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Crazy Amazing HumansFrom Music Mogul to Justice Warrior; Jason Flom Rocks the Criminal Justice SystemWe’re in the studio with Jason Flom, a legendary music industry executive, criminal justice advocate, and podcast host who has shaped the careers of global superstars while fighting to free the wrongfully convicted. Flom is the founder and CEO of Lava Records, former Chairman and CEO of Atlantic Records, Virgin Records, and Capitol Music Group. He is a true music industry legend who has launched the careers of many Grammy-winning artists. Some of the acts he’s worked with include Katy Perry, Lorde, Kid Rock, Greta Van Fleet, Tori Amos, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Jessie J, Hootie & The Blowfish, Skid Row...2025-02-1938 min
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts#483 Jason Flom with Arvel MarshallOn the night of July 15, 2008, 22-year-old Moustapha Oumaria was shot and killed while hanging out with three friends outside his Crown Heights, NY home. The three friends described the shooter as a black male wearing a white t-shirt and dark pants. When shown a photographic lineup, they identified Arvell Marshall as the shooter. But police had in their possession video surveillance footage that clearly showed that someone else was responsible for the murder. Nevertheless, Arvell was convicted and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
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Wrongful Conviction#470 Jason Flom with Chris VaughnOn June 14, 2007, 32-year-old Chris Vaughn was found limping on the side of the road near Joliet, IL, bleeding from two gunshot wounds. When police arrived on scene, they found the bodies of his wife and three children shot in the car. Chris is unable to recount the events of that early morning, and there are no other witnesses to the crime. Chris was subsequently convicted of 4 counts of first-degree murder. Although the state intended on imposing the death penalty, it was abolished four years after Chris’s arrest. His trial hadn’t begun, altering the state’s course of action...2024-08-1538 min
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts#446 Jason Flom with Dan CarnevaleA fire erupted in the basement of an apartment building in Pittsburgh, PA, on January 17, 1993, killing three people. Arson officials believed the fire was set purposefully, but the case went cold for 13 years. Dan Carnevale was arrested for the fire in 2006 based on the questionable testimony of a man claiming to be an eyewitness. All of the physical evidence in this case had been destroyed so the case against Dan relied solely on this witness, the testimony of a jailhouse informant, and junk science hypotheses. Dan was ultimately sentenced to life in prison without parole for arson and the...2024-05-0251 min
Wrongful Conviction#446 Jason Flom with Dan CarnevaleA fire erupted in the basement of an apartment building in Pittsburgh, PA, on January 17, 1993, killing three people. Arson officials believed the fire was set purposefully, but the case went cold for 13 years. Dan Carnevale was arrested for the fire in 2006 based on the questionable testimony of a man claiming to be an eyewitness. All of the physical evidence in this case had been destroyed so the case against Dan relied solely on this witness, the testimony of a jailhouse informant, and junk science hypotheses. Dan was ultimately sentenced to life in prison without parole for arson and the...2024-05-0242 min
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts#444 Jason Flom with Rafael MartinezAuthorities believe Rafael Martinez, his brothers Lorenzo Martinez, Daniel Martinez and Isidoro Medina-DeLeon killed Jose ‘Chino’ Jiminez because Mr. Jiminez shot Mr. Martinez in 1987 in Washington Heights, NY. However, Mr. Jiminez was never killed and is in fact alive and well to this day. Nevertheless, Rafael was convicted of murder and is presently serving consecutive sentences totaling 213 years.
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We started the Wrongful Conviction podcast to provide a voice to innocent people in prison.
We wan...2024-04-1851 min
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts#427 Jason Flom with Lamont HunterJanuary 18, 2006, 3-year-old Trustin Blue tumbled down his basement stairs in Cincinnati, OH, became unresponsive, and later brain dead. Trustin had been under the supervision of his mother’s boyfriend, Lamont Hunter, at the time of the incident. When Trustin was declared dead, the police began suspecting that Trustin had been raped and abused by Lamont, and had not actually fallen down the stairs as Lamont claimed. The case against Lamont was centered around allegations of prior abuse against Trustin and the manner of Trustin’s injuries. Lamont was convicted and sentenced to death for the incident.
