YES, It CAN Happen to YOU
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Do you know where this man is now? Meet Reginald Glenn. He is in a Texas prison, sentenced to TWENTY years for a crime he did not commit. How did this happen, you ask? Unfortunately this couple (in the photo you see) experienced some troubles and their marriage ended in divorce.
A few years later he met a woman online named Jocelyn Diad. She seemed wonderful and caring and eventually she moved to Houston. Little did Reginald know that Jocelyn was not what she seemed. Infact she was a known con artist - too bad he didn’t know this.
She had told him that she was expecting a settlement from a court case and what ensued was a terrible whirlwind of events that left her at large with an outstanding warrant for her arrest and Reginald not knowing what was happening - completely bewildered. He had been conned by this woman - his new wife - and was left holding the bag on criminal charges…she had stolen money in a highly complicated scheme, unbeknownst to Reginald.
He tried to cooperate with the authorities when he found out what was happening. But before you knew it he was in front of Judge Devon Anderson, and was represented by a lawyer that seemed none too interested in defending him competently. The Judge found him guilty based on something she FELT instead of the facts presented - which showed mistakes made by various parties involved - none of which were on Reginald’s part - except that he trusted someone who turned out to be a con artist. Last February he was convicted and handed down a heavy sentence.
TWENTY YEARS. Which means for the rest of his life, basically. No prior involvement with the law whatsoever, a tax paying, law abiding, and hard working man. Clearly the victim of a constitutional rights violation.
Think this couldn’t happen to you? Well this man is proof that it can. How many other innocent people are in prison?
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