[Isaziso somhleli: Ummeli u-AM โMartyโ Stroud III, waseShreveport, wayengumshushisi ophambili ecaleni lokuqala likaDisemba 1984 lokubulala u-Glenn Ford, owagwetshwa intambo ngecala lokubulala ngomhla ka-5 Nov. . UFord wadedelwa ejele ngoMashi 1983, 11, ngemuva kokuba umbuso uvume ubufakazi obusha obufakazela ukuthi uFord akuyena umbulali. UStroud uphendula isihloko somhleli oshicilelweni lwangoMashi 2014 lwe-Times olwanxusa umbuso ukuthi manje unikeze abakwaFord ubulungiswa ngokungalwi nesinxephezelo esivunyelwe kulabo abagwetshwe ngokungafanele.]
Lesi yisikhathi sokuqala, futhi mhlawumbe kuzoba okokugcina, lapho ngizwakalise khona umbono wami esidlangalaleni nganoma yikuphi ukuhlela kwakho. Ngokungagwegwesi, ngikholwa ukuthi eziningi zezinhlelo zakho zokuhlela ziyayigwema imibuzo enzima odabeni lwamanje ukuze kungabi impikiswano kakhulu. Ngiyanihalalisela lapha nokho ngoba nithathe isinqumo esicacile sokuthi yini okumele yenziwe egameni lobulungiswa.
UGlenn Ford kufanele anxeshezelwe ngokuphelele ngazo zonke izindlela ngenxa yamaphutha esistimu eyacekela phansi impilo yakhe ngempumelelo. Isibindi somzamo wombuso wokunqabela uMnu Ford noma isiphi isinxephezelo ngenxa yezinto ezesabekayo abhekana nazo egameni lobulungiswa baseLouisiana buyashaqisa.
Ngiyakwazi engikukhulumayo.
Ngangisenkantolo yeGlenn Ford kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni. Ngabona kukhishwa isigwebo sentambo phezu kwakhe. Ngangikholelwa ukuthi ubulungiswa benziwa. Ngangiwenzile umsebenzi wami. Ngangingomunye wabashushisi futhi ngangiziqhenya ngengikwenzile.
Isigwebo sentambo sasibonise ukuthi umphakathi wakithi wawungeke ubabekezelele ababulali abangenangqondo. Isiyalo seTestamente Elidala, iso ngeso nezinyo ngezinyo, sasiphila futhi siphilile eCaddo Parish. Ngize ngathola nencwadi yokuhalalisela komunye wofakazi bombuso, ephetha ngombuzo othi, โkunjani ukugqoka iglavu elimnyama?โ
Amalungu omndeni wesisulu abonge kakhulu abashushisi nabaphenyi ngemizamo yethu. Babethole ukuvalwa okuthile, noma ngakho wonke umuntu wayecabanga. Nokho, ngenxa yokuzikhandla nokuzinikela kwabameli abasebenza ne-Capital Post-Conviction Project yaseLouisiana, kanye nemizamo yamahhovisi ommeli wesifunda saseCaddo Parish kanye namahhovisi kasherifu, iqiniso lambulwa.
UGlenn Ford wayeyindoda engenacala. Wakhululwa emgodini wesihogo ayewubekezelele eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu edlule.
Kwakungekho ubuchwepheshe lapha. Ummeli wobuqili awuzange uvikele ukukhululwa kwesigebengu. UMnu. Ford wachitha iminyaka engu-30 yokuphila kwakhe esitokisini esincane esingcolile. Indawo yakhe yayimbi. Ukukhanyisa kwakungekuhle, ukufudumeza nokupholisa cishe kwakungekho, ukudla kwakubekwe eceleni kokungadli. Akekho owayefuna ukusolwa โngokuqolaโ isiboshwa esigwetshelwe ukufa.
Kodwa uMnu. Ford akazange aphele amandla. Waqhubeka nokulwela ubumsulwa bakhe. Futhi ekugcineni kwakhokha.
Ngokulandela ukubuyekezwa kanye nophenyo lwamacala okubulala ngokubandayo, abaphenyi bathola ubufakazi obukhulula uMnu Ford. Ngempela, lobu bufakazi babunamandla kangangokuthi ukube badalulwa phakathi nophenyo ngabe abukho ubufakazi obanele bokubopha ngisho noMnu Ford!
