Gerarda Cabanillas spent 28 years in prison for a rape, robbery and kidnapping he didn’t commit. Now, thanks to DNA evidence, he’s free. KNBC’s Bailey Miller reports.
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There’s something seriously wrong with the American justice system. This happens too often
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How sick this happens
Wow they took literally half of his life if not more!! What a garbage cop and ,who pays now ? Tax payers! That cop should be charged and the others that falsely put him in .let’s see how they feel when they are falsely accused ..sad story with at least positive ending .
I would like to watch his trial.
People of color have been going through this for years. Those cops who do this should be held accountable.
California owes this man 28 million dollar for each year he sent in prison .
This makes me so sad, our justice system needs to questioned when innocent people are in jail. Even if it’s just a few people, if the evidence doesn’t match there shouldn’t be a conviction. There shouldn’t be coercion. It’s just so sad. I’m glad these people took his case and he is free, but can the injustice ever be righted…. I hope he has a full lifetime of happiness ahead of him and those who imprisoned him unjustly feel that weight for the rest of their lives
That guy deserves 10 million dollars, and for the lead detective that sealed his fate to serve 28 year’s in the same dungeon
Land of the free. Yeah right. For some people sure. But for others, lock up first, then decades later, freedom and a half assed apology with pittance and a bus pass.
Sorry ain’t gonna mean anything…wow
Many such cases.
Sue them
Court system is messed up
That detective need to be jailed for what he did
To bad they can’t search back who was the officer that arrested them and sentenced them for the same time, Welcome to America 🇺🇸
And did he get millions of dollars paid to him for unjustly taking is life away?
Oh this is so sad “today”but may your days forward be blessed with overwhelmingly happiness. God bless you and your family🙏🙏🙏🙏✝️✝️✝️✝️💯💯💯💯💞💞💞💞
Almost 30years! I was born 1998 now I’m 25 ❤God bless this man and his humbleness ❤
Those detectives need to end up in prison and he needs to be paid a huge amount of money and that money needs to come from those detectives.
The clips or coverage of these stories never go viral but Lebron James, any Kardashian is viral and is less important. This poor guy an his family
I just saw 3 other cases of wrongful convictions. One for 48 years ,18 years ,34 years ,and this ine 30 years. And you know what they all have in common? They are 2 Latinos and 2 Black men. How many others are in there and are innocent? I can’t believe they all were in there for so long. They deserve more than a “sorry”.
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That’s BS it’s sicking how law inforcement can do what ever they want it’s so sad but very SCARY… This could be anyone’s son ,father grandson , husband and just human being ……
Ooh I smell a biiiiiiig payout coming….. However many million, still can’t bring back those missed life experiences. Good luck to you sir.
He should file a lawsuit against the state or PD for 30 years he’s not getting back 😢
It’s sad that this happened with no evidence. The detectives need to be the ones rotting in jail.
28 years to prove his innocence via DNA evidence even though that method has been available for a few decades now? This is BS! Compensate this man with zero taxes for the rest of his life and enough money to enjoy whatever life he has left. Sad man
How can the law make a mistake like this. What could he have been if was free. Someone’s whole life wasted.
Making a murderer 2.0
We have all heard what happens to rapists in prison. Can you imagine what torture he had to indure in prison? 30 years of being scared for your life. Probably many attacks from other prisoners.
That is awesome he got out,
he should get 1 million per year for each year he was wrongfully jailed. Maybe more. It should be 5 million per year. Yes 5 million per year.
Props to the woman staying by his side too.
The justice system in this country is such bologna
Man.. how can you Apologize to a man you locked up for 28yrs without any Evidence. He pretty much lost his Young life to an error in the system. Now it’s time to find that Interrupting officer and lock him up.
Dude!!
Is he going to get compensated monetarily?
Where is the real perpetrator dad
If you are wrongfully imprisoned you should be paid atleast 10 thousand dollars a day! Minimum! Anyone that disagrees has never been in jail or prison.
This is exactly why the death penalty should be abolished. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Will the “investigators” and prosecutors that putt him there, get any form of punishment? Or will they go scottfree without any consequence?
Imma going to sue everyone and everything that i can
That’s sad asf! But ge Gon be rich now. God blessed .
Punishment for those responsible should be had
Give him $28,000,000. One million per each year he deserves.
Infuriating. Perhaps the “investigators” who put him in prison should serve 28 years for the crimes they’ve committed.
And now what? Just “usted perdone” I’m sorry like they do here in Mèxico, come on! They give money in USA.
OMG. I would rather DIE than confess to something I did NOT do. Justice is surely blind. He must have had NO representation, and at such a young age was very frightened.
