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Hosted by celebrated criminal justice reform advocate and founding board member of the Innocence Project Jason Flom, and Pulitzer prize-winning podcast host and producer Maggie Freleng, Wrongful Conviction features intimate conversations with men and women who have spent years in prison for crimes they maintain they did not commit. Some have been fully exonerated and reunited with family and friends while others continue to languish, with some even facing execution on death row. Each episode peels back the layers behind the stories of those who have found themselves caught in a legal system gone wrong, with illuminating insights from lawyers and leading experts sharing their in-depth knowledge about each case, from prison visits and courtroom battles to reexamined crime scenes and witness interviews. This gripping series reveals the tragedy of injustice…as well as the triumph that is possible when people step up and demand change.

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Hosted by celebrated criminal justice reform advocate and founding board member of the Innocence Project Jason Flom, and Pulitzer prize-winning podcast host and producer Maggie Freleng, Wrongful Conviction features intimate conversations with men and women who have spent years in prison for crimes they maintain they did not commit. Some have been fully exonerated and reunited with family and friends while others continue to languish, with some even facing execution on death row. Each episode peels back the layers behind the stories of those who have found themselves caught in a legal system gone wrong, with illuminating insights from lawyers and leading experts sharing their in-depth knowledge about each case, from prison visits and courtroom battles to reexamined crime scenes and witness interviews. This gripping series reveals the tragedy of injustice…as well as the triumph that is possible when people step up and demand change.

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    #439 Jason Flom with Glynn Simmons

    #439 Jason Flom with Glynn Simmons

    Two gunmen robbed a liquor store in Edmond, OK, on December 30, 1974. The gunmen fatally shot an employee and left an eyewitness injured. At this time, police were also investigating a series of unrelated crimes and brought 22-year-old Glynn Simmons and his co-defendant in for questioning due to a tangential connection to the suspects in the other crimes. Glynn was put into various lineups and charged with the liquor store crime despite no physical evidence tying him to the robbery/murder. The two men were ultimately both sentenced to death for the crime. 

    To learn more and get involved, visit:

    https://www.gofundme.com/f/glynnrsimmons

    We started the Wrongful Conviction podcast to provide a voice to innocent people in prison. 

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    Wrongful Conviction is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.
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    • 33 min
    #438 Maggie Freleng with Catina Curley

    #438 Maggie Freleng with Catina Curley

    On March 30th, 2005, police were called to a home in New Orleans, LA. There, they found Renaldo Curley dead of a single gunshot wound. His estranged wife, 32-year-old Catina Curley, told police that she was in fear for her life when she shot Renaldo in self-defense. Police evidence - and the testimony of their children - showed that Renaldo had been physically abusing Catina for years. Yet, she was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. “It could have been me, you know,” she reflects. “It could have been me that was dead and away from my kids.”

    If you are experiencing domestic violence, help is available. Call the national domestic violence hotline at 1-800-799-safe or text “start” to 88788.

    Wrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.
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    • 37 min
    #440 Maggie Freleng with Cassandra Black Elk

    #440 Maggie Freleng with Cassandra Black Elk

    On the morning of February 19th, 2022, Cassandra Black Elk awoke to find her three-week-old daughter StarLight lifeless beside her. Police insisted the baby had died due to Shaken Baby Syndrome - and that Cassandra was responsible. “They were telling me their story,” Cassandra remembers, “that somebody did something to StarLight…somebody killed her.” Cassandra knew she hadn’t hurt her baby. She asked her lawyer repeatedly - what does the autopsy report say? But by the time she got the answer, Cassandra had been convicted of having caused her daughter’s death, and was already in prison.

    To learn more and get involved, visit:

    https://www.gofundme.com/f/cassi-black-elk-innocent-and-finally-freed

    https://www.greatnorthinnocenceproject.org

    https://www.f5project.org/

    Wrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.

    #437 Jason Flom with James Kluppleberg

    #437 Jason Flom with James Kluppleberg

    In the early morning hours of March 24,1984, a fire erupted on the first floor of an apartment building in Chicago, IL. The fire destroyed the building and killed six people, including young children. Four years later, James Kluppelberg was taken into police custody after he had reported an unrelated arson case. Police began intensely interrogating James about the apartment building fire until he falsely confessed to the crime. Despite the fact that the only evidence against James was the testimony of a single incentivized witness, he was sentenced to life in prison for the fire.  

    To reach James, email him at: 

    jrkrepair@gmail.com

    To learn more and get involved, visit:

    https://lavaforgood.com/podcast/392-wrongful-conviction-junk-science-arson-evidence/

    https://www.exonerationproject.org/

    Wrongful Conviction is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 37 min
    #436 Maggie Freleng with Evaristo Salas

    #436 Maggie Freleng with Evaristo Salas

    Jose Arreola was shot to death inside a pickup truck on November 14, 1995, in Sunnyside, WA. Five months later, a police informant identified a local teenager, Evaristo Salas, as the shooter. He was arrested and taken to the adult jail. “I'm 15 years old, I look like I'm 12. I weigh about a hundred pounds,” Evaristo remembers. “I'm five foot and I'm just surrounded. And I'm scared as hell.” Despite the fact that there was no physical evidence tying Evaristo to the crime, he was convicted and sentenced to 32 years and nine months in prison.

    To learn more, visit:

    https://www.gofundme.com/f/v47qe2-a-new-beginning

    https://wainnocenceproject.org

    Wrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.
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    • 45 min
    #435 Jason Flom with Chris Smith

    #435 Jason Flom with Chris Smith

    In 2007, a man wearing a wig and sunglasses entered a Bell Wireless store on the west side of Cincinnati, OH brandishing a gun. He ordered the patrons to the floor, demanded money from the store manager, and fled with the store's till. A witness across the street allegedly saw the man put on the wig and sunglasses, enter the store and flee a few minutes later in a Ford Expedition. The witness later identified that man as Chris Smith. Soon after the robbery, police found the Ford Expedition, a wig and sunglasses in the vicinity of Chris’s residence. Despite DNA test results performed on the wig and sunglasses that pointed to another man, Chris was still convicted of aggravated robbery and sentenced to 26 years in prison.

    To learn more and get involved, visit:https://www.instagram.com/therealolhound/?hl=en

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWVPwQ_EQ5KpY52SgneVAGw

    https://open.spotify.com/artist/22mtNHFVtFOzdsPPuuJCJt

    https://soundcloud.com/olhound

    https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2020/04/n20907729.html

    https://law.uc.edu/real-world-learning/centers/ohio-innocence-project-at-cincinnati-law.html

    Wrongful Conviction is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.
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    • 40 min

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