Davonte Sanford, a half-blind, special needs 14-year-old, was convicted of four murders in Detroit. Sanford confessed to committing the murders as a teen, but a self-described hitman named Vincent “Vito” Smothers said that he was the one who killed the four people. Even after this revelation, Sanford was not immediately freed from prison. Crime Watch Daily’s Andrea Isom speaks with Davontae’s mother Taminko Sanford and Davontae himself about what happened.
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Cops are awful disgusting people. Not only did they force a confession out of the vulnerable kid but they also refused to admit he was wrongfully convicted when the real killer confessed 🙄
He should sue them for good
Willingly confessed?? That's a crock we know damn well who made him say he killed those people— POLICE!!!
Lol lots of nice guys choose to do bad things. But the point is he’s half blind so if he were to shoot he’d shoot into someone’s window
Because he would never get a good aim. So no he’s not a killer if he wants tp kill someone he’d hire someone to kill them!!!
But he never did that either I’m just say if he was s good guy turned bad he’d hire someone. But he didn’t it was someone different
Wow! Wow!
wow it sounds like he was fucked from the beginning. I feel bad for this kid. Hope hes doing well now.
Devonta looks like Stacy from menace to society
Black folks stop trusting the words of white lawyers 😒
This whole may have been mentally challenged. No way ANYONE could advise me to have my kid take a deal on murders he didn't commit. THEN Detroit Police Dept was no better. I blame most of the force as well because I'm sure this info was known and NOBODY spoke up on this child's behalf publicly about the new evidence and confession. If you sit by and allow things like this to happen you just as guilty. A closed mouth is your agreement to this foolery.
The system is still the same in 2020
Had to watch this whole video again… This is insane… doesn't make sense…wowww🙁
HAHAHAHAHA THAT BAD LAWYER LOOKS LIKE TRUMP!! DEADASS LAUGHED AS SOON I SAW THE PHOTO 😂😅🤣😂😅🤣😂😅🤣
He ain't drawed that picture and granny ass should of went with him
Why didn't they check him for gunshot residue? Where was the blood evidence? BS
Dirty detroit i hate it here
I done saw the detective on first 48 he's a piece of shit smh🙄
Fucking pigs like I needed another reason to hate em More
& i hope devante got paid 💰 #Fuckthesystem❗
Why didn't physical evidence come into play?
So the police basically came up with the confession for devante wrote it all down then turned the cameras on and had him say he did it in the video. That’s what it looks like to me.🤔
Thats a akm not an ak
I think maybe the hitman is lying. Maybe Devontes family like he’s uncles mayb they are thugs and picked a random guy (hitman) and told him to turn himself in and say it was him who did these murders or else they will kill him. Cause think bout it who turns them self in after “his crimes” are already solved? He even said he has a 3 week old babygirl ? If anything he would do anything to be with her!!
Really starting to loose all faith in America
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Biggest crime I see is how someone could name their child fucking TAMINKO wtf is wrong with people😂😂😂
Cops who falsely and fake stuff to get someone convicted should be locked up for life. And these are black cops lol. I thought it was white cops who were bad according to those racist black punks who make stupid comments like that lol
I remember seeing this case on the The first 48 and it was anything like this Wow!
Mom and Grandma is both moron' s how you gonna let your l 14 year old go alone with police. He is a minor 🤔
I don't know how to reconcile that hitman's wanting to do right by his new daughter with his choosing that career parth in the first place. I just hope it means becoming a father changed him. As it is I have more respect for him than for the cops who kept that kid behind bars rather than face the consequences of their own mistake.
They are just giving him leading questions, and being so young and under so much pressure he just agrees with them
Damn. Where were you when you realized that the actual killer was the only person who had a bit of integrity.
This mom is stupid
Dis is exactly what happened in d movie''the way the see us"
Why would the family let him go down to the police station to be interrogated without an adult present?? Oh my god I can’t imagine. He’s a scared 14 year old learning disabled kid. So let’s lock him in a max shack for 50 years that makes sense. Classic cops.
Fuck you Chris Hansen
Stupidity
His mom and grandma ain’t shit.
why did he say he did that then I'm confused … when I was little I knew if I was being blamed for something and knew if I did it or not 😕
"Why did he tell this story? " He's 14, that's why
Why didn't the detective ask davonte the three men names? Nobody even went searching for "the men" that was supposedly did this with him. They were just tryna get a confession and close the case which is injustice.
Dirty ass cops. Then the system ain't shit. Trying to having an open and close case. Respect to boy that step up