Richard Anthony Jones led a quiet life in Missouri, but it all changed when he was arrested one day and charged with an aggravated robbery, a crime he claimed he had nothing to do with.

There was nothing this man didn’t do in order to prove his innocence, but somehow, because of all the circumstances, he failed each time. According to him, at the time the robbery was done, Richard was at his girlfriend’s place together with other people. They all witnessed that Richard had spent the entire night with them, but that didn’t help.

Eventually, after a witness confirmed it was Richard who commited the crime, with no fingerprints or physical evidence found at the scene, he was sentenced to 19 years in prison. It was the year 1999 when Richard started serving his sentence at a prison with highest level of security.

Jones appealed and lost. Then he learned about the Midwest Innocence Project, which partners with the University of Kansas’ Project for Innocence.

Those involved with the project did a thorough research and they finally learned of a man named Ricky Lee Amos who looked exactly like Jones. One would assume they are twins when looking at side-by-side photos of the two.