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Ask HN: Just got an innocent man out of prison. What now?

510 点作者 ClintEhrlich将近 9 年前
Hi, I&#x27;m Clint Ehrlich, a hacker&#x2F;law student who helped get an innocent man released from prison. I&#x27;m here on HN asking for advice about how to help my new friend get back on his feet.<p>A year ago, I saw a Dateline NBC episode about an Iraq-war vet, Sgt. Ray Jennings, who allegedly killed an 18-year-old girl in a parking lot. The evidence didn&#x27;t persuade me, so my dad and I started our own investigation.<p>We wrote a 34-page letter to the DA&#x27;s office, which you can read here: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ehrlichfirm.com&#x2F;criminal-cases&#x2F;raymond-lee-jennings-case.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ehrlichfirm.com&#x2F;criminal-cases&#x2F;raymond-lee-jennin...</a> The letter persuaded them to reopen the murder investigation.<p>Last week, after 11 years behind bars, Ray walked out of court a free man. But he was released onto the street with no resources. Do any of the great minds at HN have any ideas about how I can help him get money for housing, food, and clothes?<p>The most obvious answer is litigation. And in a year or two, Ray will probably receive some compensation from the State. Unfortunately, there&#x27;s no way to access those funds in time to cover his immediate expenses.<p>In the future, Ray also may be able to earn some income talking about his story. Unfortunately, the charges against him won&#x27;t be formally dismissed for another 2 months, and until then he is understandably reticent about speaking publicly.<p>I have set up a GoFundMe campaign. It did well, but momentum has stalled. I&#x27;d appreciate any recommendations about how or where to promote it:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gofundme.com&#x2F;RayJennings" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gofundme.com&#x2F;RayJennings</a><p>Thanks for your help. I&#x27;m sorry that I was a bit caustic in previous posts asking for help with this case. I contacted the Mods, and they encouraged me to try again with a different approach.

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bcks将近 9 年前
Since you&#x27;re in Los Angeles, you might try reaching out to Homeboy Industries: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.homeboyindustries.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.homeboyindustries.org&#x2F;</a><p>They specialize in helping get folks back on their feet with job training. They have a bakery program, a line of salsa, solar panel installation training, etc. They hire ex-gang and previously incarcerated men and women.<p>Disclosure: I have enjoyed the salsa.
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costcopizza将近 9 年前
Churches.<p>I currently tutor a formerly homeless man whom I met through an Episcopal church.<p>They saw him sleeping outside the front door and took him in. They connected him with low income housing services who found him a subsidized apartment and gave him a job working in the cafeteria of their school.<p>I&#x27;d visit a few parishes and ask friends&#x2F;family who are churchgoing for direction.<p>Best of luck and I hope Ray gets on his feet.
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developer2将近 9 年前
I know this is off topic to the direct question at hand but his case, assuming the talking points found on this page I found[1] are true, is scary. No evidence whatsoever, including fingernail DNA that <i>excluded</i> him? What the actual fuck.<p>&gt;&gt; Mr. Jennings voluntarily submitted to hours of police interviews and interrogations and a polygraph test without objection or legal representation.<p>&gt;&gt; The evidence presented against Jennings at trial... statements and snippets of statements taken from the hours of police interrogation of Jennings which prosecutors said pointed to his guilt<p>It bears reminding, voluntarily speaking to police is <i>NEVER, EVER... EVER!!!</i> the right thing to do. You try to help, but all it does is set you up as a scapegoat. I&#x27;ll do some more searching to find the answer, but all I can think of now is what kind of judge or jury could have <i>possibly</i> convicted this... unless he accepted a plea.<p>&gt;&gt; prosecutors called forensic behavioral consultant, Mark Safarik, who testified that it was his opinion that the crime was a sexually motivated encounter which went bad; this, based on the fact that when found, O’Keefe’s tube top was partially pulled down.<p>A &quot;partially pulled down&quot; tube top means sexual assault?! It couldn&#x27;t be that the attacker simply was grabbing at the victim?<p>&gt;&gt; because a security guard was on duty, it was highly unlikely that any other offender would commit such a crime<p>How does one know whether a particular area is patrolled by security? Does this forensic moron, and the judge listening to this testimony, really think this is relevant?<p>These kinds of horror stories come up again, and again, and again in the US. Just another reason I haven&#x27;t crossed the border to that country in over a decade.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;justiceforray.webs.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;justiceforray.webs.com&#x2F;</a>
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Jemmeh将近 9 年前
Clothing: Thrift stores. Specifically, if you go to the church thrift stores and you say &quot;We are trying to help him get back on his feet&quot; they will often give you a discount and&#x2F;or some clothes for free.<p>Jobs: Side gigs on craigslist. Lawn care, concrete, helping people move...you can look on craigslist and find these. It&#x27;s not perfect, but it&#x27;s -some- cash flow until he can find someone willing to hire.<p>Transportation: There are enough funds to get an old car for probably around $1k or less just to start out. Can resell it later and get something better once he gets more stable. But it will provide transport to side gigs and worst case a roof over his head. I&#x27;ve had to sleep in my car more than a few times.