They owe that man a lot
They need to pay that man for the rest of his life for demolishing his life
He needs to file suit and give him a few million $ for restitution of a false imprisonment.
These things are good enough!! I know there are more in prison just like him!! Give him his massive check and let him start his life. He’s lost his whole life.
The left out the part of how much the government and police department are going to award him. He must be made a millionaire now
My goodness what a sad terrible conviction
I pray he lives the most wonderful life ever ❤❤❤❤
Whoever was responsible for false statements and covering up his innocence should be sentenced to the same time at the same place. And he should be awarded millions.
I hope he sues the crap out of this police department..
So your whole young life gone.
It’s that a $50 million payout? Better be to at least try and make things right.
He should be compensated for 28 years of missed income. So at least the remainder of his days can be spent free of worry.
How does it take almost 30 years to free an innocent man?, because the system says one thing and does another, innocent until proven guilty is not the reality.
So the real criminal got away and they better pay that man $5,000,000 for all that pain & suffering
Being a black man I understand where he’s coming from and this always happened to us
I would sue for 28 mill theres no way they didn’t break some of his right to incarcerate him for that long
Lawsuits don’t work! The individuals that enable this need to suffer directly!
Like think about all the world events and life he missed because of this? Wow.
He was convicted the year I was born…
They forgot the part “He is also a Millionaire with the case he is about to win”.
Put those people to the jail for 28 years caused to make this DNA test process so slow. They are who really deserved it
Did they put the DNA in the system to find the real bad guy?
This poor guy got robbed thirty years of his life. He deserves major reparations. Everyone that failed this poor should be sued for every last penny. How do you convict someone with no concrete evidence at ALL? Absolutely useless.
He should get some sort of restitution from the system for this 🙏
There something I do not understand about your justice system, how can a person be jailed without a matching evidence and you guys says we are in democracy…what is that? I can’t comprehend it in any way. Is it same old badness or what? Just asking.
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Poor Guy. NO AMOUNT of money can make up for time lost. NONE whatsoever
@nbc I think you mean Gerardo not Gerarda.
You can never get that time back never hopefully that cop I mean pig can get those years and he better be Sueing 💰 he needs every much
I am hurting right now,,,,how many more lives are being destroyed as we speak😮😢
And no consequences for making a man’s life a living nightmare.
Another failure of the American justice system.
I know everybody always says I have nothing to hide when talking to the police. And I have nothing against police officers. But this is the exact reason why you do not ever talk to a police officer without a lawyer present! Hopefully this was a hard lesson that he learned. We have this thing called the Constitution. Nobody uses it. I know you don’t want to seem like that you’re somebody who hates the police, but that’s not what this means. You actually love the police and you love the law. This is why you do not speak to them without a lawyer present.
That just means the real person of this crime. 30 years ago is still possibly free. But not to worry one day the real suspect will die and he will stand in judgment before the ultimate judge like everyone will. How are you doing that day? Have you always bear witness to the truth of moral reality?
Wow.
Please be quiet about your gods and your blessings. There is no god – this case alone proves it.
Awesome
I believe any person who wrongfully accuses anyone of any crime. Should have to do the time that person did or was facing. It’s so easy to ruin someone’s life over lying.. good for this man, but that conviction overturn won’t bring them years back..
She the state and police for 30 million dollars
Imagine being convicted without proof. Best Justice system from the most “advanced” country in the world!
I wasn’t even born yet when this man wad arrested.. I hope he find’s peace and live’s a good life.
This is one of the reasons I oppose the death penalty. The other reason is i believe jail to be a far worse punishment.
Regardless out of all the money you can get it whoever was involved with the sentencing should be fired maybe even a fine cause no matter what the thing more valuable than life itself is time we never get it back what would happen to a regular person shouldn’t be different
CA better pay him 1 million per year he spend in prison
May God bless and keep him always.
Sad he was wrongfully convicted. Happy to see he is finally free.
Hope he gets some compensation for all that lost time
Never answer anything without an attorney
SUE they a**
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Wow they really rushed that through. Well this helps avoid embarrassing anyone who worked the case.
Cops SHOULD NOT NOT NOT be allowed to LIE, through their teeth, to vulnerable young people!!! THIS is a despicable, dishonourable, disgusting thing. An utter failure of THAT COURT and, THAT PROSECUTOR.
Soooo happy you are finally free, yea!!!! God bless you, seek legal advice!!!
One word, two syllables: Law-yer!
A lot of innocent in prison 😡🤬
To all those Trump fans who say there is a two tiered justice system, you’re right. Where you’re wrong is the idea that Republicans get treated worse than Democrats. The REAL two tiered justice system is people of color and/or the poor get treated worse than the rich, powerful, and usually white. Those are just the facts. This story is a perfect example.