Ralph Trent Stokes - Part 4

Our penultimate episode for this series.

With the witness discussion wrapped up, Spencer and Lisa move on the search warrant and the the evidence that was subsequently recovered from Ralph's house, Ralph's ineffective counsel, and verdict and sentencing. Maggie Freleng weighs in on how she got started with her work (spoiler: it's through another friend of the podcast, co-producer Suave Gonzalez).

Of course, no episode would be complete with a mention of enemy of the podcast, former Assistant District Attorney Roger King. Listen to see if Spencer can resist insulting him.

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When Smokin’ Joe’s Corner in Philadelphia was robbed on March 11, 1982, resulting in the brutal murder of three people, police arrested 19 year-old Ralph Trent Stokes, a former cook at Smokin’ Joe’s for the crime. 

Notoriously corrupt prosecutor, Assistant District Attorney Roger King - a man who has been featured extensively on this podcast - convinced a jury that Ralph Should get the death penalty. Six months later, Ralph was sent to live in a prison cell no larger than a bathroom, where he has remained ever since, most of those years in solitary confinement.

Fast forward to 2004 and, in an investigative file that was previously undisclosed, it was discovered that King had lied to the jury about forensically tested evidence. Witnesses that testified against Ralph were coerced and incentivized, his alibi witnesses were disregarded and an innocent man has sat on death row for 40 years. 

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