Mz将近 9 年前
If he is in the LA area, he is not far from San Diego. You can get there by bus, inexpensively, by taking local (commuter) buses instead of the Greyhound. I spent over 3 years homeless down there. Here is my blog about resources in San Diego county: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;sandiegohomelesssurvivalguide.blogspot.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;sandiegohomelesssurvivalguide.blogspot.com&#x2F;</a><p>The North County is cheaper and has more open land for stealthily camping.<p>I also do freelance writing and one of my newest blogs covers that. It is linked from that blog specifically, but here is the direct link: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;writepay.blogspot.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;writepay.blogspot.com&#x2F;</a><p>That doesn&#x27;t mean that what worked for me in specific will work for him in specific, but it is a place to start.<p>If he is a veteran, he may also be entitled to free medical care and access to other military services, though I don&#x27;t know how his conviction impacts that. I believe felons cannot get food stamps, so there may be a lot of things he cannot access until after things are completely cleared up legally. In the mean time, he can go to soup kitchens and the like for a meal.<p>My homeless blog takes the position that an individual&#x27;s agency is incredibly important. A lot of charity is done in a really harmful manner. I am not the only person to have that idea. I recently tripped across a book titled &quot;Toxic Charity.&quot; So I try like hell to blog about what a person can access without having to sell their soul, lose their dignity, give up their agency and so on. That limits what is available, but I think it preserves things that really matter.<p>Best of luck.
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fecak将近 9 年前
I wonder if Dateline would have interest in updating his story, and if there might be any compensation for something like that. I&#x27;m not involved in TV production, but you would think if they had enough interest to report on his conviction (which happens every day) there would be an even better story regarding his release.
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turc1656将近 9 年前
I think sticking with the GoFundMe campaign is probably the best way to go. But since it has stalled, it needs to be reinvigorated through some others means. You need to get the attention of someone in the media who will publish an article on the guy. Multiple articles from different publishers would be ideal. If a few medium to high profile companies put something out there you can definitely meet (and probably exceed) your goal. Think of the influx of donations that would pour in if you made the front page of CNN, MSN, BBC, etc.<p>If you have social media accounts, post the links to your GoFundMe page and the personal website you have listed above out on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Better yet, include them as responses&#x2F;messages directly to accounts held my media corporations because someone at that company is reading them to monitor their PR. And I bet most of the employees subscribe&#x2F;follow that account as well - and they might see it and pick it up. Example - &quot;Hey @MSN, this story needs to be spread. Please help this man get his life back. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;....&quot;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;....&quot;</a><p>I also just made a modest donation in support of this cause.
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danso将近 9 年前
Because of the man&#x27;s relatively common name, it was hard initially to find articles in the mainstream press about his exoneration (at least compared to his 2009 conviction). Here is a recent LA Times article that covers the boilerplate: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.latimes.com&#x2F;local&#x2F;lanow&#x2F;la-me-ln-palmdale-student-killed-20160623-snap-story.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.latimes.com&#x2F;local&#x2F;lanow&#x2F;la-me-ln-palmdale-student...</a>
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pthreads将近 9 年前
How about a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for a self-published book? You two can be co-authors that way people get to read his experiences as well as your investigation.<p>It is an election year. Perhaps you could introduce him to Clinton&#x27;s campaign. They could hire him to do campaign related work (so he has a paycheck) while she can use his story to make a case for reforms in the legal system.
