Man who stole $50 to be freed after 36 years in US jail

Court records say Kennard was sentenced to life under Alabama’s Habitual Felony Offender Act — also known as the “three strikes law” — for stealing from a bakery. Kennard had previously served three years’ probation for burglary and grand larceny, making him eligible to be sentenced to life without parole under the act.

He wasn't jailed for 'robbing a bakery' at knife-point alone, it was his third strike and that meant life when he did it:

Just look at his skin colour and that should explain everything. Before i clicked on the thread, i knew the person was black. No “omg” coming from me when it comes to racism towards black people, i’ll promise u that

Just look at his skin colour and that should explain everything. Before i clicked on the thread, i knew the person was black. No “omg” coming from me when it comes to racism towards black people, i’ll promise u that

Black people in the US are rounded up into prison as though they are chattel slaves for concentration camps.

And yet the US has the nerve to talk about China's anti-terrorism education as though China is committing a genocide of Uyghurs, when in fact Uyghurs enjoy many special minority rights in China.

The US don’t have their priorities straight... we BEEN knew.

The US is run by a white supremacist who encourages his voters to massacre non-whites in mass shootings.

If any country is a rogue state, it is the US.

This thread has gone all racist now, I can't see what difference his skin colour should make to anything. There will be plenty of white people in jail under the same three--strike rule and it is sick to make this a race issue. No surprises there, with it being reported to suggest just that.

This thread has gone all racist now, I can't see what difference his skin colour should make to anything. There will be plenty of white people in jail under the same three--strike rule and it is sick to make this a race issue. No surprises there, with it being reported to suggest just that.

Black people in the US are rounded up into prison as though they are chattel slaves for concentration camps.

And yet the US has the nerve to talk about China's anti-terrorism education as though China is committing a genocide of Uyghurs, when in fact Uyghurs enjoy many special minority rights in China.