To learn...2024-02-1544 min
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts#421 Jason Flom with James GibsonOn December 22, 1989, two men were fatally shot at a garage on the south side of Chicago, IL. Twenty-three-year-old James Gibson was falsely implicated in the shooting and severely beaten by local police officers. After brutal interrogations and despite no physical evidence tying him to the crime, James was sentenced to life in prison for the murders.
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https://w...2024-01-2553 min
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts#399 Jason Flom with Sean Tyler and Reginald HendersonOn March 29, 1994, 10-year-old Rodney Collins was fatally shot while riding his bike after being caught in a crossfire between two street gangs in Chicago, IL. Two brothers, 17-year-old Sean Tyler and 18-year-old Reginald Henderson, came under suspicion after a corrupt police force used extreme physical abuse to force false confessions out of them and others. Despite no evidence linking them to the crime other than their coerced false confessions, the brothers were each sentenced to over 50 years in prison.
Jason Flom talks to Sean Tyler and Reginald Henderson along with Sean's attorney, Karl Leonard from The Exoneration P...2023-10-1949 minWrongful Conviction Podcasts#384 Jason Flom with Stephanie Spurgeon - UPDATEStephanie Spurgeon was a married mother of two who had been running a daycare facility from her home for 15 years. On August 21, 2008, Stephanie took care of 1 year old Maria Harris for the first time. Maria’s grandmother picked her up that day, but soon noticed Maria was unresponsive. After 8 days in the hospital, Maria passed away. Because Stephanie was the last supervisor of the child, she was accused of murder and convicted of manslaughter based on the prosecution’s argument of Abusive Head Trauma. After 9 years in the Florida prison system, numerous Innocence Projects helped Stephanie assert her innocence, and...2023-08-1748 min
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts#383 Jason Flom with Nelson Cruz - UPDATEOn March 28th, 1998, Nelson Cruz was celebrating his birthday over Chinese food with friends when they heard shots fired down the block. Police were immediately on scene to make an arrest, yet somehow, Nelson became the target of a notorious pair of NYPD detectives. Jason Flom talks to Nelson Cruz and Justin Bonus, Nelson’s attorney.
To learn more and get involved, visit:
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https://lavaforgood.com/podcast/181-jason-flom-with-danny-rincon/
Wrongful Conviction is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.
See...2023-08-1046 min
Arroe Collins Pod-CrashingPod Crashing Episode 214 With Jason Flom Returning With More Wrongful ConvictionsPod Crashing Episode 214 With Jason Flom From Wrongful Convictions 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...2023-04-1322 minWrongful Conviction Podcasts#334 Jason Flom with Anthony Sims - UPDATEThis is an updated episode that originally aired on September 21, 2021.
On May 18th, 1998, Charlie Winbush told her fiancé, Julius Graves, that a man named Li Run Chen, who worked at a Chinese restaurant in the neighborhood had touched her inappropriately. Graves replied that he would scare him. Later that day, Julius Graves, his fiancée's cousin, and another younger friend had a few drinks with Graves and his friend Anthony Sims as they listened to music by Sims’ car.
