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that's all for this edition of "caught on camera. due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. a special response team overcomes an apparent act of sabotage on a fight call. >> there was so much water and soap on the floor. it was meant for us to slip and slide. >> a female inmate accused of misconduct. >> stand me and accuse me of stealing, give me a lie detector test. i will pass it. get me a lie detector test.
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>> accuses an officer of misconduct. >> don't make me put my hands on you and show you how bisexual i can be. what is that? >> an 18-year-old charged with murder faces the judge and -- >> shot him in his back -- >> the victim's mother. i hope you get what you deserve. >> in the heart of downtown cleveland, sits an 11-story tall half block wide symbol of law and order. the cuyahoga county correction center. >> face the wall!
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>> about 30,000 men and women from the city and outlying areas are booked in this jail each year. majority will be released within 24 hours. but about 2200 occupied beds here for an indefinite period, most are only accused of crimes and are awaiting trial for resolution of their cases. and like cleveland itself, the jail can be said to have tough neighborhoods of its own, especially the tenth floor. >> maximum security floor, for the most part we house or problematic inmates, inmates in some type of disciplinary lockup and administrative segregation, and we have our individuals that are here on high profile charges. >> the floor is managed by the special response team, trained in the use of riot gear and controlling high risk inmates. >> we like to keep them close to our problem. they manage the floor.
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>> the problems do occur here. >> sert is called to a fight. little do they know, they might have been sabotaged. >> be advised, wet floor. >> proceed with caution. the floor is wet. >> there was so much water and soap on the floor, it was meant for us to slip and slide on. i mean, it was beyond mopping a floor. >> nobody on the response team was injured and the apparent sabotage did not prevent from quickly retraining the combatants, one is scott, the other is antwaan timberlake. the fight occurred in his locked cell. >> in here? >> yeah. >> inmates sometimes find ways to open up doors and sometimes
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>> when used properly, a hard object can sometimes jimmy a lock. >> in this case there was a chess board and he was able to pop it from the outside. >> officers separate two men to get their versions of what happened. >> what's going on? >> nothing's going on. >> nothing? >> i'm up here for nothing? what happened? >> just fighting man. >> how did you get in his cell, it was locked? >> i don't know how [ bleep ]. >> who popped it open? >> he had to. >> what were you fighting, outside? >> outside then inside the cell. he pulled me in the cell. >> take him down. >> the officers then move to timberlake's cell and question him. >> i was just laying in my bed trying to read and i heard and thought it was a co and seen a dude coming in here just seen my >> and no time you never left this cell? >> hell no. >> never fighting in the haul
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and you pulled him inside. >> no, it's my room. >> the chess board's location outside the cell led officers to a preliminary conclusion as to which inmate was the aggressor and which was the victim. >> timberlake was a victim because they popped his door and fought with him. >> scott will remain confined while officials investigate the cause of the fight. timberlake is moved to a new unit as a safety precaution. >> i'm strong, i'm a big boy. i pretty much handled it. >> in another part of the jail, tony goodwin was recently alleged to have been involved in a separate fight. >> he's known, wherever he goes, he's known. he's a member of two street gangs, one called the starter boys and other the heartless felons. >> heartless felons is the largest gang and most recruited in county juvenile facilities. goodwin himself only recently transferred from the jail's juvenile wing to an adult housing unit when he turned 18. but he was first arrested 18 months earlier at age 16.
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he's charged with murder and has pled not guilty. >> been here so long, it's hard to cope. try to adapt as much as you can. when you get around other people that ain't doing as much time as you is, sometimes you snap. >> see somebody coming here three or four times and i'm still sitting on the same case, it bothers you sometimes. take life for granted. >> sam mcclaren has known goodwin since he arrived and wants to speak to him about his alleged role in the fight. >> tony, we're here to talk about the incident that took place on jail 19b, altercation involved two individuals. tony, it's stated that you were there.
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>> i wasn't there. >> you wasn't there? why did they say you were there? >> i have no idea. >> they come out of the room hollering at each other. which cell were you in. >> i was in four. >> came out, grabbed his shirt, i feel a certain kind of way. you stepped into cell 15. from there, now tony you did not hit him, you did not get a chance to fight him. >> i didn't touch him. >> but you were there. >> come on, tony. >> guilty by association? >> no, sir, guilty because you stepped in the cell. >> i didn't stem in the cell. >> the state says you did. give me your version. >> i ain't know nothing happened until they came and got me. >> come on, tony. >> what did i tell you could happen? receive up to how many days in lockup? 15?
