so i was powerless before august 28th of this year. so now we have this law that allowed me to bring the claim and then prove it before a judge. you did that. the governor did not has not pardoned mr. strickland. in fact, the attorney general challenged you in court. it seems weird. why is that happening? what s behind that? i don t know how to explain that. i ll probably have to have years behind me to better understand why someone with the same duty that i have, the same oath that i have, the same prosecutorial obligations that i have, governed by the aba like both of us are as lawyers, but state lawyers. we have all of those same qualities, but only one of us went forward to free mr. strickland as the evidence
somehow, inspired the jury, dehumanize ahmed arbery, talking about his hygiene and that he was not a victim, that this would somehow resonate with the jurors. i would have to believe, given the verdict, that a result was just the opposite. these jurors took their duty seriously, and i think that the defense overplayed that hand, including all the shenanigans over the black, so-called black urging members. so that hurt them at the end. i think when they will find out certainly when the jurors are interview that it did hurt them. and mark i want to take you back to some of the that i mentioned earlier, and that was the citizens arrest law. which georgia repealed. which was used to defend those who killed all berry. how do you feel? how to police feel about these vigilantes, you think? first off, i think that there s a certain discomfort with referring to these
the light of murder of ahmaud arbery. unfortunately georgia is the only state in the country dismantled the citizens arrest law. it is a 1863 law that came about in light of having citizens recover slaves that escaped. that doesn t apply today. it needs to be looked at so people don t feel they need to take the law in their own hands and putting themselves in danger and others. i think the ahmaud arbery case begs the question and raised the question for state lawmakers in this country. ck, even though there s conversation surrounding the trials there is less conversation of the cases that never get to trial and brings me to jackie johnson, first prosecutor to get the case. she s been indicted for allegedly stopping police from arresting mcmichael and others. how unusual is that? is it important? does it tell us something?
who marched, those who pray, most of all, the ones who prayed. yes, lord. thank you, god. thank you. i don t want to see no daddy watch their kid get shot down like that. so it s all our problem. so hey, let s keep fighting and making this a better place for all human beings. i tell you all, we we we, together, did this. we all together, black, white, activists, faith members, lawyers, prosecutors, we did this together! we said, america, we will make us better than what we saw in that video.me we did this together. the naacp released a statement today noting the generations of black people in this country, dating back to its founding, back to emancipation, back to the first citizen s arrest law,
also by that same legislation that passed this law. they could follow up with changing this, so not just that small portion of those people through dna could receive a small amount of money. but folks like mr. strickland should also be paid for this wrong that happened to him. there s the university of michigan law school has a list of the longest known exonerated incarcerations in the united states. i believe this is missouri s longest. he hasn t been added yet. but when his name is added to this scroll, he will be in the top ten. it s something. we know about wrongful imprisonment. we continue to learn of people who are wrongfully imprisoned. we have people who fight on their behalf. but this is something. when you think about 42 years,