That same evening, Graves asked Sims to drive him to the restaurant where Chen worked and Sims...2023-02-1656 minWrongful Conviction Podcasts#328 Jason Flom with Keith CooperOn October 29, 1996, two gunmen broke into Michael Kershner’s apartment in Elkhart, IN and robbed Kershner, his mother and four friends. After fighting back, Kershner was shot in the abdomen. Months later, Keith Cooper was arrested on a purse snatching charge. Lead Detective, Steve Rezutko, determined that Cooper might be one of the perpetrators in Kerschner’s case based on his resemblance to a computerized sketch of the gunmen. After placing Cooper’s photo in a lineup, witnesses identified him, along with one witness who claimed to recognize his voice without ever seeing him. However, the DNA from the hat le...2023-01-261h 01
Crawlspace - True Crime & Mysteries350 // Jason Flom & Maggie FrelengWelcome to Crawlspace. In this episode Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna speak with old friend Maggie Freleng and new friend Jason Flom. Together, Maggie & Jason work tirelessly (and heroically) to advocate for the wrongfully convicted and in a growing number of cases, overturn those convictions. Listen to their show, Wrongful Conviction here: https://lavaforgood.com/with-maggie-freleng & https://lavaforgood.com/with-jason-flom.The conversation primarily focuses on the new show, Bone Valley, a Lava For Good production. For more information about Bone Valley, go to:https://lavaforgood.com/bone-valley/.Jason is the founding board member of...2023-01-2559 min
Beyond the Mic with Sean DillonPodcaster Jason Flom On Wrongful Conviction & Righteous ConvictionsJason Flom raise awareness for wrongfully convicted people and spotlight leaders who want to make a difference in justice. From “Wrongful Convictions” and “Righteous Conviction” Jason Flom takes a Beyond the Mic Short Cut.
Beyond the Mic with Sean Dillon is the conversation series where actors, artists, authors, and more go deeper than a traditional interview. They go “Beyond the Mic”.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacyPodtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp2023-01-0308 min
Policy and RightsThe Innocence Project and Jason FlomHere's a bit of bullet point background on the two shows as you listen.- Jason started the Lava for Good podcast network using his connections in the music industry after starting Lava for Good records to help give a voice to the voiceless. His first season was him deeply diving into cases.- Wrongful Conviction launched a second series because there were just too many cases and he felt Maggie's journalism and passion would help dive deeper into cases she was passionate about too, her season 2 starts Jan 9.- Jason is currently in the second season...2022-12-2848 min
Emerging Litigation PodcastFirst Bubble Wrap all the Lawyers with Tara Trask and Jason FlomIf you're feeling bad about being a lawyer, or just maybe tingling with the holiday spirit of giving back, this episode is for you. Listen to three professionals (well, maybe two "professionals") who deeply admire for the legal profession, the important role attorneys play in society, and all the potential they have to make the world a better place. When there is strife, there is a supporting organization, and with them are lawyers. Wrongful convictions. Voting rights. Environmental protection. The rights of women, people of color, workers, LGBTQ, immigrants, asylum seekers. Lawyers are in a uni...2022-12-1651 min
DIE-ALOGUEJason Flom + Maggie Freleng | The High Cost of Wrongful ConvictionsIn addition to the moral cost of incarcerating the innocent, it’s also literally expensive. Today’s guests are going to share about the high cost of wrongful convictions. They are a dream team, a force to be reckoned with, a dynamic duo — and they are applying their talents to combat the horrors of wrongful convictions. Please welcome back Maggie Freleng and say hello to our first time guest, Jason Flom.Maggie is a Pulitzer prize winning journalist and host of Wrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng. Jason Flom is a music industry icon turned criminal justice advoca...2022-11-2340 min
I Am Refocused RadioJason Flom, host of podcasts Wrongful Convictions and Righteous ConvictionsABOUT JASON FLOM AND WRONGFUL CONVICTIONSHosted 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 sys...2022-10-2806 min
Wrongful Conviction Podcasts#287 Jason Flom with Vincent Simmons - UPDATEIn early May of 1977, Keith Laborde and his 14 year old twin cousins, Karen and Sharon Sanders, allegedly picked up a hitchhiking black man at a gas station in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. About 2 weeks later, when asked about a scratch on his neck, Keith Laborde and the twins told a story about this armed hitchhiker who allegedly forced Laborde into the trunk and raped both girls. Despite not matching the description, a man with a few petty priors, Vincent Simmons, was arrested, put into a suggestive line up, and ultimately selected. When he refused to confess, police officer Robert Laborde...2022-08-2542 min
