VA - Wrongfully Convicted: An Innocent Man Speaks Out - 0 views
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anonymous on 06 Feb 14"A new report out this week from NBC estimates 2,000 people have been sent to prison over the past twenty years, for crimes they didn't commit. That's exactly what happened to a local man, who served four years before finally being freed, and able to come home to Panama City. Johnathon Montgomery finds simple joy in taking a walk his mom, Mishia. His quiet life was taken away in an instant back in 2007. "I was working a double at Flapjacks" says Montgomery, as he remembers the day everything changed. "I came home to my mom's house, we were living on Missouri Avenue at that point, and I got a knock on the door. Lynn Haven police arrested me, said they had a warrant out for my arrest." The police told him he was wanted for a crime in Virginia, which took Montgomery by surprise. "I didn't know what was going on." says Montgomery. "Virginia? I hadn't lived in Virginia for years!" Montgomery was arrested for rape. He thought it must be a mix up, or a case of mistaken identity. He went to Virginia to clear his name. "That's when it all fell apart," he says."