Authorities in Hawaii (USA) mistakenly arrested a homeless man for a crime committed by another. The man was locked in a mental hospital, forced to take psychoactive drugs, and then attempted to cover up the mistake by quietly releasing him.
America's homeless nightmare Joshua Spristersbach began on a hot day in 2017 in Honolulu. The cops pulled her off the 'couch' in the catwalk and taken to the police station.
The homeless was mistaken for the criminal
Joshua believed he was arrested for breaking the city law prohibiting sitting and lying on public sidewalks. But he had no idea things were much more serious. The story is told by the & nbsp; Hawaii Innocence Project & nbsp; & nbsp;
The police mistook the homeless man for a certain Thomas Castleberry , who had an arrest warrant for probation violation in a drug case. The fact that the two men don't even look alike didn't bother the police. They didn't even check the photographs and fingerprints.
In Hawaii state court, the accused claimed it was a misunderstanding. But that didn't convince the judge. Joshua was sent to a mental hospital to his horror, where he spent two years. & Nbsp;
To make him confess to a crime, the doctors injected him with tranquilizers. & Nbsp;
“ The more Mr. Spristersbach declared his innocence, claiming he was not Mr. Castleberry, the more the doctors declared him delusional and mentally ill and forced him to take strong drugs, & mdash; explains the human rights activist “ Innocence ''. & mdash; Mr Spristersbach was restless when he was illegally jailed for the crime of Mr Castleberry, although he consistently denied he was Mr/h2>
No one believed Joshua Spristersbach until a psychiatrist decided to heed his words and conduct an internal investigation. He hired a private investigator & mdash; and the truth has been revealed! & nbsp;
The detective checked the fingerprints and photographs of two people: they did not match. Also, Joshua Spristersbach was not at the scene of the crime committed by another: Thomas Castleberry. As it turned out, the real Castleberry had been in jail in Alaska since 2016.
Spristersbach spent two years and eight months in a mental hospital.
“ We will ensure that those responsible for this error incurred liability. Including the judge who tried to help cover it up, & raquo;, & mdash; human rights defenders write 'Innocence'.
American Project 'Innocence' created by human rights activists on the Internet to help convicts prove their innocence.