The Art of Making Things Happen (Bluefishing) Steve SimsJason FlomJason Flom is the Founder and CEO of Lava For Good and Lava Media. Flom previously served as Chairman and CEO at Atlantic Records, Virgin Records, and Capitol Music Group, and he is personally responsible for launching acts such as Katy Perry, Kid Rock, Lorde, and Greta Van Fleet. He is a leading philanthropist and expert on criminal justice issues and an internationally-recognized and celebrated public speaker. Flom is the founding board member of the Innocence Project and serves on the boards of numerous criminal justice reform organizations. He is the host of the hit podcast, Wrongful Conviction, which...2022-08-2341 minWrongful Conviction Podcasts#286 Jason Flom with James KingJames King has been sitting in prison for almost 25 years for a rape that he adamantly maintains he did not commit. His conviction strongly relied on the inconsistent and contradictory word of a then 13-year old girl who was allegedly hiding her inappropriate relationship with a neighbor twice her age. Despite the lack of material evidence, changed testimonies for the prosecution, and the credible rebuttal of the state’s expert’s absurd findings, King remains incarcerated, desperately working to establish his innocence. Jason speaks with James King and his attorney, Ian Graham.
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Wrongful Conviction Podcasts#284 Jason Flom and Greg Glod with John Jones - Re-ReleaseAt about 9:40 AM on March 19th, 2010, John Jones awoke to find his daughter Jada unresponsive and called 9-1-1. She was rushed to the hospital where she remained until July 16th, 2010 when she was removed from life support and passed away. Based on the junk science of shaken baby syndrome, John was convicted of murdering his daughter and sentenced to 15 years to life.
Greg Glod, Criminal Justice Fellow at Americans for Prosperity, returns to our podcast to co-host with Jason Flom and share this tragic example of our legal system gone awry.
For more on t...2022-08-1146 min
Wrongful Conviction#280 Jason Flom with Eduardo Dumbrique and John KleneOn June 28, 1997, 25-year-old member of the Lil Watts gang, Antonio Alarcon, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Hawthorne, California, by a rival gang, Lawndale 13. In exchange for release on unrelated charges, Santo “Payaso” Alvarez deflected attention for the Alarcon shooting toward fellow Lawndale 13 members Eduardo Dumbrique and John Klene, when he knew who the actual shooter was. Witness Daniel Curiel testified that after he was not able to make an identification in a photo lineup, Sergeant Doral Riggs pointed to the photos of Eduardo and John, convincing him to make the ID. However, Eduardo and John's alibis were corr...2022-07-2851 minWrongful Conviction Podcasts#280 Jason Flom with Eduardo Dumbrique and John KleneOn June 28, 1997, 25-year-old member of the Lil Watts gang, Antonio Alarcon, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Hawthorne, California, by a rival gang, Lawndale 13. In exchange for release on unrelated charges, Santo “Payaso” Alvarez deflected attention for the Alarcon shooting toward fellow Lawndale 13 members Eduardo Dumbrique and John Klene, when he knew who the actual shooter was. Witness Daniel Curiel testified that after he was not able to make an identification in a photo lineup, Sergeant Doral Riggs pointed to the photos of Eduardo and John, convincing him to make the ID. However, Eduardo and John's alibis were corr...2022-07-2851 minWrongful Conviction Podcasts#271 Jason Flom with Howard DudleyOn October 13, 1991, Amy Moore, a nine year old with intellectual limitations, complained to her babysitter that her father, Howard Dudley, was "nasty," kicking off a series of sexually charged leading questions resulting in sexual abuse allegations. Dudley denied the claims, and after nine interviews, Amy's story grew increasingly inconsistent and implausible. However, in order to do a fuller investigation, the Lenoir County Department of Social Services had to substantiate Amy's claims, triggering the police to seek an indictment. Based on a testimony that Amy later recanted, Dudley was convicted of first-degree sexual offense and taking indecent liberties with a m...2022-06-2342 minWrongful Conviction Podcasts#257 Jason Flom with Rickey JacksonOn May 19th, 1975, in front of a store in Cleveland, Ohio, two assailants robbed a man, splashed acid in his face, shot and killed him, and then fired into the store injuring the co-owner. 12 year-old Eddie Vernon was riding a bus near the scene and later bragged that he had seen Ricky Jackson, as well as Ronnie and Wiley Bridgeman commit the crime. However, according to all the other occupants of the bus, they were too far away to even see the crime. But police ignored other more compelling leads and focused on Eddie’s story. When he tried to...2022-05-0541 min
Livin’ Good CurrencyJason Flom | The Big Record Executive Fighting for Those Wrongfully ConvictedThe Lesson: In many circumstances, the U.S. government, and those governing the 50 states, will place extraordinary, ruinous sentences on men and women who are simply in a difficult period of their lives socially, or who happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Well these loaded convictions are not always the end of the story, as there are many people and organizations around the country, whose effort often goes unreported, working to set innocent and wrongfully convicted people free.
