put me in my room. somebody dipping in my case. i m done. two weeks later, melton agreed to speak with us again. the last time we talked to you, you kind of got a little angry. yeah. what was that about? it was about, like, i felt that they went to other co-defendants to get questions to ask me, like as if i had did the rape, basically accusing me. you know? i got accused. so, yes. i got upset. several weeks earlier, melton was placed in disciplinary segregation for fighting in his maximum security general population unit. he s now eligible to return to general population but has requested to remain in segregation. classification comes in 30 days. they ask you if you want to move. i say no because i m going to trial. i d rather have the concentration down here. so i don t move. besides working on his case, melton has one other way to pass time. usually, like growing up, i
identify melton. they had a party that night. so he went to the party. so they can all identify him being there. and then when she seen his body build, she oh, yeah, he was tall, skinny, this and this and that. what does the victim say about you? what was your role? the victim didn t say anything about me. what did the victim say? the victim said she was raped, but she didn t say i raped her. she didn t it s like this. the victim said they didn t see anybody. what was her description? because she gave a description of the person who raped her. correct? somebody dipping in my case? i think we re done here. put me in my room. somebody dipping in my case. i m done. come get this mike off. i m done with this [ bleep ]. [ bleep ] off me. white people, man.
innocence. he has voluntarily spent the past seven months in a sparse segregation cell preparing for trial. but now there has been a major development. and melton is headed back to general population. after nearly a year of proclaiming his innocence, melton has changed his plea. now that i ve already pled guilty i m going to go to prison. so i don t want to be over there until i ride it out. so i just came over here. what made you decide to plead guilty? more evidence was, at the last minute, was brought up against me. so i decided to swallow my pride on some of the charges i didn t do for sure and take the plea, you know. pled no contest. fight it on appeal. what did you plead to exactly? i pled guilty to all charges except csc. i pled no contest to that, those three charges. are you saying that you were
suspect, rederick melton, pled not guilty and is taking his case to trial. none of the victims were able to i.d. me at the scene or the party. there is no dna evidence against me, there are no fingerprints against me. there is no actual physical evidence against me. on a scale from 1 to 10, i m at a 9. about being found innocent. i know, the lord knows, i didn t do this. he ll judge me. i know justice will be served. when you say justice will be served, tell me what that means to you. me going home. you know? the truth coming out. showing that people are lying. you know? perjury. lying under oath. but all of melton s co-defendants are on record saying melton played a key role, that he not only participated in
michigan department of corrections for a term not less than 18 or more than 40 years. and then consecutive to that, you are to serve on home invasion first degree, sentence of not less than seven, no more than 20 years. and then finally consecutive to home invasion first degree, criminal sexual conduct first degree, serve on the second home invasion not less than 18, no more than 40 years with the michigan department of corrections. the judge has sentenced melton to a total of 43 to 100 years in state prison. then it s on to the others. three counts of criminal sexual conduct first degree, a term of not less than 18, no more than 40 years. a term of not less than 20, no more than 40 years. your guidelines are higher, mr. townes, based on your prior