You may have seen a story circulating over the last few days of a prison inmate that had a fellow inmate who was his doppelganger. Richard Anthony Jones, was serving a 17 year sentence for robbery in a Kansas City prison. Through the work of his legal team it was discovered his doppelganger (also named Richard Jones) may have been the one to commit the crime.
According to KGO-TV in Los Angeles at a hearing last week witnesses, including the robbery victim, testified that looking at pictures of the two men together, they could no longer say if Jones was the perpetrator. Jones always insisted he was innocent and the judge dropped the charges and he was released.
This is a fascinating story, shows the inherent problems with our justice system and sentencing laws. Looks like an innocent man lost 17 years of his life. What is his recourse now?