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danso将近 9 年前
I&#x27;ve only just read about the case but from the current vantage point, it looks like a severe fuckup on the part of the district attorney. I know that suspects revealing non-public details of a homicide can lead to an investigation that uncovers more conclusive evidence...but to base an entire case around that, without any other evidence linking them to the crime? I&#x27;m looking forward to reading the post-mortem on how such a case gained enough momentum to drive the DA to prosecute on such flimsy evidence.<p>edit: by &quot;severe&quot; fuckup, I also mean, just plain incomprehensible. At least in other egregious cases, there&#x27;s a mountain of quasi-science [1] or a coerced false confession [2]...if the drama that managed to propel this bumbling case this far forward doesn&#x27;t result in at least a HBO miniseries a few years from now, I will be very surprised.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newyorker.com&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;2009&#x2F;09&#x2F;07&#x2F;trial-by-fire" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newyorker.com&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;2009&#x2F;09&#x2F;07&#x2F;trial-by-fire</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thisamericanlife.org&#x2F;radio-archives&#x2F;episode&#x2F;507&#x2F;confessions" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thisamericanlife.org&#x2F;radio-archives&#x2F;episode&#x2F;507&#x2F;c...</a>
mtmail将近 9 年前
In Germany the reimbursement is be 25 Euro[1] (28 USD) per day. I hope it&#x27;s more i the US and other countries.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;de.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Haftentsch%C3%A4digung" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;de.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Haftentsch%C3%A4digung</a>
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a3n将近 9 年前
These people have gotten people out of prison, I&#x27;m guessing that they&#x27;ve run across your issue and probably have ideas or places to refer: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.themarshallproject.org&#x2F;about" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.themarshallproject.org&#x2F;about</a>
eggestad将近 9 年前
First of all you should take pride in what you have done already. You&#x27;ve gone way beyond what most of your fellow country men will ever do.<p>While I understand, you&#x27;re doing the wrong thing by focusing on this single individual. Since this guy is someone you have gotten to know, you have an emotional tie that is making you blind to the cold hard truth.<p>This happens to someone everyday.<p>- Parents have a falling out with their adolescent children and kick them out - Runaway kids run out of money, and by running out I mean: zero zilch nada - Addicts just run out of money as well as in zero zilch nada - Explosive break up of couple where one gets locked out - Eviction by landlords or as a result of bankruptcy etc etc etc<p>Most have friend or family to help out, and you&#x27;ll never heard about them. Those who don&#x27;t are the one you see sleeping on the streets. Thats assuming that you&#x27;re not one of those that just stay between our office, the mall, and the safe gated community in the suburbs where the hobos are nicly or of sight out of mind. This is what most people do...<p>You can do one of two things. a) Take the position that&#x27;s you&#x27;ve helped one guy out of jail. If every body helped one person, everybody in need would be out of homelessness in a forth night. Quite frankly, your guy is just so much better of just living on the street than in jail, so if you take this position you&#x27;ve done your part for king and country. I will not fault you for taking this position.<p>b) Start working on something, anything, that goes towards a solution that take care of everybody.<p>I&#x27;m a bit astonished that you can&#x27;t go to the court and argue that as there is no way he is not going to get some kind of compensation, the state can just as well right now front up something like $1000 - $10000 to help him get reestablished. If there is some crap about there is case law not too, then this is call to start working on abolishing the whole concept of common law and switch to a civil law system. (I know this means getting the legislative to replace the current body of case law with some more sensible civil code. A task for which the word &quot;hard&quot; falls short.)<p>I just take the position we need to work on the whole problem , and that doing this by individual you&#x27;re effectively just doing a band aid. Remember the phrase &quot;the road to hell is paved with good intentions?&quot; You make actually be making it worse by doing it by individuals as it may hide the true scope and scale of the problem.
