Yeah, Richard's case, well, let me back up just a tiny bit. Centurion , the organization I work with, who worked to free Richard, is the first innocence organization in the world.And it was started in 1980, with a man named Jim McCloskey, who happened to listen, as part of his seminary work, listen to an inmate
And I got off my bunk, and I opened up the box, and it was my transcripts. Centurion had purchased my transcripts, and within the transcripts was a letter of acceptance of my case.And now 2007 was 13 years after I had been incarcerated, wrongfully incarcerated, and it seemed
So Richard is the only person this particular prosecutor allowed-- joined us in, that wasn't a DNA case. - Centurion went back, and they discovered-- they looked at all the records and all the files, and investigated and found all the information that was hidden
So Richard is the only person this particular prosecutor allowed-- joined us in, that wasn't a DNA case. And that's what Centurion does.
His look is certainly not youthful and happy. he foregrounds the centurions .
What was your first conversation like? So my first conversation about Centurion actually happened on Coffield Unit. So I went to jury trial, seven day jury trial, evidence comes out.
This gentleman's name is Ben Spencer. And Benjamin Spencer is on Centurion 's caseload. He's an innocent man that's been locked up 30 years.
So that was denied, because we did not provide extra record evidence. And that continued my correspondence with Centurion . And in 2007-- 2007, we were on lockdown on Coffield Unit.
So Richard is the only person this particular prosecutor allowed-- joined us in, that wasn't a DNA case. She was the attorney that was retained through or by Centurion .
When we started, we didn't think there was any relevance to that, to our modern day. And so we can assume he had 480 to 500 centurions , which he knew by name.
- The potholes are... Well, I think you need a centurion tank for some of them. - It's horrible because you bouncing around all over the place.
His look is certainly not youthful and happy. Unlike other Roman generals, he listened to the centurions and what they had to say.
Now, Richard, you're the founder and executive director for Miles for Freedom. Kate Germond, you are the senior advocate investigator for Centurion , just for a way of introduction. And to get started, Richard, I know that you were arrested for a crime that you did not commit, and you were in prison for 15 years.
And then we committed to him, and then Richard can talk about what it was like to meet Jim. Yeah. Richard, how did you come about Centurion ? How did you learn about the organization?
And also at The Points Guy, one of our unique perks, is we pay for all the credit card annual fees of our employees. I'm just very lucky that none of my employers have been able to get the Centurion card yet. So you've established yourself as an expert in the US already, and now you're obviously expanding into the UK.
So those are the best areas to really go and learn about that. I mean, one of the new lounges, Amex has Centurion lounges, which they just opened in Houston this week.
When we started, we didn't think there was any relevance to that, to our modern day. He's very visible. He runs up to the front line and he calls on the centurions , who are the sergeants of the era.
When we started, we didn't think there was any relevance to that, to our modern day. And I figured out that there were eight legions in his army, and there are 60 centurions in each army-- each legion.
His look is certainly not youthful and happy. The only reliable professional officers in the Roman army were the captains, or the centurions , as the Romans called them.
He pulls me to the side. He say, if you're really innocent, you need to write this organization, Centurion . He said, they are working on my case.
So Richard is the only person this particular prosecutor allowed-- joined us in, that wasn't a DNA case. Well, one of the things that we've been-- when Jim started the work of freeing wrongly convicted people, his belief was, Centurion
So those are the best areas to really go and learn about that. So my $450 a year platinum card all of the sudden costs me $250 for Delta lounge access and unlimited lounge access to these Centurion lounges, which at SFO is