Best Documentary at Sundance - 'Trials of Daryl Hunt'

I had the amazing experience today of seeing 'trials of daryl hunt' and then meeting daryl and his lawyer. These two men represent all that is great and redeeming about our country.

In the spirit of martin luther king jr these men have spent 20 yrs fighting to right one of the greatest injustices of our time.

In what has become a recurring story, Daryl hunt was wrongly convicted of murder in 1984 by a corrupt winston salem DA and judicial system that featured all white juries. It was eventually proven in court that these evil people had evidence including DNA and witnesses that proved daryl was innocent, yet persisted in convicting him in two separate trials.

Daryl was offered the chance to plead guilty to second degree murder and be a free man in 1990 but refused to admit to a crime he didn't do. Now what guilty man would ever pass on that?

He spent another 14 yrs in jail and was only released when an astute reporter managed to find the real murderer who then admitted guilt.

What was truly amazing was that even after the DNA evidence and the admission by the guilty man, the DA still fought to keep daryl behind bars.

Why don't we have stronger laws to send corrupt DA's to jail? Why does the DA always have to protect his ass rather than fight for justice?

You can learn more about the film and daryl's foundation at

www.trialsofdarylhunt.com

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