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pmarreck将近 9 年前
&gt; A year ago, I saw a Dateline NBC episode about an Iraq-war vet, Sgt. Ray Jennings, who allegedly killed an 18-year-old girl in a parking lot. The evidence didn&#x27;t persuade me, so my dad and I started our own investigation.<p>You&#x27;re amazing!<p>I donate to The Innocence Project, because I think putting innocent people into jail is just about the worst thing you can do to someone short of rape&#x2F;kill them.
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sixdimensional将近 9 年前
Apologies if you already thought of the following:<p>Post it on Reddit and also see if CNN will pick up your story. I have seen CNN post stories involving GoFundMe campaigns related to good&#x2F;human interest stories in the past and those campaigns got a good boost. Plus, the folks on Reddit also always love to support a good story.<p>If Mr. Jennings does decide to open up in the future, maybe even try to get an &quot;IAmA wrongly convicted man&quot; story published where Reddit can interview him? That would be an interesting raising awareness attempt.<p>With regards to Reddit, you might try reaching out to Alexis Ohanian via Twitter or other channels to see if he has any suggestions.<p>P.S. Go Claremont :) Used to live there.
danso将近 9 年前
Maybe premature to think about this, but once the full story can be told, this seems like the perfect candidate for Serial Season 3...I&#x27;m really fascinated to know what jurors, detectives, and prosecutors were thinking.<p>(Coincidentally, the accused murderer who was the focus of Serial&#x27;s first season, has just been granted a new trial, according to an announcement just 5 minutes ago <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;07&#x2F;01&#x2F;us&#x2F;serial-adnan-syed-new-trial.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;07&#x2F;01&#x2F;us&#x2F;serial-adnan-syed-new-t...</a>)
drawnalong将近 9 年前
I&#x27;m an Afghan combat veteran in Los Angeles who has recent first hand knowledge of how to navigate the homeless-to-housing pipeline through the West LA VA, along with a great resource list of other things: transitional housing, transport, getting into the VA system, psychiatric care, benefits claims, VSOs (veteran service organizations) and so on.<p>Also, if Ray wants to speak to a good counselor, a Vietnam combat vet and outstanding man, I can&#x27;t speak any more highly than my own counselor. I credit with him with me still being around.<p>Happy to assist in any way whatsoever. My email is username at gmail.
LyndsySimon将近 9 年前
Post in the appropriate &quot;Hometown forum&quot; on AR15.com. As he is a veteran, I&#x27;m confident that someone there will be able to help - I&#x27;ve watched the members of that site have come through in a big way innumerable times in the past.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ar15.com&#x2F;forums&#x2F;b&#x2F;8_Hometown.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ar15.com&#x2F;forums&#x2F;b&#x2F;8_Hometown.html</a>
dvcc将近 9 年前
This may not be the greatest idea, and may not even be realistic but are there not cash advances on a pending&#x2F;future lawsuit? I imagine the terms are not friendly, but it may be more successful than a GoFundMe campaign if he becomes desperate enough.
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zaidf将近 9 年前
You succeeded in getting a lawyer to take on this case(okay, he was your father, but still.) Now try doing the same with getting a top notch PR person with experience getting television exposure.<p>1) Reach out to top PR consultants<p>2) Explain this story to them in a paragraph<p>3) Tell them you need their help in helping get his story out<p>4) Big part of getting his story out would involve pushing his gofundme page.
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2pointsomone将近 9 年前
I write this knowing how bad of an idea it is but it still is a gut reaction so I will say it. Find a way to move him to Oakland and get him to be on the YC Basic Income experiment. I bet the learning to YCR from this would be extremely high, given I feel like fixing the prison system will probably be on their agenda for future research.
