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Wrongful Conviction Podcasts
Based on the files of the lawyers who freed them, Wrongful Conviction features interviews with 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 their stories.
Episodes
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts549: #549 Lauren Bright Pacheco with James Soto
Wrongful Conviction with Lauren Bright Pacheco is back November 13th with all new episodes. So today, we’re revisiting one of the most memorable episode from…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts548: #458 Jason Flom with Jeff Boppre
On September 19, 1988, drug dealer Richard Valdez and his pregnant girlfriend Sharon Condon were shot in their house near Scottsbluff, NE. Police quickly…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts547: #547 Jason Flom with John Restivo
On December 5th, 1984, the naked body of Theresa Fusco was pulled out of a wooded area in Lynbrook, NY - the 3rd in a string of recent disappearances, putting…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts546: #546 Jason Flom with David Smith
On October 15, 2015, Quortnety Tolliver was attacked with a hammer in her home in Ravenna Township, OH. She woke up from a medically induced coma weeks later…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts545: #545 Jason Flom with Fredrico Lowe-Bey
On May 21, 1988, about 5:00 a.m., the victim, after an argument with her boyfriend, left his parked car and walked alone toward her home in St. Louis, MO…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts544: #544 Jason Flom with Maggie Freleng on Quincy Cross and Graves County
Jason Flom sits down for an interview with Maggie Freleng, the Pulitzer prize-winning producer, journalist and host of Bone Valley Season 3 | Graves County. In…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts543: #543 Jason Flom with Jonathan Parker
On April 9, 1997, shortly after midnight in Buffalo, NY, Officers Charles “Skip” McDougald and Michael Martinez were patrolling near Northampton and East…
Wrongful Conviction PodcastsIntroducing Bone Valley Season 3 | Graves County - Preview
Maggie Freleng, along with Executive Producers Gilbert King and Jason Flom bring you the first episode of Maggie’s new documentary series, years in the making…
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Introducing - Bone Valley Season 3 | Graves County: Preview
In Bone Valley Season 3 | GRAVES COUNTY, Maggie Freleng takes us to a small town in Graves County, Kentucky, where a terrible discovery on the front lawn of a…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts542: #542 Jason Flom with Nicholas Allen
On the night of February 4, 2011, Avalisa Morris was shot and killed at a birthday party in the basement of a two-family home in Queens, NY. The fatal gunshots…
Wrongful Conviction PodcastsIntroducing - Bone Valley Season 3 | Graves County
In Season 1 of Bone Valley, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King tells a story of a man, Leo Schofield, fighting to prove his innocence in the case of…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts541: #541 Guest Host Maggie Freleng with Quincy Cross
18-year-old Jessica Currin’s burned and decomposing body was discovered on August 1, 2000 behind Mayfield Middle School in Mayfield, KY. Jessica had…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts540: #540 Jason Flom with Joe Berlinger on the West Memphis 3
In the late 80’s and early 90’s, the US found itself wrapped up in the “Satanic Panic” - a general state of fear revolving around Satanism and satanic ritual…
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539: #539 Jason Flom with Cal Harris
Calvin "Cal" Harris was charged with the murder of his estranged wife Michele Harris, who disappeared in September 2001 from their home in Spencer, NY. Despite…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts538: #538 Jason Flom with Kendrick Gillum
On February 1, 1997, Charles Newsome, a member of the 18th Street Group was murdered while driving through the Mayfair Apartments in West Memphis, AR. The city…
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537: #537 Jason Flom with Johnny Berry
On August 10th, 1994, a man and a woman were in a van in West Philadelphia, when two males approached. One blocked the passenger door, while the other shot the…
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536: #536 Jason Flom with the Virginia 3
On July 12, 1994, 19-year old Steven Smith was killed after being struck by a single bullet to the head in Newport News, VA. Within weeks three individuals…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts535: #535 Ben Bowlin with Reynaldo Munoz
On September 8, 1985, dozens gathered on Keeler Avenue in Chicago, IL for a friend's birthday party. In the early morning hours, while walking back to the…
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Introducing - Bone Valley Season 3 | Graves County
In Season 1 of Bone Valley, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King tells a story of a man, Leo Schofield, fighting to prove his innocence in the case of…
Wrongful Conviction PodcastsIntroducing: The Girlfriends: Jailhouse Lawyer
