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Ramad Chatman, a 24-year-old man was found not guilty by a jury of his peers but will serve seven years in prison. That’s American Justice for black people. He was wrongfully convicted of breaking and entering for stealing a television worth $120. It was his first offense , but he  was sentenced to five years’ probation,because…you know why. Later, he was a suspect in a convenience store robbery in 2014 and he didn’t even know about it. Never was arrested for that. In 2015 he found out that he was accused of a crime he did not commit and decided to go to the police to explain everything, but he ended up in jail. WHILE THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE HE DID ANYTHING. 

So Chatman went to trial. Jury found him not guilty, but it seems like the judge really wanted him in jail… Judge revoked Chatman’s probation and sent him to jail. Now Chatman must sit in prison until 2022.

He is a victim, not a criminal.