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possible criminal charges can be brought against you. anything else you want to say before we close this? >> no, i'm all right. >> thank you. >> all right. mr. goodwin denied anything or taking part of the altercation that took place on 9 b pod but with the witnesses we have and statements they gave, clearly he did promote gang activity and take part in the activity that was going on. >> mr. goodwin back from talking to the investigator. >> he's an individual that i think if he have taken a different road many people would look up to him. he chose the path he took. the more he takes part in incidents like he did on 9-b, the farther he's going down that he can't return. you can only go so far. >> goodwin's future will soon come into focus. he's on trial for murder and if
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found guilty, could face life in prison. >> coming up -- >> i'm going to do it until the day i die. >> an inmate well known to staff is targeted by other inmates. >> what are you accused of? >> being a gang member and having swastikas. >> yeah? >> yeah. >> i see how much hurt she has in her face and how much pain she's going through. >> tony goodwin sees his mother before a jury decides his fate. when it came to our plants, we were so confused. how much is too much water? too little? until we got miracle-gro moisture control. it does what basic soils don't by absorbing more water, so it's there when plants need it. with the right soil, everyone grows with miracle-gro.
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like many large urban jails, they usually have more inmates than it was built to accommodate, that's due in large part to inmates whose drug use led it other crimes and revolving door relationship with the jail.
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staff recognize some inmates, and some like lorraine green are more memorable than others. >> lorraine green has been coming here since before i started and seen her come back many times since i have been here. >> heroin has led her to several convictions, now awaiting sentencing on two counts of drug possession. green says she worked as a nurse's aid for 15 years but funds her addictions for prostitution. >> still a prostitute? >> until the day i die. until i'm crippled and my -- my ass and hurts my neck. >> green says she made up to $800 a day as a prostitute.
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>> i may be old but i have a lot of regulars and make a lot of money. i use condoms for everything. i don't like spit, other people's spit. don't let them kiss me. grosses me out even thinking about it. i don't like it. >> she has a strong aversion to her cell accommodations. >> my toilet is disgusting has poop on the inside. and this is what it is right here. if you look over here, these are mine. if you look how nasty it is. they don't care about you. they could care less. >> she used to be a more mellow inmate, and usually you see it the opposite, come in more aggressive and mellow out. she's done the opposite. >> most of these are pictures of my children, who are they talking to disrespect me. you want respect, give me respect. >> as she's gotten older or tired of coming back and forth, she's become more aggressive. >> this is where we're at. >> green was recently placed in
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a 23-hour segregation cell after other inmates reported that she had stolen food from them and part of a white supremacy gang. >> what did they tell you you're being accused of? >> being a gang member and having swastikas. >> zoodo you have any tattoos? >> yes. >> you have some on your neck. can i see those? >> a cross, my mother and grandmother died. >> what is this on your arm. >> smile now, cry later. >> that's stated that you are supposed to be a leader of a gang unit or white supremacist activity. >> i have black children. my whole family is black. how can i be prejudice, how can i walk around with swastikas if my whole entire family is black and white and puerto rican. >> i'm just asking. >> i'm telling you, if i was prejudice i wouldn't have mixed children. >> also accused of allegedly possibly involved with commissary theft. >> i have my own from commissary. why do i have to steal from anybody? >> i'm not accusing --
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>> i'm stating a fact, my own commissary, don't need to steal from anybody. prove it. give me a lie detector test and i will pass it. get me a lie detector test like i just said to you and i will pass it. i'm not a they've. i steal at stores at home, yeah, but not here. >> i'm talking about here. >> no. give me a lie detector test. >> let them say what they want to say, their girls. how they talk. >> they never called you that. they are accusing me of being a thief, dude. give me a lie detector test. i will pass it with flying colors. >> and claiming you were a white supremacist active. >> do i look like a big ass gang member? look, i am 50 years old. those girls are young. i'm not a gang member. i'm not a supremacist. >> we'll do a follow through, okay? all right, ma'am. >> thank you, sir. i like to have a lie detector for all three questions you asked me. i pay for it. >> you got money? >> yes, i do. >> thank you. >> all right, thank you.