What does it mean to be a victim, or a villain? What happens when the line between the two starts to blur? On 7th July 2010, Kelly Harnett says her abusive…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts534: #534 Ben Bowlin with Robert Johnson
In the evening of April 14, 1996, Edward Binion was shot in the head during a home invasion in Chicago, IL. After a series of arrests, since-disgraced Cook…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts533: #533 Wrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng
This week, we are bringing to you a special episode of Wrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng featuring Selma Butler. Maggie has returned to share this…
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532: #532 Jason Flom with Clay Chabot
In recognition of July 4th we want to highlight Clay Chabot, a Navy veteran who served almost 2 years on the USS Saratoga CVA-60 before he was honorably…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts531: #531 Ben Bowlin with Trevor Mattis
On September 15, 1988, there was an argument inside of Philadelphia, PA row house. As one party tried to leave, Everton Meade Johnson followed while making…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts530: #530 Ben Bowlin with Duane Williams
On the morning of August 20, 2012, police and firefighters were called to a house fire in Detroit, MI. Bobby Cross and Darryl Simms died in the fire. Bobby’s…
Wrongful Conviction PodcastsIntroducing: Bone Valley - Season 1 & 2
In 1987, 18-year-old Michelle Schofield was found dead in a phosphate pit in Florida. Two years later, her husband, Leo Schofield, was convicted of her murder…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts529: #529 The Wrongful Conviction of Leonard Peltier - Part 3
In part three of this three-part series, at Leonard’s trial in 1977 federal prosecutors changed the failed narrative from the Butler / Robideau trial, claiming…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts528: #528 The Wrongful Conviction of Leonard Peltier - Part 2
Ben Bowlin, new co-host of Wrongful Conviction and host of the long-standing podcast Stuff the Don’t Want You to Know and Jason Flom from the Wrongful…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts527: #527 The Wrongful Conviction of Leonard Peltier - Part 1
In part one of this three-part series, Leonard discusses his early life and experiences with American injustice before joining the American Indian Movement…
Wrongful Conviction PodcastsIntroducing - Absolute: Taser Incorporated, Teaser
Absolute, Season 1: Taser Incorporated is at once a tale as old as time - a true believer learns the hard way that the costs of lofty ambition and hubris just…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts526: #526 Ben Bowlin with Sonny Bharadia
On November 18, 2001, a woman returned home from church to a man burglarizing her apartment in Thunderbolt, GA. While wearing a pair of batting gloves, the man…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts525: #525 Jason Flom with Willie "Pete" Williams
On April 5, 1985, around 11 p.m., a woman exiting her car in her apartment complex parking lot just north of Atlanta, GA was approached by an African-American…
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524: #524 Jason Flom with Clemente Aguirre
Coming of age in Honduras, Clemente “Shorty” Aguirre was faced with a choice: join MS13 or die. He moved to Nicaragua with his grandmother instead, but with no…
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523: #523 Jason Flom with Lerico Kearney
On November 21, 1997, Gene Artis and his sister Yvonne Giles were shot and killed at their apartment in Suffolk, VA. Six-year-old Travone Artis was the only…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts522: #522 Jason Flom and Maggie Freleng with Andre Brown live from the UJC Summit
This special edition of Wrongful Conviction was recorded on December 1, 2023 live from the United Justice Coalition (UJC) Summit in New York City. This annual…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts521: #521 Jason Flom with John "Divine G" Whitfield
On March 25, 1988, Harold Wesley shot and killed Jimmy Calibera in a drug deal gone wrong. The crime occurred in front of the Breukelen Houses estates in…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts520: #520 Jason Flom with Ivery Dorsey
On July 10, 1994, in Houston, TX, four to six armed men forcibly entered a house that was being used as a base for selling crack cocaine. The intruders kicked…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts519: #519 Jason Flom with Marcus Blalock
On March 24, 2001, the burned body of Howard Rose was found in a pick up truck in Pennsylvania. Rose had been shot in the back of the head in Cleveland, OH the…
Wrongful Conviction PodcastsIntroducing - Bone Valley, Season Two: Jeremy
When Jeremy Scott confessed to the murder of Michelle Schofield, the State of Florida refused to believe him. In Bone Valley, Season 2, author Gilbert King…
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518: #518 Jason Flom with Jermaine Archer
On July 21, 1997 in Brooklyn, NY, Patrick Niles, a passenger in a vehicle, was shot in the head and killed. The driver of the car and surviving eyewitness…