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wyldfire将近 9 年前
The letter itself: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ehrlichfirm.com&#x2F;jennings&#x2F;Ray-Jennings-Letter-to-CRU-October-2-2015.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ehrlichfirm.com&#x2F;jennings&#x2F;Ray-Jennings-Letter-to-C...</a>
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jimmc将近 9 年前
I own a small business in OC (miltonsecurity) and I have a Vet program where I hire them for up to 6 months, pay for training courses (CCNA online at the office) and rotate them around to different groups (sales, support, engineering) If they get their CCNA we then advance them.<p>I would be willing to do this for him (its not a lot of money to start, but its something, and he can get some training while he waits for the DA)<p>jim
ClintEhrlich将近 9 年前
Woah, thanks to all the HN posters who just started donating money!!! That&#x27;s REALLY generous of you guys. I appreciate it, and so does Ray.
cbames89将近 9 年前
What&#x27;d he do in the military? He may be able to leverage those skills for immediate employment.
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kbagby将近 9 年前
Jon Eldan, a former corporate attorney who works with exonerees, runs a project called After Innocence that may be able to help&#x2F;provide some guidance with respect to healthcare, pro bono legal representation, and social services: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.after-innocence.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.after-innocence.org&#x2F;</a>
josephmosby将近 9 年前
You may want to reach out to the Medill Justice Project at Northwestern University (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.medilljusticeproject.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.medilljusticeproject.org&#x2F;</a>). What you and your dad did is what they do all the time, so they may have some resources that can help out.
Rexxar将近 9 年前
I&#x27;m maybe a little optimistic but why not ask a big and rich university to give him a free education and shelter for 3&#x2F;4 years ? It could be good for him and for the university image (It would be a better usage of university money than recruiting people bases on their athletics skills IMHO).
femto将近 9 年前
Talk to the St Vincent de Paul society [1]. It&#x27;s part of the Catholic Church, but they are there to serve everyone, regardless of religious beliefs, and won&#x27;t pass judgement or bang on about their own religious beliefs. Helping people in Ray&#x27;s situation is what they do every day, with material assistance, counseling or any other need. Even if Ray doesn&#x27;t want direct assistance, he may get some useful advice by chatting to them. No need to walk into a church. Just walk into any of their shops and ask to talk to someone, or Ray can call them and they will discretely come to him.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.svdpusa.org&#x2F;Assistance-Services" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.svdpusa.org&#x2F;Assistance-Services</a>
soyiuz将近 9 年前
Reach out to faculty at UCLA (and other unis&#x2F;colleges in the area) who work on issues of incarceration. See for example the list of attendees&#x2F;organizers at this conference: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;law.ucla.edu&#x2F;centers&#x2F;social-policy&#x2F;critical-race-studies&#x2F;events&#x2F;2014&#x2F;2016&#x2F;9&#x2F;23&#x2F;2016-Prisoners-Advocates-Conference&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;law.ucla.edu&#x2F;centers&#x2F;social-policy&#x2F;critical-race-stu...</a>. They often have slush funds to hire research assistants, guest speakers, etc.
poof131将近 9 年前
One place to look is resources for veterans. California has some great ones.[1] See about filing for any disabilities that may be related to time in service and if there is any way to get treatment and help through the VA. Also, look for other non-profit veteran resources beyond just the state and federal.<p>[1]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.calvet.ca.gov&#x2F;VetServices&#x2F;Documents&#x2F;Veteran_%20Resource_%20Book_2016.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.calvet.ca.gov&#x2F;VetServices&#x2F;Documents&#x2F;Veteran_%20R...</a>
wireedin将近 9 年前
Hollywood, maybe? Netflix made a series on Steven Avery that created an enormous amount of attention to that case. Him being in the army, coming back to his country, being arrested for a activity that he didn&#x27;t do, spending 11 years behind the bars and finally being released as an innocent man is a great story to tell. Since hollywood is running out of stories these days that could be an option. Hell, maybe Netflix would want to tie this to the next season of &quot;Making a murderer&quot;?