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>> green will remain in segregation at least until officer mclaren can conclude the investigation. over in the men's segregation unit, tony goodwin is dealing with bigger issues, currently on trial for murder. >> my judge told me if i were to lose trial my minimum sentence would be 23 to life and maximum 33 to life. >> goodwin, who was 16 at the time of his arrest is accused of fatally shooting a 20-year-old man. >> i am nervous. i basically want to speak from the heart. to the victim's family whatever part i played in the situation, i apologize for it and want them to know i'm sincere about it. >> what are you sorry for? >> the part that --
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that i did play in this case. >> can you tell me what that was? >> no. person know what he guilty of and what he ain't. >> does tony know? >> i know what i'm guilty of >> 18 months before his own arrest, goodwin's older brother was fatally shot while standing at a bus stop. >> people take losses different way. some people find god, religion, family. i chose the streets. i went to the streets when i lost my brother. people do things differently. streets helped me cope, i guess. the pain i was feeling. >> goodwin has at least one person who understands his pain. >> is it possible i can see tony now? >> yeah. >> my mother, she is a strong individual for the simple fact
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she supported me through this case and how she cope with losing her son. >> eleanor goodwin visits her son as often as possible. >> you know this here is hurting my back side. they feel hard. >> she's joined by her family's minister, loretta freeman. >> i kept telling your mom, she will not bury you in penitentiary that's what the lord told me. >> doesn't he answer my prayers? >> yes, he does. i remember you was little, don't pray for me, man, don't pray for me. >> i used to always say that. i'm going to pray for you. don't -- please, mom, pray for me. >> i look at her and see how much hurt she got in her face and how much pain she's going through. and sometimes it's hard to look at her. >> your precious holy name i pray, amen. >> if i get convicted, she feels she will lose another child.
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>> my god, i love you so much. >> i love you too, mom. >> coming up, tony goodwin is called back to court. this time, to hear from the jury. and -- >> he says, don't make me put my hands on you and show you how by sexual my hands can be. >> lorraine green accuses an officer of misconduct. [ lisa ] my name's lisa, and chantix helped me quit.
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recently, the special response team at the cuyahoga county correction center got more than it bargained for when responding to a fight between scott and timberlake. >> there was so much water and soap on floor. it was meant for us to slip and fall. >> the officers could not prove who might have sabotaged them but none was injured. timberlake received medical treatment for his eye. >> came in my cell and picked a fight and then punching and put
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his whole hand in my eye and pulled my eye back, you know. the whole thing -- >> who is this person to you? >> nobody. >> scott, who is a member of jail's largest gang, the heartless felons, didn't have a lot to say about it either. >> for real, but -- >> later however, scott admitted to jail investigators that he popped timberlake's cell door with the chess board and initiated the attack. >> you can get into the doorway and pop open a lock like on the street. it takes more effort but it can be done. you need something hard and straight and you can tell it was used the way it was crimped. >> inmate scott pled guilty, waived his right to be present at this hearing. >> scott will receive time in isolation. how much time is up to the jail's disciplinary committee, who will take timberlake's injuries into account. >> how seriously injured was >> he had a black eye his left
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eye was swollen. i don't know if he had lacerations or not. >> it was a little swollen when i saw him and he said that scott tried to gouge his eye out. he said i was trying to reach inside. he had scratch marks. >> what was this about? what was the reasoning why? >> there's been -- no, there's just been some issues with timberlake and the heartless felons in there because timberlake does his own thing. he doesn't want to associate with them. and he just believes that the gang is ridiculous. >> still, timberlake is known for causing problems as well. >> timberlake has an anger issue, been there for a long time. we've dealt with him. that's why he is in 10 charlie. we've had numerous lockups when i dealt with him. >> a little punk that's all. only the strong survive. you come in here like a little chump, run you to hell early. if you're strong and stand your ground, they know not to mess
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with you, you know. this is jail. you either go the nice way or the hard way, either way we're locked up so -- >> timberlake who has prior convictions for burglary and theft recently pled guilty to attempted robbery and awaiting sentencing. he says this offense sounds worse than it is. >> you know what i am in here for? a six pack or something, i am a good person. i just happen to be in the wrong places at the wrong time. i wasn't out there holding nobody at gun point or snatching old lady's purses or stealing cars. everybody is my friend, all of them. >> everybody thinks he's a [ bleep ].