Notable Excerpt: "It was Winston Churchill who said 'we make a living by what we...2022-04-2548 minWrongful Conviction Podcasts#253 Jason Flom on Melissa Lucio - UPDATETime is running out for Melissa Lucio. We must act now!
Melissa Lucio had 12 children with twins on the way, when the family was moving to a new apartment at the behest of Child Protective Services. A set of rickety exit stairs was high on the list of reasons, and a history of inter-sibling violence was well documented. Melissa's youngest, 2 year old Mariah, fell down those rickety stairs during the move. There were no outward injuries; however, over the next 2 days, the fall caused a sequence of medical issues to unfold, including cerebral edema, brain bleed, a...2022-04-1351 min
Here's Where It Gets InterestingWhy We Deserve a Fair Criminal Justice System with Jason FlomIn this episode, Sharon hears from Jason Flom, a successful record label executive who followed his passion into working for criminal justice reform. After reading about a young man’s conviction where the crime did not fit the punishment, Flom rolled up his sleeves and began working to help overturn wrongful convictions and change criminal justice policies and practices through the Innocence Project. He is a founding board member and deeply committed to the mission of the project. Jason addresses what we can do to address the issue of how the general public can help keep innocent people out of ja...2022-03-1144 min
Wrongful Conviction PodcastsRighteous Convictions with Jason Flom: Survivor of Parental Incarceration Ebony Underwood on prison and sentencing reformThe is a re-release of Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom, Season 2, Episode 11. New episodes drop every Tuesday on the Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom feed. Please search and subscribe to be the first to hear them.
Record Industry promoter and manager Bill Underwood was given a life sentence for some old charges under the newly minted draconian laws of the war on drugs. His daughter Ebony Underwood eventually made it her life's work to gather the voices of other survivors of parental incarceration to affect change.
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...2022-02-0429 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsRighteous Convictions with Jason Flom: Senior Behavioral Scientist at the RAND Corporation James Anderson on criminal justice reformThe is a re-release of Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom, Season 2, Episode 10. New episodes drop every Tuesday on the Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom feed. Please search and subscribe to be the first to hear them.
James Anderson and Jason discuss the shortcomings of public defense, sentencing disparities, and the RAND Corporation's work on racial equity in our criminal legal system.
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Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom is a production of Lava For Good Podcasts in association with Signal Co No1.
See...2022-01-2823 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsRighteous Convictions with Jason Flom: Katie Schaffer from the Center for Community Alternatives on criminal justice reformThe is a re-release of Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom, Season 2, Episode 9. New episodes drop every Tuesday on the Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom feed. Please search and subscribe to be the first to hear them.
Katie Schaffer teams up with Jason to discuss penal education programs, bail reform, and making our carceral system more humane.
