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Wrongful Conviction Podcasts share the stories of men and women who have spent decades in prison for crimes they did not commit. Some of them had even been sentenced to death. These are stories about tragedy, triumph, unequal justice and actual innocence.

Righteous Convictions - Author, Educator, and Marketing Guru Seth Godin

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  • 2K views
  • about 4 years ago
  • 26:01

In the early days of the internet, Seth Godin invented part of how email marketing works, but this was just one chapter in an overarching story about the sharing of ideas.  https://akimbo.com/ https://www.akimbo.link/ Righteous Convictions is a production of Lava for Good Podcasts in association with Signal Co No 1. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Righteous Convictions - Attorney, Author, Podcast Host Rabia Chaudry

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  • 1.8K views
  • about 4 years ago
  • 21:04

On the 2nd episode of Righteous Convictions, Jason speaks with Rabia Chaudry who graduated law school only to find that both her little brother’s best friend and the entire Muslim American community needed her help. She rose to the challenges before her in many more ways than simply starring in Serial. For a limited time in the Wrongful Conviction Podcasts’ feed and coming soon to a feed all its own, Lava for Good Podcasts in association with Signal Co No 1 are proud to present Righteous Convictions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Pablo Fernandez

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  • 2.5K views
  • about 4 years ago
  • 30:53

On June 10th, 1993, Henry Gomez was wounded, and Manny Quintero was killed in a drive-by shooting in Harlem. Alleged ex coke dealer turned NYPD cop AJ Melino and repeat wrongful conviction offender Detective Mark Tebbens joined forces with members of the Yellow Top crack gang to spin a tale that sent Pablo Fernandez away for almost 25 years in exchange for leniency. Learn more and get involved at:  https://www.paulweiss.com/ https://www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com/with-jason-flom Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co No1. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Righteous Convictions - Senator Dick Durbin

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  • 1.9K views
  • about 4 years ago
  • 23:11

On Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom, you’ve heard from people who have fallen victim to the gaping cracks in our criminal legal system. In doing this work, Jason crosses paths with so many people who are also fighting the good fight and whose good deeds need to be shared and supported. In this inaugural episode of Righteous Convictions, Jason speaks with United States Senator Dick Durbin about the Senator’s efforts to pass a bill to permanently abolish the federal death penalty. For a limited time in the Wrongful Conviction Podcasts’ feed and coming soon to a feed all its own, Lava for Good Podcasts in association with Signal Co No 1 are proud to present Righteous Convictions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Danny Rincon

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  • 3.8K views
  • about 4 years ago
  • 45:15

In the late 80’s and early 90’s, the Sepulveda’s Red Top crew ran the crack game in the South Bronx. When the Yellow Top crew tried to open up shop in an alleyway on Beekman Avenue, Nelson Sepulveda and 3 enforcers sprayed the alleyway with bullets on December 16th, 1991, killing 4 and wounding 1. Danny Rincon, who was with the Orange Top crew, had his whereabouts accounted for, but that didn’t seem to matter to Detective Mark Tebbens. Learn more and get involved at: https://www.change.org/p/help-danny-rincon-get-exonerated-he-is-wrongfully-convicted-and-serving-a-life-sentence https://www.exonerationinitiative.org/ https://www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com/with-jason-flom Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co No1.

Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Tommy Ward Part 2

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  • 2.5K views
  • over 4 years ago
  • 25:01

No body, no bones, no motive. Just a decades long nightmare that has not ended. For the final episode of Season 2 Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin take us back to Ada, Oklahoma, for the second half of the story of Tommy Ward and Karl Fontenot. When we left off last week, Tommy and Karl were sitting on death row, after police turned Tommy’s bad dream into a murder confession. This week, we hear about some serious twists in the case, from the discovery of the victim’s body to the revelation of hidden evidence that turned this case upside down. Laura and Steve update us on everything that’s happened since the 2018 Netflix series, The Innocent Man, told Tommy and Karl’s story. There’s been some very good news for one of them….and a breaking story that brings some hope for the other. Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co No1. A portion of this podcast series’ proceeds will be donated to the Center on Wrongful Convictions. To donate, learn more, or get involved, go to http://www.centeronwrongfulconvictions.org/ Learn more and get involved at https://www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com/false-confessions

Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Ricky Davis

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  • 2.5K views
  • over 4 years ago
  • 32:47