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inside cleveland's cuyahoga county correction center lorraine green, currently in jail on drug possession charges has been in segregation pending an investigation from another inmate that she's part of a white supremacy gang. >> here i sit in the county freaking jail, the worst hell hole you could be in. >> at least today, green will get a bit of good news from gang investigator sam mclaren. >> we can't go on accusation, got to have something solid or something of proof and we don't have none of that. we have to let her go. case closed. >> green is moved back to general population where she can be around other inmates and have privileges restored. after moving in the new cell,
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she has come forward with an allegation with a male officer that confronted her in segregation. >> he said i was kicking -- he says don't me put my hands on you, i can show you how bisexual my hands can be. who are you talking to like that? that's a sexual comment he shouldn't have said. >> the officer in question, corporal mets, along with the female officer both deny making any such comments. >> make accusations and allegations. that one i still can't figure out that accusation. but, you know, we deal with it all the time. it's our policy here at the sheriff's department, interaction between male officers, female inmates, we always have a female officer with us during the interaction. >> after he was alerted to the allegation, associate warden ivey meets with green. >> i hear you have an issue you wanted to talk about. >> when i was in my cell in
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lockdown, corporal metz came in my room because i was kicking around girls with an attitude and maybe i was smart with the co. that's just me. came in. he said, i heard you were kicking and yelling and treating my cos bad and i look at him, yeah sure. he started yelling. i put my sheet over my head. sure, whatever. he says, well, don't make me put my hands on you and show you how bisexual i can be. what is that? >> i don't know, it seems like something missing out of that -- >> i figured you might say that. >> it's not. you going to talk or i'll talk. >> no. >> i don't understand where the by sexual piece come in. he said he was going to put his -- you were offended by that? >> he told me, don't make me put my hands on you and show you how bisexual my hands can be. >> you were offended by that? >> i was.
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>> there anyone i can talk to? >> your co, bryant. it is on the grievance i filed. >> what did you do with that grievance. >> i gave it to them and they were supposed to give it to you. it said warden. >> when you write a grievance in you look in the handbook, it shows you how to write a grievance. any time you write a formal grievance, you're going to place it in an envelope and stamp it and mail it out. that makes it a formal grievance. the writing on the back of the -- handbook. you don't have one? >> i threw it away. >> read the handbook so you're aware of the rules and policy in the right protocol to follow when you have things like a grievance. >> why didn't they tell me? >> i can't tell you that. i can tell you that the information was given to you and you had access to the information and you threw that away. i'll address this issue and see if i can get to the bottom of it. >> i know cos and corporals stick together and i'm still
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filing the grievance and getting my lawyer, i talked to him already. i am going to press charges on him for what he did. >> that's your right to follow up from there. >> you do what you have to do in here. i already talked to him. >> it is not imperative we like each other, but we respect what everybody has to do. all right? we have an understanding? >> yes, we do. >> you have a good day. >> you too. >> i will speak with the witnesses that she gave me. hopefully we'll get to the bottom of this. >> up on the tenth floor, antuan timberlake is waiting for an answer as well. and he's growing impatient. >> i got to know what's going on.
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>> timberlake recently pled guilty to attempted robbery. he was due in court for sentencing three hours ago. but the judge has yet to send for him, and he's anxious to know why. >> you think i'm a -- i want to know what's going on. >> i don't know. >> you're not taking the time to know. you're too busy being an a-hole to me. >> timberlake likes to get on my nerves and we try our best to be professional as much as possible. he has to wait like the rest of us. >> you're going to have to wait. >> this is hard. that's cool. we're about to tear it up in this [bleep]. i make sure i do something so you can call your boss, all right? cool on that? we got an agreement? >> start acting like that. >> you need to sit and wait like
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me. >> all you got to do is call the courtroom, man, so you can figure it out. he got higher authority. >> speaking of the corporal, here he is. >> i'm supposed to have court at 10:00 and evaluation at 1:00. i ain't been called for none of that. >> if they need you, we'll get you up there. >> ain't no way you can call down there. >> you're supposed to go this morning. judge might have been involved in another case like that. i can look and see if there's anything else put in the computer. >> i don't want to be here. >> we don't want to either but -- until the judge says they need you, we can't take you up there if the judge doesn't want you. >> i just want to know what's going on. if they are challenging me or what. i'll let you know. >> a lot of inmates don't want to listen to cos, they think just because the supervisor is around, that they can give them