To learn more and get involved, visit:
https://www.communityalternatives.org/
https://envisionfreedom.org/
https://justiceandopportunity.org/
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Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom is a production...2022-01-2125 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsRighteous Convictions with Jason Flom: Kris Brown of Brady United on reducing gun violenceThe is a re-release of Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom, Season 2, Episode 8. New episodes drop every Tuesday on the Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom feed. Please search and subscribe to be the first to hear them.
Kris Brown, President of Brady United chats with Jason about the impact of gun violence, the NRA and the legacy of Jim and Sarah Brady.
To learn more and get involved, visit:
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https://lavaforgood.com/righteous-convictions
Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom is a production of Lava for Good Podcasts...2022-01-1426 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsRighteous Convictions with Jason Flom: Alex Duran of Galaxy Gives on criminal legal system reformThe is a re-release of Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom, Season 2, Episode 4. New episodes drop every Tuesday on the Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom feed. Please search and subscribe to be the first to hear them.
Alex Duran joins Jason to share with us his transformation from inmate to criminal justice reformer. He now manages a $20 million annual fund on behalf of Galaxy Gives dedicated to ending mass incarceration in the US.
To learn more and get involved, visit:
https://www.galaxygives.com/
https://www.galaxygives.com/fellowship
billy@g...2022-01-0722 min
Wrongful Conviction PodcastsJason Flom and Kim Kardashian on Julius Jones - UPDATEOn July 28th, 1999, Julius Jones was playing monopoly with his family and soon to be a sophomore on an academic scholarship at the University of Oklahoma. That night, a man named Paul Howell was shot for his GMC Suburban in the nearby suburb of Edmund, Oklahoma. A few days later, Julius was taken into police custody even though the eyewitness description should have excluded him as a suspect. 3 witnesses (and counting) have come forward with sworn affidavits claiming that Julius’ former friend and co-defendant Chris Jordan has often taken sole responsibility for Paul Howell’s murder.
Julius’ attorn...2021-12-2939 min
Wrongful Conviction#238 Jason Flom and Kim Kardashian on Julius JonesOn July 28th, 1999, Julius Jones was playing monopoly with his family and soon to be a sophomore on an academic scholarship at the University of Oklahoma. That night, a man named Paul Howell was shot for his GMC Suburban in the nearby suburb of Edmund, Oklahoma. A few days later, Julius was taken into police custody even though the eyewitness description should have excluded him as a suspect. 3 witnesses (and counting) have come forward with sworn affidavits claiming that Julius’ former friend and co-defendant Chris Jordan has often taken sole responsibility for Paul Howell’s murder. Julius’ attorn...2021-12-2939 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsRighteous Convictions with Jason Flom: Civil rights activist, author, and podcaster DeRay McKesson on police reformThe is a re-release of Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom, Season 2, Episode 4. New episodes drop every Tuesday on the Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom feed. Please search and subscribe to be the first to hear them.
DeRay McKesson joins Jason to talk about his journey from school administrator to activist. His work with Campaign Zero is bringing real reforms to police departments all over the country and helping to reduce police violence.
To learn more and get involved, visit:
https://campaignzero.org/
https://lavaforgood.com/righteous-convictions
Righteous Convictions with...2021-12-2432 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsRighteous Convictions with Jason Flom: Alexander McLean on providing greater access to justice and the rule of law throughout Africa and beyondThe is a re-release of Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom, Season 2, Episode 4. New episodes drop every Tuesday on the Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom feed. Please search and subscribe to be the first to hear them.
Alexander McLean joins Jason to talk about his work with Justice Defenders. Justice Defenders is a non-profit that works to provide prisoners and prison officers with legal education, training, and even law degrees to help facilitate legal processes.
To learn more and get involve, visit:
https://www.justice-defenders.org/
https://lavaforgood.com/righteous-convictions
...2021-12-1724 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsRighteous Convictions with Jason Flom: John Fetterman, Lt. Governor of PA, on criminal legal system reformThe is a re-release of Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom, Season 2, Episode 4. New episodes drop every Tuesday on the Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom feed. Please search and subscribe to be the first to hear them.
