make mel inspired a movement. he s been wronged by the criminal justice system for a decade now. evwin his first post-prison interview, he tells his powerful story. have you seen somebody with their brains blown out? i ve seen it multiple times. he has this energy about him. sentenced to prison for a probation violation. it s like mental torture. it s effecting him like my life. it affects all of us. i m still doing time for that case. he violated, he got a stuff sentence. what s wrong with that. we take you inside his emotional journey to freedom. we re there for every step. kevin hart, jay-z, owner of the patriots. i feel like god put me in the position to be the voice for the voiceless. this is way more bigger than me. hello and welcome to dateline. countless young musicians dream of fame and fortune. meek mill was living the fantasy. he went from rapping on street corners to rubbing elbows with some of the biggest names in hip-hop. then sudd
to get ready. and that s when, at about 3 pm, he got the call, the pennsylvania supreme court had just issued a ruling in meeks case. coming up, an emotional day in the fight for freedom. we only got, i never been more excited in my life. when dateline continues. voltaren. the joy of movement. ugh-stipated. feeling weighed down by a backedup gut the joy of movement. miralax is different. it works naturally with the water in your body to unblock your gut. .free your gut. and your mood will follow. as with happening fears when
make mel inspired a movement. he s been wronged by the criminal justice system for a decade now. evwin his first post-prison interview, he tells his powerful story. have you seen somebody with their brains blown out? i ve seen it multiple times. he has this energy about him. sentenced to prison for a probation violation. it s like mental torture. it s effecting him like my life. it affects all of us. i m still doing time for that case. he violated, he got a stuff sentence. what s wrong with that. we take you inside his emotional journey to freedom. we re there for every step. kevin hart, jay-z, owner of the patriots. i feel like god put me in
there was a problem with the search warrant or the circumstances didn t play out exactly as was written in the police documentation. he absolutely denies? absolutely denies. february 2018 meeks legal team filed a motion based on the new information, they asked judge brinkley to toss mcneill s conviction and grant him bail. even the district attorney s office agreed the conviction should be overturned, but judge brinkley who d overseen meeks case for over a decade deny the motion for bail. and set a date for a hearing. meek would remain in prison. it s something that i ve never seen a judge do. one of meeks lawyers s judge tacopino, he says the judge has become a big part of the problem for meek. he thinks the rules were designed to make meek fail promotion, again and again. there is one occasion where he
description. only one witness testified against meek. reggie graham, the arresting officer. when meek took the stand, he admitted he had a gun but denied pointing it at anyone and he also denied selling drugs the day before his arrest. meek has always professed his innocence. was this meek s word against a police officer s word? is that what it came down to? it really did. it was a bench trial and a one-witness case. and obviously they returned a verdict. the trial lasted a day. and robert williams, aka meek mill prosecutors asked for 5 to 10 years in prison, but judge put wrinkly gave him a break, she