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the same information that i can give them but because it comes from me, it's a better answer. >> corporal johnson checks for updates in the court schedule but finds nothing new to report. >> i'll go in and tell them still showing you're supposed to have sentencing today and when they set a new date, i'll let you know. other than that, that's where it's at. >> it is what it is. >> later that afternoon, timberlake did get news, the judge delayed it for another two weeks. he will remain in jail until then. >> one time however, delays almost never occur, when a jury has reached a verdict and that time has come for tony goodwin. >> being in these clothes gives you a false sense of freedom. >> goodwin, who was arrested as a juvenile but being tried as an
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adult, has been incarcerated for the past 18 months while on trial for murder. >> i got to find out what my fate hold. >> if the jury finds him guilty, they must choose between murder or aggravated murder. the latter carries a longer maximum sentence, 33 years to life. >> i'm a little nervous. kind of came back fast. expect it would be another day. >> goodwin testified in court that at age 16, he shot 20-year-old dwayne, who later died from his wound. but his lawyers presented a defense they hope will sway a jury to acquit goodwin. >> i don't know what the verdict going to be. i'm hoping that it's a good one. but if not, i don't know. i can't even tell you what i'll
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jerry's birthday. >> your son who was murdered? >> yes. >> goodwin's attorneys acknowledge that he shot the boy who was killed by his wounds. they hoped to reach a plea bargain for manslaughter, but the prosecutors would only accept the murder plea. in ohio the murder conviction requires precalculation but intent to murder and defense set out to prove it did not exist. they say two years earlier, when goodwin unexpectedly saw him, he shot him, not to murder but stop him from fleeing. he was struck in the buttock and fell to the ground. goodwin's lawyers argue despite having a loaded gun, he then only punched grim in the face in order to break his jaw. they can only hope the jury will have understood the importance of this distinction. >> ladies and gentlemen of the jury, it's my understanding that you have reached a verdict, is that true? >> yes, your honor.
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>> grim's mother and other family members are also in the courtroom. >> thank you. >> all right, count one, we the jury in this case being duly empaneled and sworn, do find tony goodwin, not guilty of aggravated murder as charged in count one of the indictment. we the jury in the case being goodwin not guilty of murder. we the jury in this case, do find the defendant tony goodwin of discharging firing a firearm, signed by all 12 jurors, that he did have a firearm on or about his person and displayed it and brandished it and indicated he
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possessed it, or used it to facilitate the offense and finally that the defendant did cause a substantial risk of serious physical harm to dwayne grim. ladies and gentlemen of the jury, is this your verdict? >> yes. >> goodwin was acquitted of the murder charges that could have sent him to prison for life. he is guilty of illegally firing a gun. for that he could get up to 14 years when he returns to court for sentencing. >> i want to thank you all. okay. >> all rise for the jury. >> court is adjourned. >> what went through your mind? >> there was a changed young man. >> are you scared? >> no. >> you aren't fearful about a guilty verdict? >> no, ma'am, honest to god, no. i was not scared. i was just was prepared. if god were to sent him down with 25 years, that's between god and him. tony know that. i was prepared. >> until he is sentenced, goodwin will remain in jail. >> everything be going good today.
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let's keep that positive energy and keep doing that. it's hard. >> it's all about the choices. >> when i got to the verdict, it was like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. i thought i was -- i wanted to look like, did he really say that? i was kind of shocked. i was just just waiting, i'm sorry i read this wrong. i was waiting. just thinking of getting let down. i didn't have a reaction. but i was happy though, for real. >> in a very different matter, associate warden ivey has also reached a decision regarding lorraine green's allegation that a male officer made an inappropriate remark to her. >> he says well, don't make me put my hands on you and show you how bisexual i can be.
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what is that? >> ivey questioned the male officer and female officer with him when the comment was allegedly made. >> i want to see mrs. lorraine green in c pod. thanks. >> lorraine green. i'm going to see if she has additional witnesses to speak to because at the end of the day when you allege something you have to have witnesses and somebody for me to talk to and some way to prove the statement you're making. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> i'm good. >> i'm okay. >> was there any witnesses that you would like for me to talk to? >> the only person there, me, your co, ryan and -- metz. >> i spoke with the corporal and also spoke with the officer that was there at the time, corporal has wrote a statement saying at no time did he make any comments -- any sexual -- >> i bet he did.
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i bet he did. >> let me finish what i'm saying. >> you guys are agreeing to each other. what is the sense of it. i'm looking like the idiot while your ceo agreeing with each other he never said it when he did say it. what's the sense of speaking more about it. >> it's over. >> i'm going to continue with what i have to say, when i'm done talking, explaining to you the outcome, then you at that point you're more than welcome to comment or more than welcome to do whatever you feel is necessary. >> i'm going to -- >> to resolve this. as i was saying, i spoken to the corporal and denies stating that at no time did he make comments of this nature to you. the officer that you said that was present during this has also writ especially -- written a statement saying the same thing. so if you have no further witnesses for me to talk to, there's no way i can prove what you're saying to be of any truth or whatever. i'm going to conclude at this point that the grievance is resolved.