One woman was forced to talk, the other was not allowed. Both were powerless. Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin tell you about a California man named Ricky Davis. In 1985, Ricky and his girlfriend, Connie, found their roommate brutally stabbed to death. Without any leads, the case went cold for 14 years until detectives convinced Connie that she had repressed memories of Ricky committing the crime. Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co No1 A portion of this podcast series’ proceeds will be donated to the Center on Wrongful Convictions. To donate, learn more, or get involved, go to http://www.centeronwrongfulconvictions.org/ Learn more and get involved at https://www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com/false-confessions

Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - The Birmingham Six

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  • 3.5K views
  • over 4 years ago
  • 33:32

The thing about torture is that it works, at least if your only goal is to find a scapegoat. Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin take us to Birmingham, England. In 1972, two pubs were bombed, and six innocent Irish men were tortured into giving false confessions. The Birmingham Six were freed in 1991, but the crime’s never been solved. To this day, the public demands to know who really planted those bombs. Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co No1 A portion of this podcast series’ proceeds will be donated to the Center on Wrongful Convictions. To donate, learn more, or get involved, go to http://www.centeronwrongfulconvictions.org/ Learn more and get involved at https://www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com/false-confessions

Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Henry McCollum and Leon Brown

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  • 1.8K views
  • over 4 years ago
  • 31:19

I shall no longer tinker with the machinery of death. Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin bring us inside a decades-long fight for the truth. The story of Henry McCollum and Leon Brown is living proof that false confessions can send innocent people to death row. Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co No1 A portion of this podcast series’ proceeds will be donated to the Center on Wrongful Convictions. To donate, learn more, or get involved, go to http://www.centeronwrongfulconvictions.org/ Learn more and get involved at https://www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com This episode includes audio from “Brothers Return Home to Freedom” from The News & Observer. © 2014 McClatchy. All rights reserved. Used under license.

Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Season 2 Trailer

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  • 1.7K views
  • over 4 years ago
  • 03:52

Imagine the nightmare of being interrogated until you admit guilt for a crime you didn’t commit. In its long-awaited second season, Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions examines this true crime phenomenon through the eyes of two of the globe’s leading experts on interrogations: Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin, renowned attorneys, co-directors of Northwestern University’s Center on Wrongful Convictions, and recognized figures from the smash hit Netflix docu-series Making a Murderer. Using their unparalleled, first hand experience, actual interrogation audio, and interviews with leading lawyers, experts, and formerly incarcerated people to tell twelve true stories of false confessions, Laura and Steve invite us onto the front lines along with them to learn not only why people confess to crimes they never committed, but also how the criminal justice system failed to prevent those injustices from turning into years of wrongful imprisonment. Season 2 begins on Monday, October 5, 2020. Learn more and get involved: http://www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com

Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Marilyn Mulero

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  • 2.6K views
  • over 4 years ago
  • 49:14

S11E16: Marilyn Mulero On May 2nd, 1992, Marilyn Mulero was out with Madeline Mendoza and Jackie Montanez, mourning the death of a friend at the hands of the Latin Kings, when they happened to meet 2 members of that very same gang. Montanez’s murderous gang life ambitions put her friends’ lives and freedom in jeopardy when they all collided with 2 of Chicago’s most corrupt detectives. Learn more and get involved at: https://californiainnocenceproject.org/ https://www.uis.edu/illinoisinnocenceproject/ https://www.exonerationproject.org/ https://www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co No1 and PRX.

Wrongful Conviction: Junk Science - Hair Microscopy Evidence

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  • 3K views
  • over 4 years ago
  • 36:41

Josh Dubin speaks with Vanessa Antoun, Senior Resource Counsel at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) to learn about Hair Microscopy Evidence. Even when examined under a microscope, the similarities that can be observed between two hairs are open to wide interpretation, there are no definitive traits that can prove with any scientific certainty that a suspect’s hair matches a hair found at a crime scene. Yet hair comparison analysis was still being used to falsely identify and convict innocent people up until the year 2000 and people are still incarcerated who were convicted based on this false evidence. So how did this evidence get admitted into courts in the first place? Learn more and get involved. https://www.nacdl.org/ innocenceproject.org/exoneree-fund-2020 http://www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com Wrongful Conviction: Junk Science is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co No1 and PRX.