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Suspect Convictions

30: Injustice in Baltimore

Suspect Convictions

Kast Media

Society & Culture, Government, News

4.2802 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Lesley Vass was convicted of an armed robbery he did not commit. After a decade in prison, he proved his innocence. His is a tale of perseverance, courage and disappointment.

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0:46.9

He was 17 and the charge was armed robbery and they put him into adult court.

0:56.0

I think that if he'd been in juvenile court, he would have gotten better representation,

1:03.4

and people would have heard his story better.

1:06.5

So I think that would have made a huge difference.

1:13.2

Like it was funny.

1:15.1

He laughed.

1:15.8

He actually laughed like it was a joke.

1:18.6

And he said, niggas, you're going to serve that 20 years.

1:25.2

The first time I went up for parole, I was told that for me to be parole, one of the requirements

1:32.6

is that I had to explain to them to the parole commission, what happened in the commission

1:37.7

of my crime and how do I feel about what I did? I said, well, I didn't commit this crime.

1:45.1

I didn't do this.

1:48.6

When one thinks of Baltimore,

1:50.8

you might think of Francis Scott Key and the Star-Spangled Banner

1:52.2

or the world-renowned John Hopkins Medical Center.

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