

    Somebody needs to go to jail over this BS,

  • @noahkinsey9750
    @noahkinsey9750 3 роки тому +2

    KJVA Bible. Isaiah 42:22
    [22]But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore. AlPTTMH

  • @Matthew-n3c2c
    @Matthew-n3c2c 7 місяців тому

    Can anyone tell me why the district attorney would rather say he can leave prison now with the charges dropped but the fact that the police and district attorney held evidence that could prove him inasent when the first time he was at court when he first got arrested wouldn't matter.

  • @thepinksuitguy9975
    @thepinksuitguy9975 4 роки тому +1

    the judge and everyone else who were involved in this man's case must be caged for life!

  • @lefdp515zfr6
    @lefdp515zfr6 Рік тому +1

    He has alot of catching up to do?
    You can never catch up lost time.

  • @2america826
    @2america826 3 роки тому

    Any one involved in a mans wrongful conviction and or a man life being ruined like this should be in prison them selfs or even better dead

  • @SpiderMan-df9zf
    @SpiderMan-df9zf Рік тому

    This is sooo wrong in every level!

  • @alexx_windycitychi558
    @alexx_windycitychi558 Рік тому

    Sue the whole state , other people have done it in the past my friends uncle got 12 years For something he didn't do, when he was released in 2008 he sued for wrongful conviction, he walked away with 8.5 million

  • @lillianenglish4211
    @lillianenglish4211 2 роки тому +2

    It's always black men who are wrongly convicted ! But we will someday meet our heavenly father and he'll be the one who will give out final judgments to all and it won't be by the color of our skin .

  • @VB-fo1oc
    @VB-fo1oc 3 роки тому +1

    This is why I cannot remain silent

  • @ttaylor70ify
    @ttaylor70ify 2 роки тому

    It wouldn’t have changed the verdict……. WTF!!! how can they say that

  • @markjones354
    @markjones354 3 роки тому +1

    How is this justified please tel me

  • @gloriapenrose6048
    @gloriapenrose6048 2 роки тому

    It doesn’t give him his life back

  • @ericmckinney9057
    @ericmckinney9057 3 роки тому

    How many people in North Carolina went through that???

  • @cassywilson8072
    @cassywilson8072 2 роки тому +1

    4.8 million next bro. Congrats