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joe8756438将近 9 年前
There are many organizations around the country that supply free business attire to people in need. In New York City, where I&#x27;m based, main one is &quot;Dress for Success&quot; and in Baltimore there is &quot;Success In Style&quot;. I&#x27;m sure there is something similar in Clint&#x27;s area. There might be a directory these organizations online OR just call up either of the ones I mentioned, I bet they could connect you to a place that would help.
mcooley将近 9 年前
Before I moved away recently, I had dinner pretty regularly with the guys at Dismas House Nashville (dismas.org), which provides transitional housing for former offenders. They do a great job helping people get back on their feet with housing, jobs, etc. I don&#x27;t know if they can help directly, but if Ray has roots in North Carolina perhaps the staff there (I&#x27;ve worked with Davey and Scott) know people in the southeast region who could help.
jeffmould将近 9 年前
For some local reentry links in the area you can use 211 San Diego:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.211sandiego.org&#x2F;Re-entry" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.211sandiego.org&#x2F;Re-entry</a><p>Also, I can put you in contact with an individual in the LA area that may have some contacts as well (he served 25+ years in federal prison and is works to help people who have been released. He is in LA). My email is in my profile.
ElijahLynn将近 9 年前
I was thinking of starting a website a while ago and even bought the domain, then released it, called www.helpahomelessperson.com. The goal behind it is&#x2F;was to just list a homeless person and their needs, a person who is more well off would have to post their listing most likely and they would take pictures, video interviews and tell their story for them.<p>Then you would have people that wanted to help (visitors) and would browse around the site and find a story of someone who struck a chord with them and they could donate anonymously or publicly in terms of anything they wanted.<p>The key to the site is for someone to be an amabassador for the homeless person and really get that persons story out there and up on the site. The &#x27;internet&#x27; would do the rest.<p>Also caution would need to be taken to not force someone to accept a person&#x27;s donation, because some people might expect something in return or just be bad news, like a company who just wants publicity.<p>Anyways, the idea is still valid, I just haven&#x27;t had the time to pursue it yet.<p>This happens all the time I am sure. Would be a great Show HN.
VaedaStrike将近 9 年前
If you don&#x27;t know what church the Mormon Church will help whomever.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pbs.org&#x2F;wnet&#x2F;religionandethics&#x2F;2016&#x2F;06&#x2F;24&#x2F;mormon-welfare-program&#x2F;31091&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pbs.org&#x2F;wnet&#x2F;religionandethics&#x2F;2016&#x2F;06&#x2F;24&#x2F;mormon-...</a>
akeck将近 9 年前
In addition to what others have covered, connect him with a pro bono counselor to help him smooth out the inevitable ups and downs as his new life unfolds, and also to help coordinate other medical care. Also, help him get signed up for base health insurance under Obamacare. Finally, find him a pro bono accountant, if you can, to help him discover and correct any tax issues that may have come up while he was in prison. It would suck for him to go from freedom right back into the court system due to some easily corrected tax issue.
jxramos将近 9 年前
I read this post earlier and then just read this City Journal article where the founder of the company America Works describes his history with the war on poverty and welfare to work programs. The focus is to get people entry level jobs and he apparently has a good track record of doing it.<p>Good luck!<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.city-journal.org&#x2F;html&#x2F;what-i-learned-poverty-war-13513.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.city-journal.org&#x2F;html&#x2F;what-i-learned-poverty-war-...</a>
rhizome将近 9 年前
Have you tried contacting a social worker in their locality?
maesho将近 9 年前
Please help Ross Ulbrich<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;freeross.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;freeross.org&#x2F;</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.drugpolicy.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;2016&#x2F;03&#x2F;retired-federal-judge-law-enforcement-and-leading-drug-reform-organization-ask-court-re" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.drugpolicy.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;2016&#x2F;03&#x2F;retired-federal-judge...</a>
jamie_将近 9 年前
[Off topic] I am surprised that the DA reopened the case, particularly with an actual jury verdict under their belt. What incentive do you think the DA had to reopen the case? Were they just afraid to lose on appeal? Speaking of appeal, how far up in the court system did the appeal go? And was the original prosecutor still at the DA&#x27;s office?