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if you would like to follow with your attorney, whatever else you like to do. >> and i will and do a lie detector test too. >> whatever you feel necessary to do. >> you guys are sticking together and i respect you're the warden and everything, i'm not going to have any witnesses in lockdown. >> how am i going to prove what you're saying if i don't have witnesses? >> this is all a bunch of crap right here. because they are your cos and your corporals, that's the code of honor. >> it doesn't matter, i'll get me a lawyer. >> someone else you wants me to speak with? >> i'm going to have a lie detector test taken and prove to you and your corporals how wrong they really are. >> okay. >> i got this. >> okay. >> i got this. >> okay. >> anyway, i'm done. >> i'm done too. >> have a good day. >> you too. >> she's a very difficult person to even communicate with because she doesn't -- she wants to see
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things her way and thinks that everything is a conspiracy. she's made it perfectly clear how she feels about law enforcement and correction officers and things like that. as far as i'm concerned, i'm done with it and comfortable with the decision we made about it. coming up -- >> that was my son. that was my child. yes, you lost somebody but that's no reason for you to carry a gun and shoot another person because you lost your brother. >> the mother of tony goodwin's victim implores the judge to give him the max. when it came to our plants, we were so confused. how much is too much water? too little? until we got miracle-gro moisture control. it does what basic soils don't by absorbing more water, so it's there when plants need it. with the right soil, everyone grows with miracle-gro.
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after his sentencing was postponed, antwan timberlake went before the judge and got good news. >> judge held mercy on me, i'm happy for that. i got one year on probation.
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i believe freedom is a blessing, anything to stay away from this wreched ass place, i'll do anything to stay away. >> timberlake will remain in jail until the proper paperwork is filed but there are higher stakes on the line for tony goodwin. >> are you nervous? >> a little bit. >> okay, good luck to you. >> thank you. >> goodwin is on his way back to court to learn his sentence for illegally discharging a firearm, an act which led to the death of 20-year-old. he's eligible for up to 14 years in prison. >> i hope i get the minimum but i think i'll get the max. basically i think the judge will try to get the family some type of comfort by giving me the max on the gun charge. we'll have to wait to see. >> both goodwin's mother and mother of the victim are present in the courtroom.
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>> as you will recall in the case following a trial the jury returned a verdict of not guilty on counts one and two but guilty as to count three, discharge of a firearm. >> before the judge announces his sentence, he asks the victim's mother, beatrice telly to address the court. >> you shot him in the back. and they say you're not guilty. i don't have no peace. he deserves the max, whatever he can get because it's not right. that's my baby. that was my son. that was my child. yes, you lost somebody, but that's no reason for you to carry a gun and shoot another person because you lost your brother. that's not right. that's no justice. when you really go out on the road, i hope you get what you deserve because my son don't deserve to be shot in his back.
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>> is there anything you would like to say before sentence is pronounced? >> yes, your honor, i would like to actually apologize about everything that happened in that case and each and every last one of you all for the situation that took place. i want you to know i'm truly sorry. with that, your honor, i would like to say i'm here today to take full responsibility of my actions as a man. >> we have a serious felony, what you did did cause the death of the victim in this case. accordingly, i don't think maximum sentence is appropriate, and on the other hand, i cannot impose the minimum. i'm forced to compromise, keeping in mind your youth and lack of prior record and fact you did cause of death here.
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i'm going to sentence you to lorraine correctional institution for six years and to that will be added three years mandatory on the firearms specifications for a total sentence of nine years. plus court costs, you do get credit for the time you've been in jail and we'll have to calculate that. deputies will have the paperwork done shortly. >> goodwin will return to jail until his transfer to state prison. for victim's mother, nine years is not enough. >> i was hoping he would get more than nine years. when he go down that row, that's when the real world start for him. he's going to get what's coming to him. >> goodwin thinks prison could be a chance to turn his life around. >> i didn't have no life expectancy for me when i was out, hopelessly 18.
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i felt i was living life like there was no tomorrow. so now i got a chance to get it back and realize the stuff i took for granted and how many people i cared about. >> you know you've got to stay away from the gang stuff and be your own man. >> officer henderson has known goodwin since he first arrived in the jail's juvenile wing at age 16. 9 years is a long time but he's still young. hopefully he makes good choices. if he gets around the wrong people, he'll have a hard time to do. if you go down there and be positive and be a man and stay out the way, he'll did good. so it's 50/50, all on him.
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