Man Imprisoned For YEARS With No Conviction
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NEARLY 8 YEARS AFTER KEVIN SMITH WAS ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES IN NEW ORLEANS, AN APPEALS COURT FOUND HE SHOULD BE RELEASED, AND THAT THE CASE WAS DISMISSED AFTER PROSECUTORS VIOLATED HIS RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL. BECAUSE HE WAS ARRESTED EIGHT YEARS PRIOR, BUT HE WASN'T CONVICTED EIGHT YEARS PRIOR, HE'S NEVER BEEN CONVICTED OF ANYTHING. HE JUST SPENT ALL THAT TIME IN JAIL. THAT WAS LAST FALL, BUT EVEN UNTIL RIGHT NOW THERE STILL HAS NOT BEEN JUSTICE, HE'S STILL IN PRISON TO THIS DAY. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE STORY THAT THANKFULLY I SAW SHAWN KING HAS BEEN DOING SOME DIGGING ON THIS AND TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT TO GET SOMETHING LIKE JUSTICE BECAUSE AS IT LOOKS LIKE NOW, KEVIN SMITH MIGHT SPEND YEARS MORE IN JAIL FOR A CRIME HE HASN'T BEEN CONVICTED OF. BUT I WANT TO WALK YOU...
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NEARLY 8 YEARS AFTER KEVIN SMITH WAS ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES IN NEW ORLEANS, AN APPEALS COURT FOUND HE SHOULD BE RELEASED, AND THAT THE CASE WAS DISMISSED AFTER PROSECUTORS VIOLATED HIS RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL. BECAUSE HE WAS ARRESTED EIGHT YEARS PRIOR, BUT HE WASN'T CONVICTED EIGHT YEARS PRIOR, HE'S NEVER BEEN CONVICTED OF ANYTHING. HE JUST SPENT ALL THAT TIME IN JAIL. THAT WAS LAST FALL, BUT EVEN UNTIL RIGHT NOW THERE STILL HAS NOT BEEN JUSTICE, HE'S STILL IN PRISON TO THIS DAY. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE STORY THAT THANKFULLY I SAW SHAWN KING HAS BEEN DOING SOME DIGGING ON THIS AND TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT TO GET SOMETHING LIKE JUSTICE BECAUSE AS IT LOOKS LIKE NOW, KEVIN SMITH MIGHT SPEND YEARS MORE IN JAIL FOR A CRIME HE HASN'T BEEN CONVICTED OF. BUT I WANT TO WALK YOU...