Nokho, naphezu kwalokhu kungabi nabulungisa okukhulu, umbuso awemukeli noma yimuphi umthwalo ngomonakalo owenziwe esinye sezakhamizi zawo. Impendulo ye-bureaucratic ibonakala sengathi akekho owenza iphutha ngamabomu, ngaleyo ndlela umbuso awunasibopho. Lokhu akunangqondo. Chaza leso sikhundla kuMnu. Ford nomndeni wakhe. Amaqiniso yizinto ezinenkani, azisuki.
Ngesikhathi leli cala liqulwa bekunobufakazi obebuzomesula uGlenn Ford. Ukuphikisana okulula futhi okulula ukuthi abashushisi babengazi ngalobo bufakazi, ngakho-ke bakhululwa kunoma yimuphi umthwalo wemfanelo wokugwetshwa okungalungile.
Angikwazi ukududuzeka ngengxabano enjalo. Njengomshushisi nesikhulu senkantolo, nganginomsebenzi wokushushisa ngendlela efanele. Nakuba ngangikwazi ukushaya amagalelo aqinile, ngokokuziphatha ngangingakwazi ukushaya amabi.
Ingxenye yomsebenzi wami kwakuwukudalula ngokushesha noma yibuphi ubufakazi obubambekayo obuhlobene nezindaba zecala kanye nezijeziso engaziswa ngazo. Iphutha lami kwakuwukuthi ngangingenzi lutho. Angizange ngiwabheke njengakholakala amahlebezi mayelana nokubandakanyeka kwamanye amaqembu ngaphandle kukaMnu Ford, ikakhulukazi njengoba laba abanye abathathu ababebekwe icala lobugebengu bagcina bekhululiwe ngenxa yokuntula ubufakazi obanele bokuqhubeka nokuqulwa kwecala.
Ukube bengifuna ukwazi, mhlawumbe ubufakazi bebuzovela eminyakeni edlule. Kodwa ngangingenjalo, futhi ukungenzi lutho kwami โโkwaba nomthelela ekuphuzweni kobulungisa kulolu daba. Ngokusekelwe kulokho esasinakho, nganginesiqiniseko sokuthi indoda elungile iyashushiswa futhi ngangingeke ngisebenzise izinsiza ukuze ngiphenye lokho engangikuthatha njengamanga okuthi sinendoda engafanele.
Umqondo wami wawungalungile futhi wangiphuphuthekisa injongo yami yokufuna ubulungisa, kunokuba ngithole ukugwetshwa komuntu engangikholelwa ukuthi unecala. Angizange ngibufihle ubufakazi, angizange ngicabange ngokungathi sรญna ukuthi ulwazi olwanele kungenzeka ukuthi lwalukhona olwalungaholela esiphethweni esihlukile. Futhi lokho kuyeqiwa kukimi.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuthula kwami โโekuqulweni kwecala ngokungangabazeki kwaba nesandla kumphumela ongalungile.
Angizange ngikungabaze ukungabi nabulungiswa kukaMnu. Ford ngokuqoka ummeli owayengakaze aqulise icala lejaji lobugebengu ngaphandle kwecala lokubulala. Akuzange kungikhathaze ukuthi abezokuvikela babengenayo imali eyanele yokuqasha ochwepheshe noma ukuthi ummeli wezokuvikela wavala amafemu abo isikhathi eside ukuze alungiselele ukuqulwa kwecala. Laba bameli bazame konke okusemandleni abo, kodwa bebesenkundleni engafanele. Babengabameli abasezingeni eliphezulu abanolwazi ezindabeni zomphakathi. Kodwa lokhu akuzange kubalungiselele ukuzama ukusindisa impilo kaMnu Ford.
Ijaji lalimhlophe, uMnu. Ford wayengu-Afrika-waseMelika. Abahluleli abangaba khona base-Afrika-baseMelika bafikelwa wumcabango omncane mayelana nokucwaswa okungase kube khona ngoba ngaleso sikhathi isimangalo sokucwaswa ngokobuhlanga ekukhethweni kwabahluleli sasingeke siphumelele ngaphandle uma kungase kuboniswe ukuthi ihhovisi lenze iphethini yokuziphatha okunjalo kwamanye amacala. .
