Richard Anthony Jones spent almost 20 years in prison for a crime he said he never did. Back in 1999, someone robbed a woman outside a Walmart in Roeland Park, Kansas. The robber took her phone, and she got hurt when she fell down and scraped her knees. Because she got hurt, the case became a serious robbery charge. Jones got blamed for it and was sent to prison for 19 years, even though he said he was somewhere else when it happened.
When the robbery took place, Jones was at a party for his girlfriend’s birthday. According to CNN, several people at the party saw him there. The next day, he stayed home with his girlfriend to watch movies and clean up after the party. But the people who saw the robbery pointed at Jones and said he did it. The jury believed them, and Jones went to prison. Having a criminal record from before probably made things worse for him.
