After finding his doppelganger, Kansas City man is freed from prison

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twitter email Richard Jones speaks on his experience after being exonerated on aggravated robbery charges nearly 17 years after being arrested. Toriano Porter The Kansas City Star

Richard Jones speaks on his experience after being exonerated on aggravated robbery charges nearly 17 years after being arrested. Toriano Porter The Kansas City Star

not_working_at_all on June 10th, 2017 at 18:07 UTC »

Jones became the focus of the investigation after his picture was picked out of a police database three months after the crime by a man who was admittedly on drugs during his only encounter with Jones

Not only was it eye witness testimony only, it was eyewitness testimony from a guy on drugs? And the defendant had an alibi that put him in another state? What the fuck!

PM_ME_YIFFY_STUFF on June 10th, 2017 at 18:03 UTC »

Jesus, 17 years in prison for a crime you didn't commit? All for sharing a resemblance with the guy who actually did it? Pretty fucked up. So much for justice being blind. All they had to go on was a description and that was enough to put him away for up to 19 years.

BornIn1142 on June 10th, 2017 at 17:53 UTC »

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help Jones as he adjusts to freedom.

Fucking hell, Kansas, give this man a few million?