Futhi ngangazi ukuthi lokhu kwakuyimfuneko enzima kakhulu eyayingakaze ihlangatshezwane nomthetho engangiwazi. Ngaphinde ngahlanganyela ekubekeni phambi kwejaji ubufakazi obungabazisayo obuvela kudokotela ohlola izidumbu bokuthi umdubuli kwakumelwe ashiywe ngesandla, nakuba kwakungekho fakazi wokuzibonela kulokhu kubulala. Futhi yebo, uGlenn Ford wayeshiywe ngesandla.
Sekusele isikhathi eside, ngafunda ukuthi ubufakazi babuyisayensi eyimfucumfucu embi kakhulu.
Ngo-1984, ngangineminyaka engu-33. Ngangizikhukhumeza, ngihlulela, ngingenangqondo futhi ngigcwele kakhulu. Ngangingenaso isithakazelo sobulungisa njengoba ngangifuna ukuwina. Ukuboleka ibinzana ku-Al Pacino ku-movie ethi "Futhi Ubulungiswa Kubo Bonke," "Ukunqoba kwaba yikho konke."
Ngemva kwesinqumo sokufa ecaleni lakwaFord, ngaphuma nabanye futhi sagubha ngeziphuzo ezimbalwa. Kuyagula lokho. Ngangiphathiswe umsebenzi wokufuna ukufa komuntu engiphila naye, umsebenzi onzima kakhulu owawungadingi ukuba kube โnomkhosiโ othile.
Engxoxweni yami yokuphika phakathi nesigaba sesigwebo sokuqulwa kwecala, ngamgcona uMnu. Ford, ngithi lendoda yayifuna ukuqhubeka iphila ukuze inikezwe ithuba lokufakazela ubumsulwa bayo. Ngiqhube ngokuthi lokhu kufanele kube yinhlamba komunye nomunye wenu, ngoba akazange abonise ukuzisola, kuphela ukudelela isinqumo senu.
Nganginephutha kangakanani.
Ngikhulumela mina kuphela hhayi omunye.
Ngiyaxolisa kuGlenn Ford ngalo lonke usizi engimdalele lona nomndeni wakhe.
Ngiyaxolisa emndenini kaMnu Rozeman ngokubanika ithemba elingamanga lokuvalwa okuthile.
Ngiyaxolisa kumalungu ejaji ngokungabi nayo yonke indaba obekumele idalulwe kuwona.
Ngiyaxolisa enkantolo ngokungawukhuthaleli umsebenzi wami wokuqinisekisa ukuthi ukudalulwa okufanele kwanoma yibuphi ubufakazi obubambekayo buhlinzekiwe kubamangalelwa.
UGlenn Ford ufanelwe yimali yonke ayikweletwayo ngaphansi komthetho wesinxephezelo. Leli cala lingesinye isibonelo sokungabi namthetho kwesigwebo sentambo. Manje sengiyabona, kabuhlungu kakhulu, ukuthi njengomshushisi osemusha oneminyaka engu-33 ubudala, ngangingakwazi ukwenza isinqumo esasingaholela ekubulaweni komunye umuntu.
Akekho okufanele anikezwe amandla okukhipha isigwebo sentambo kunoma yiliphi icala lobugebengu. Vele asikwazi ukusungula uhlelo olungakhipha isigwebo sentambo ngokufanele nangokungachemi ngoba sonke singabantu abanamaphutha.
Iqiniso elisobala liwukuthi isigwebo sentambo siyisiqalekiso kunoma yimuphi umphakathi ozitshela ukuthi uphucuzekile. Kuyisinengiso esiqhubeka nokulimaza umphakathi futhi sizoqhubeka nokwenza kuze kube yilapho lesi sigwebo esiwubulwane sinqanyulwa. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, sizohlala ezweni elivumela ukuziphindiselela okusizwa nguhulumeni futhi okungebona ubulungisa nganoma iyiphi indlela.
Ngiphetha ngethemba lokuthi ukuhlinzeka kuzoba nesihe kimi ngaphezu kwalokho engakukhombisa uGlenn Ford. Kodwa, ngibuye ngisangulukiswe ukubona ukuthi angifanele neze.
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