Roosevelt Myles: The Shawshank Redemption Case

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How can somebody be held up in prison for something there isn’t exactly proof of them doing? Roosevelt Myles was given the chance for another court hearing over a decade ago. Miles claims that he is not found guilty...could he be a so called “Shawshank Redemption Case”? Later investigation revealed that there has been at least 51 people who has accused Detective Guevara of wrongly framing them of murders. Myles says he got beat by a flashlight and phone book by Detective Anthony Wojcik while two other detective stood watching and didn’t stop what was taking place. The only person who could have proven that Myles was not at the place of the murder on that day has passed away. Unless you count the girlfriend of the man who was murdered. She was

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