Rodells familt stuck behind him, they raised $1k so he could learn law and push for a retrial. He had to cross examine almost a dozen witnesses and put forward court filings.
Sanders said:
“From day one, I said they framed me. No one believed me. And now it’s finally come out. I don’t know if it makes things right. I will never get back the 20 years they have taken from me.
[And] I lost those years with my family, with my children.”
Sanders went onto work for the law firm that helped free him and now he is a grandfather he is using his settlement to relax and spend time with the kids.
Chicago Heights say they settled because it was better for the tax payer, not because they did anything wrong!
He will never get back those years but it’s remarkable story. The story of a man’s willpower, his true grit and his personal fight against corruption and injustice.
The fact that he went onto work for the lawfirm that helped him says volumes about him and his true character.
We hope he can enjoy the life he has now, it must be bitter sweet, knowing in some ways he beat them (even though they still won’t admit wrongdoing) but on the other hand knowing you can never get the lost time back or fully reverse the mental damage.
Thanks to Atlanta Black Star for the story details (http://bit.ly/2dHs0F5)
Read more of what happened and what Sanders has to say on the next page.
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I just wish somebody would tell whoever wrote this article to check for misspells and grammatical errors. Oh and “onto” is not the same as “onto.” Damn.
I’m going throw the same right now.l needed to speak to you.please
I was convicted of a crime I did not commit and spent 20 years in prison for, I was incarcerated from May 1984 to May 2004, but I never got the help I needed to prove my innocents. God bless him for his determination.
Whoever wrote this article I really need to get in contact with you. My brother has been incarcerated for over 17 years and he is innocent. I have all the information to prove it but nobody will take his case. Please respond to my post we need him home.
I needs to get in contact with you as well,my husband has been incarcerated for over 10yrs for a crime that never happened,we had witness plus a video tape showing where he was at plus I got a call from an unknown person telling me that they was going to railroad him and that’s what happen.He needs to be home.Please contact me if you can help me with this.Thanking you in advance.
Thanks for receiving me. And it is sad that even in developed countries there is such malice by police instead of professionalism! The freed man is also an encouragement to many who have been maliced,disappointed by many ,not live in depression and bitter ness but instead to rise again the next day as the sun! -the Best