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amelius将近 9 年前
&gt; The most obvious answer is litigation. And in a year or two, Ray will probably receive some compensation from the State. Unfortunately, there&#x27;s no way to access those funds in time to cover his immediate expenses.<p>Make sure this money gets managed properly. You don&#x27;t want him to spend this money in just a few months.
duncan_bayne将近 9 年前
&quot;The 12 jurors convicted Ray, then went to a candlelight vigil with the victim&#x27;s parents.&quot;<p>Words fail me.
stevewillows将近 9 年前
This is fantastic! It&#x27;s a shame to lose eleven years of your life, but it&#x27;s inspiring that a citizen was willing to put in the effort to clear his name.<p>Outside of the immediate help, it&#x27;d be great for Dateline to do a follow up story documenting your efforts.
kaila将近 9 年前
You might try getting in touch with a local Quaker Meeting. Quakers tend to care a lot about social justice (many have backgrounds in social work) and often support the types of organizations that help folks find things like housing, food, and clothes.
loteck将近 9 年前
From the sounds of it the man is former military and has been mistreated by the justice system. I presume his &quot;record&quot; will soon be clean.<p>We should find this man a job inside the criminal justice system. Would he consider working in a police department?
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antisugar将近 9 年前
A lot of colleges and churches will lend people suit jackets and or leather shoes for job interviews. That really helps people, just make sure they feel comfortable and warm&#x2F;cool enough and don&#x27;t smell bad for job interview.
fsloth将近 9 年前
I&#x27;m amazed both at the injustice of this ruling and at the nobility and skillfullness of you actions which rescued Mr. Jennings from decades of imprisonment. Well done sirs! Sadly I can&#x27;t help with you original question.
antisugar将近 9 年前
Basic simple cheap outdoor&#x2F;indoor clothing that is suitable for job interviews. See if you can find it at goodwill. Merino sweater, patagonia jacket or old wool suit, glasses, toothbrush, good backpack, from thrift store.
bradnickel将近 9 年前
I tried to contribute and I get this message:<p>Campaign Not Ready There&#x27;s an issue with this Campaign Organizer&#x27;s account. Our team has contacted them with the solution! Please ask them to sign in to GoFundMe and check their account
gravypod将近 9 年前
Man, that&#x27;s insane. Does anyone have links to articles about the prosecution? I want to see how this was sold to the public so I can look out for &quot;warning signs&quot; that show up in other cases.
ap46将近 9 年前
Go to reddit, there&#x27;ll be people willing to help. Start with an AmA
apo将近 9 年前
Very hard to understand how he was convicted in the first place:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=XYYiAT0g3iQ" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=XYYiAT0g3iQ</a>
rdl将近 9 年前
I assume you will be going into criminal defense law once you pass the bar? Seems like it would be a waste for you to do anything else.
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tardo99将近 9 年前
I read the articles a bit, but I didn&#x27;t find any information on who the real killer was. Are there any leads?
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antisugar将近 9 年前
Basic good looking comfortable outdoor&#x2F;indoor clothing from thrift stores suitable for job interviews.
curiousgal将近 9 年前
Try Reddit.
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13of40将近 9 年前
What did he study in prison?
mangeletti将近 9 年前
Clint (or @dang if it&#x27;s too late for Clint to edit the OP):<p>Can you please update the OP to include this:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;GoFundMe.com&#x2F;RayJennings" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;GoFundMe.com&#x2F;RayJennings</a><p>Put it on its own line like that, near the top.<p>You have many up-votes (probably thousands of readers), but only a few donations. This might be because the URL is easy to miss.<p>A lot of people skim large posts.
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smoyer将近 9 年前
Ask Peter Thiel to fund his litigation against the state and to put up his living expenses until he wins.
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moptar将近 9 年前
I don&#x27;t understand why there&#x27;s such unanimous words of support for someone who directly contributed to the half million deaths in the Iraq war. I know it&#x27;s unrelated to his case, but perhaps his prison sentence and current predicament can be seen as karmic retribution. I know that&#x27;s not how justice works, but I don&#x27;t think we&#x27;d see such enthusiastic support for a serial killer who had trouble supporting himself after getting released.
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Bromskloss将近 9 年前
I wish this question could be directed at the people who put him in prison.
throwawaylalala将近 9 年前
Start a Go fund me campaign.