Actor Jamal Trulove Tells the Story of How Kamala Harris and Her DA’s Office Wrongfully Sentenced Him to Life in Prison

Reporter: “The district attorney of San Francisco, Kamala Harris, appeared in the courtroom during your trial twice.”
TRULOVE: “Yeah, the two times that Kamala Harris showed up to my trial was when I got convicted and also when they laid down the sentencing.”
Reporter: “When you saw her on the day that the verdict was handed down, did you take that as a bad sign?”
TRULOVE: “It felt to me that she was well aware about my case, and she was there to set her presence, almost take pride in getting a conviction. When I put in my appeal, the people that’s fighting against my appeal to keep the conviction is the attorney general office. I learned that reading, you know, their reply to my appeal, and you see Kamala Harris’ name at the bottom. And now it’s starting to feel a little personal.”
Reporter: “When you win the $13.1 million, it’s a massive settlement, did you feel like that was enough?”
TRULOVE: “There’s not an amount that could get back those seven years, it was six-and-a-half years that I spent in prison. But instead of me coming home feeling like I was a victim. I wanted to prove that I’m a survivor and I will not let my story go unheard. You know, I’m not necessarily saying I’m looking for an apology, but some acknowledgment from her that she could have messed up would be — of course, that’d be huge. You could have made some mistakes. You could have missed some things. I mean, it was a big miss, you know, I had life in prison.”