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Comments :: Wilson man released from Georgia prison after six years

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13yrs. probation?? Thats a looog time, to try and stay out of trouble.

May he go on an have a productive life and stay away from trouble and crime.

charmcclainlovesdogs2 Oh he will have a productive life,,As far as getting paid goes,,Mr Barber will see to that ! He won't be able to get a job, because of his record (manslaughter)..

I watched the video on his release this morning, it is a shame that he is being used like he is by Barber. Kept grabbing hi arm and pulling him from one place to another. Sorry person he is.

lwe1967, how exactly do you know he was only charged because of his race? because the VICTIM was white? that's a little racist in itself isn't it?

He just should have been released and pardoned. He was only charged because of race, I am sorry to say.

Now that is just jacked up! How are you gonna 1st rule that it was self-defense, then come back around a few months later and change your mind??!! That in itself is an outrage!!! I DO support the release! He should have NEVER been locked up to begin with. I TOTALLY agree with Tax Man!!!!

And paultaylorsr100........the lot may not have been in the "race basket" as you call it, but it sure is funny how this man and his family were THE ONLY black folk in the neighborhood and all this happened.....just sayin is all. I call it like I see it ;)

That man needs a full unconditional pardon and to be paid for all the years wasted in prison. The man who was trespassing and had the weapon deserved to die and was the aggressor. This man lost all those years of his life and his wife died while trying to get him freed. The state owes him big time. Pardon him and give him the full payment for a man wrongfully incarcerated. The DA who prosecuted him needs to be brought up on charges, disbarred and put in prison for at least the same number of years as this innocent man. We all have the God given right, supported by the 2nd Amendment to defend our family and property by lethal force if necessary - here it was clearly necessary and the perpetrator criminal is Brian Epp had to be killed under the circumstances he created. God Bless this family and please make this man whole!

So, the judge, the jury, the district attorney, and the defense attorney were all in the "race basket"? Hmmmmm, hard to believe.

"No one in ZimZim's family . . . !! I guess that gun rights stuff is only . . . . .? Put your racism to the side for a moment . . . . . "

A lot of hate and bias in your comment. CALM DOWN AND SOMEONE WILL LISTEN!!!!

methinks: I can answer one of those questions. CCP is irrelevant, you can have a gun in a car without one! And can have one simply because he wanted one

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