Not guilty. Ah, and Vincent Simmons has been sitting for forty three years in prison as an innocent man. After spending forty four years wrongfully imprisoned, a man has finally won back his freedom. But the women who put him there show absolutely no remorse. Back in nineteen seventy seven, Vincent Simmons was just taking a walk walk through a park when police arrested him. Out of nowhere. He was taken along with six other men for a lineup. Simmons was the only one in handcuffs, and tragically, he was the one the girls picked. Turns out to fourteen year old white twins Karen and Sharon Sanders had claimed that two weeks earlier, a black man had assaulted them on a remote backroad. They said they met a boy PAC man at a bar while hanging out with their cousin Keith Laborde and offered him a ride. They claimed that after getting into the car, the man pulled a knife, forced them into the trunk and then attack them. When police asked the twins to describe the man's appearance, they couldn't give any real details. Instead, they said all black men looked the same. Simmons was dragged into an interrogation room where he was brutally assaulted. Still in handcuffs, he was shoved to the ground and kicked in the head by detectives. When he tried to stand up, Deputy Robert Laborde shot him in the chest, missing his heart by just inches. At trial, despite there being no fingerprints, no DNA, And despite Simmons having an alibi backed by multiple witnesses, he was still found guilty. The jury dismissed all of his witnesses just because they had minor infractions like littering, parking tickets or disorderly conduct. In the end, Simmons was sentenced to one hundred years in prison with no chance of parole. While locked up, Simmons never stopped fighting to prove his innocence. Starting in nineteen seventy seven, he filed motion after motion asking to see evidence related to his case. But every recur West was denied. It wasn't until nineteen ninety three, sixteen years later, that he finally got copies of the hidden documents. Those files revealed shocking facts. Medical reports showed Sharon Sanders's hymen was intact and neither of the twins had any bruises or signs of physical assault. Real story, The twins live trying to cover up inappropriate behavior with their cousin. Finally, in twenty twenty two, at seventy years old, Vincent Simmons walked free. No apology, no compensation, Only his lawyer, Justin Bonus, gripping his hand and telling him Three, You free up your brain, You're done. Meanwhile, the people responsible for stealing nearly half a century of his life said, We still have our anxiety. We're still harbored depressions. We still have our fingers. A twenty five year old man lost forty four years of his life because of a stranger's lie. Should the cops the Judge the jury and those twin sisters be held accountable for ruining his life. Tell us what you think in the comments. Share, believe, inspire blacks, be.