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I met dontae as a duke law student. i had started in the wrongful convictions clinic and, as a part of the clinic, you are assigned a client. when i first met him, he would ve already been in prison for 16 years. in dontae s case, he received offers of plea deals throughout his time of incarceration, and at each turn along the way, he declined because the plea deal required him to say that he had done something that he had not done, to admit to a crime that he was not guilty of. some innocent people have been coerced, have been tricked, have been scared into it, and some just got tired and took a plea bargain, said they did something they didn t do, and i never could understand them. he was saying, i am not going to allow this system ....
Can i get my freedom? something that was given to me by god that you mistakenly took from me? hey, how are you doing? all right, all right? right here, the police pulled up right here. this exact spot, right here. they jump out. what s up, man? and they were like, dontae, we ve got a warrant. i said, a warrant for what? he said, murder. i said, murder? man, y all tripping, man. :y all cray. i said, don t worry, i didn t do nothing. like this, slapped them handcuffs on me. that was the last time. that was the last time i was outside. this is where i got locked up at. i remember the first day i pulled up to the prison. then that gate, zshhh boom. ....
Watching my dad be a grandad, you can tell he s been. ..trying to make up for me. in her eyes, she wanted him here. she just became angry. ..and, you know.been angry ever since about it. you know, i always let her know, if he could get out to be here with you, he would. wanda, wanda, wanda, wanda. yeah, itold her to go on with her life. i had a life sentence for something i didn t do. you know, i had to let her go. i had planned on not ever, you know, being with anyone i was with before. you know, that dontae dead. honestly, that dontae dead. i was not expecting him to come home to me. i always said it, you know, i always told people, ....
So while dontae was locked up, the real killer was still- walking around greenville. it was a travesty of justice and it took 26 years to make it partially right. the day that dontae got released was in greenville. it was, you know, in his hometown. his whole family was there. theresa newman and spencer parris, who put on that case, did a phenomenaljob presenting the evidence. do you solemnly swear the testimony given to the court in this session shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god? charlenejohnson, she testified again in front ofjudge ....
The sign behind me behind my head says pardon dontae sharpe now. that is past tense because dontae has been pardoned. i want to thank everybody, every petition, person, everybody, who did anything, the bbc that did the documentary. today is a beautiful day in north carolina forjustice. it is a beautiful day for dontae sharpe and his family. it is a day that is so well deserved. i m going to have so many. a surprise. a pardon of actual innocence, it lifts the burden off of my shoulders and my family s shoulders. just god bless everybody that helped me get from prison to this point of my life. ....