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Bladevampirek
11:19 PMOct 29 2009
i'm glad they are friends nowTake Care , God Bless..
CWatson466
06:41 PMMar 22 2009
This story gives us HOPE! How wrongful accusations can put innocent ones in jail is a reflection on our faulty justice system as well as blame on over-zealots who want to believe their own deceptions. And what a beautiful example of healing and forgiveness between the accuser who meant well and the one who suffered unjustly in prison. There are MANY more in prison who are innocent AND convicted by a system that has more money to spend than the typical American living paycheck to paycheck and no money saved up for this kind of trouble! Please visit our experience:http://wrongfullyaccusedinusa.blogspot.com/
ZmanNYC
05:52 PMMar 14 2009
should've been the handful of black women who are raped by white men annually, not just black women who are raped.
ZmanNYC
05:50 PMMar 14 2009
Figures the racist, anti-white liberal media would cover THIS story, while ignoring the thousands and thousands of white women who ARE raped by black men. Or , perhaps they should do a story on the handful of black women who are raped annually in this country. That figure can be counted in single digits. Now that would be good reporting. This is the only country in history that would allow it's racial majority to be the scapegoat.
Loletaguy
12:58 PMMar 12 2009
Cactusj8 09:35 PMMar 10 2009 Loletaguy 09:31 PMMar 10 2009 Perroquet5one 09:20 PMMar 10 2009 Swayed by a pretty blonde bitch! Sue her, she should be sent to prison for falsely accusing him. This is just wrong!********* You are implying she did it on purpose, that is far from the case. Yeah, it was horrible what happened to him, and he is a wonderful, forgiving person, but, no resaon to punish her, it was NEVER her intent to send the WRONG person to prison...hence the difference.@@@@@And now you will say that it is not your fault for hating Viet Nam Vets for 40 yerars.***What the hell are you talking about? Your comment has nothing to do with mine, and, for your information, you uninformed moron, I was in the Navy for 8 years during the Viet Nam war!
MandiiiiiCakes
11:50 PMMar 12 2009
Wow, this is absolutely a breath of fresh air after all of the negative racial comments I've seen on AOL lately. To see a black man and white woman, sitting together on a bench, smiling and being friends, especially after all they've been through, especially the poor guy... this just really uplifts my soul. I think it's terrible that he had to serve time for a crime that he didn't commit, but he seems to have gotten over it and forgiven her for her mistake. I think it's really nice that they're friends now. They should be an inspiration to people everywhere. And this part:"Now, Thompson and Cotton are friends and have written a new book together on their story, called 'Picking Cotton.'" ---- made me LOL really loud! xD Congrats to both of you for being an inspiration to others! Racism needs to DIE!
Myrtlestong
08:45 PMMar 11 2009
To so easily forgive what happened to him even to the point of becoming friends with this woman makes Cotton an extraordinary man. Hope these two speak out LOUDER and more often, we all need to be reminded of how easy it is to point the finger at the wrong person and what that can do to someone else's life.
LKLEX
06:01 PMMar 10 2009
Ronald Cotton endured more than a decade of LIVING HELL and the TERRIBLE STING OF INJUSTICE as the direct result of being identified by Jennifer Thompson as the perpetrator of a crime he did not commit. Tragically, as reflected by the DNA exonerations, Mr. Cotton's case is by no means unique. Indeed, countless male Americans, like Ronald Cotton, have LOST PRECIOUS YEARS OF FREEDOM because of a flawed justice system that often supports women who falsely or mistakenly accuse men of sexual assault. To bestow forgiveness upon the accuser can lessen the stigma and guilt that SHOULD flow from causing the wrongful conviction and imprisonment of another human being. Forgiving and not prosecuting the false accuser in the much-publicized rape case involving members of the Duke lacrosse team has surely emboldened other women to similarly falsely accuse and victimize other men. While some may find freedom in forgiveness, SOMETIMES FORGIVENESS CAN HURT MORE THAN HEAL.
ErinBliss
04:56 PMMar 10 2009
If only we could all be so generous of spirit when asked for forgiveness. His example brings tears to my eyes. I also feel sorry for this woman. What a horrible guilt on top of all the pain and suffering she experienced. This is NOT a racist issue. This is an issue of people being poor eye witnesses. DNA cannot lie. Eyewitnesses can make mistakes.
Kanamartin
04:35 PMMar 10 2009
Rstroups-Civil rights movement - Jim Crow - freedman laws - black codes - reconstruction - Civil war............damn all these lead back to slavery! I'm glad you can see the connection! Through all of this time from Civil war to the Civil rights Movement, show me paperwork or thousands f crimes prosecuted and convicted against whites for the crimes against blacks?
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