Wrongful Conviction PodcastsIntroducing: Up and Vanished Weekly, the Wrongful Conviction of Toforest Johnson
When Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy William “Bill” Hardy, a 23 year veteran, was ruthlessly gunned down in the early morning hours of Wednesday, July 19…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts517: #517 Jason Flom and John Grisham with Jamie Snow
On Easter Sunday, 1991, 18-year old gas station attendant William Little was shot and killed during an apparent armed robbery in Bloomington, IL. Eight years…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts516: #516 Jason Flom and Kim Kardashian with Corey Miller
On the night of January 12, 2002, Corey MIller went to the Platinum Club in Jefferson Parish, LA. Corey, professionally known as “C-Murder,” lived in New…
Wrongful Conviction PodcastsIntroducing: The War on Drugs Season 2
Welcome to season two of The War on Drugs podcast, co-hosted by comedian Clayton English and Greg Glod, advisor to Stand Together on Criminal Justice and Drug…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts515: #252 Jason Flom with Allan Woodhouse and Brian Anderson
On July 17, 1973, 40 year old father of two and local chef Ting Fong Chan was beaten and stabbed to death on his way home from his night shift in Manitoba…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts514: #514 Jason Flom with Richard Glossip
On January 7th, 1997, the owner of the Best Budget Inn in Oklahoma City, OK was beaten to death with a baseball bat at his motel by admitted killer, thief, and…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts513: #513 Jason Flom with James Watson
On November 16, 1979, Boston, MA cab driver Jeffrey Boyajian was killed after suffering five gunshots to the head. Another cab driver came forward claiming to…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts512: #512 Jason Flom with Charles "Brandon" Martin
On October 27, 2008, Jodi Lynne Torok was at her Crofton, MD home talking on the phone with her close friend, Blair Wolfe, when a man, purporting to be a…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts511: #511 Jason Flom with Louis Costilla, Jr.
On the morning of August 4, 1992, a man and his wife discovered the body of 31-year-old Vernon Huggins while walking their dog in Toledo, OH. He had been…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts510: #510 Jason Flom with Pedro Reynoso
On July 23rd, 1991, Carlos Torres and Charles Rivera were shot and killed while in a car in North Philadelphia, PA. One witness who later recanted identified…
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Unsolved Cases, Fresh Perspectives: Introducing Up and Vanished Weekly
Introducing a new show from host Maggie Freleng: Join "Up and Vanished" creator Payne Lindsey and Maggie on Up and Vanished Weekly. Each week, Payne and…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts509: #509 Jason Flom with Manfred Younger
On Saturday, June 16, 2007, Adrien Jackson and Tierra Pressley where shot multiple times outside of the Off Broadway Lounge in Camden, NJ at around 2:30am…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts508: #508 Maggie Freleng with Eron Shelman
One day in May of 1992, 19-year-old Eron Shelman was driving around Detroit, MI with three of his buddies. Eron was at the wheel with his friend Antonio Knight…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts507: #507 Jason Flom with Eric Glisson
On January 18, 1995, 38-year-old Denise Raymond, a Federal Express executive, was found dead in her Bronx, NY apartment from two gunshot wounds to the head…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts506: #506 Jason Flom with Keith Harward
In the early morning hours of September 14, 1982, a man broke into a home in Newport News, Virginia and beat 30-year-old Jesse Perron to death with a crowbar…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts505: #505 Jason Flom with Fernando Bermudez
On August 4, 1991, at a nightclub in New York NY, some teenagers began taunting each other and words escalated to punches. When the teenagers came out of the…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts504: #504 Maggie Freleng with Brandon Spencer
On Halloween night in 2012, shots rang out at a party on the campus of the University of Southern California. Four people were injured and no one died…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts503: #503 Jason Flom and Barry Scheck with Barry Gibbs
Since releasing the 500th episode of Wrongful Conviction earlier this month, we thought it appropriate to spotlight some episodes from the very first season of…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts502: #502 Maggie Freleng with Darrell Ewing
On December 31st, 2009, in Detroit, MI, J.B. Watson was shot in a van while stopped at a red light. Witnesses identified Darrell Ewing as the shooter. Despite…
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts501: #501 Jason Flom with Jeff Pelley
This is a special episode of Wrongful Conviction, featuring guests Delia D'Ambra, host of Audiochuck's CounterClock, and Frances Watson, President of the…