"I couldn't give up" says sister of wrongfully-convicted man | Forensic Files

got it yeah open up the treasure chest wow she did a lot of work this is the whole transcript from your trial
just all of these 1 2 3 4 5 6 seven eight books 3,000 pages and the reason that these tabs is in here because I
would pick it up and try to see if I can figure out all the lies that they told so I will write when they had they clo
and arguments about the clothes that they supposedly wore I even separated it by uh when they
purchased the gas W step by step so all of these little stickies represent where
I think they told a lie in my opinion so I can always go back and reference so at
night sometime I just would pick it up and try to read it and go back over and that will give me my strength
to keep going and keep fighting but this is all 16 years of your life this is the flyer that I would
put folded up and take them to the malls to churches and this is what I said is it justice or just us and it has things
on there like the DNA results return Negative they knew as far as April of 90 that the DNA didn't match it because
they put it in the paper wow let me see that y they knew all the time was it justice or just
us this is another genetic test failed to link five accused men with evidence wow see that there's all the
proof they need right there genetic test failed and this is as far as 2 May 8th 2007 DNA sample show hair on victim
sweater doesn't match convicts the hair they said was mine the hair they said it was yours I'm in all I
mean I'm in shock this is is is is it though she turned into an attorney these were the petitions that
we presented to judge Richard morat for your sentence in hearing so we presented
this to the judge and it was asking them to not sentence my brother for something
that he didn't do so I got got more of these got packages and packages of these every
January I will write to the Govern and every talk show host to see if they can get a response
well look guys I send you I send me a picture and they would send little notes to say to keep on fighting with the
struggle I even started keeping stuff of other rapes cuz I was trying to compare
her the situations and how the manner they said people were being raped and you were still locked up and they were still
doing it in the same manner and for them to call it a copycat it was just wrong it's all right
now baby it's all right now God be the glory y great things he's doing and he's done
I couldn't give up I couldn't give up you didn't you didn't give up

Roosevelt Glenn's sister, Renitta, and brother-in-law Lorenzo show Glenn all the files they kept throughout the years as they fought for his freedom

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Brief Summary

A guest recounts her fight against wrongful conviction, detailing trial lies and DNA evidence that exonerates her brother.

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The Fight for Justice. A deep dive into the struggle against wrongful conviction and the quest for truth.
Unraveling Lies. An emotional recount of discovering the truth behind the accusations.

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Is it justice or just us?

A poignant question reflecting on fairness.

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