John Fetterman, Lt. Governor of PA, joins Jason to talk about using compassion, mercy, and second chances to reform our criminal justice system.
To learn more and get involved, go to:
https://johnfetterman.com/
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Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom is a production of Lava for Good Podcasts in association...2021-12-1026 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsRighteous Convictions with Jason Flom: Darryl "DMC" McDaniels and Static on guiding at risk youthThe is a re-release of Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom, Season 2, Episode 3. New episodes drop every Tuesday on the Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom feed. Please search and subscribe to be the first to hear them.
Darryl “DMC” McDaniels and Static join Jason to talk about their work with Road Recovery, an entertainment industry-driven non-profit organization dedicated to helping young people battle addiction and other adversities by empowering at-risk youth from all backgrounds to face their struggles, while teaching them comprehensive life skills.
Learn more and get involved:
https://roadrecovery.org/
http...2021-12-0330 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsRighteous Convictions with Jason Flom: Ashley Judd on the importance of empowering women and girlsThe is a re-release of Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom, Season 2, Episode 2. New episodes drop every Tuesday on the Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom feed. Please search and subscribe to be the first to hear them.
Ashley Judd joins Jason to share her journey from actor to activist and the importance of empowering women and girls all over the world.
To learn more and get involved, go to:
https://www.psi.org/
https://www.friendsofunfpa.org/
https://www.icrw.org/
https://enoughproject.org/
https://supermajority...2021-11-2928 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsRighteous Convictions with Jason Flom: Sir Richard Branson and Celia Ouellette on abolishing the death penaltyThe is a re-release of Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom, Season 2, Episode 1. New episodes drop every Tuesday on the Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom feed. Please search and subscribe to be the first to hear them.
Sir Richard Branson and Celia Ouellette join Jason to talk about their plans for the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice, abolishing the death penalty, and criminal justice reform.
https://www.responsiblebusinessinitiative.org/
If you’d like to learn more about Richard Glossip and get involved with his case:
https://lavaforgood.com/podcast/s12e64-wrongful-conviction-with-jason-flom-richard-glossip
...2021-11-1926 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsJason Flom with Vincent SimmonsIn early May of 1977, Keith Laborde and his 14 year old twin cousins, Karen and Sharon Sanders, allegedly picked up a hitchhiking black man at a gas station in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. About 2 weeks later, when asked about a scratch on his neck, Keith Laborde and the twins told a story about this armed hitchhiker who allegedly forced Laborde into the trunk and raped both girls. Despite not matching the description, a man with a few petty priors, Vincent Simmons, was arrested, put into a suggestive line up, and ultimately selected. When he refused to confess, police officer Robert Laborde s...2021-11-1036 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsJason Flom with Ray KroneOn the morning of December 29th, 1991, the body of a 36 year old woman was found nude in the men’s restroom of the bar where she worked in Phoenix, Arizona. She had been assaulted and fatally stabbed. No semen was left behind. With DNA testing in its infancy, serology could only show that any blood or saliva at the crime scene matched the victim’s blood type. There were, however, what appeared to be human bite marks on the victim’s breast and neck, and after a 34 year old bar regular named Ray Krone was identified as a potential boyfri...2021-11-0342 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsRighteous Convictions with Jason Flom: Sir Richard Branson and Celia Ouellette - PreviewSir Richard Branson and Celia Ouellette join Jason to talk about their plans for the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice, abolishing the death penalty, and criminal justice reform. Hear the entire episode, as well as all of Season 2 of Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom in its new feed. Search, find, and follow Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom wherever you listen.
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See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2021-10-2602 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsJason Flom with Carlton RomanOn March 16, 1989, Lloyd Witter and Jomo Kenyatta sustained several gunshot wounds at a residence in Jamaica, Queens. Witter died from his injuries. Paul Anderson, who also lived at the residence, was found handcuffed near Witter’s body. Under questioning, both Kenyatta and Anderson provided at least a half dozen different versions of the story that finally landed on Carlton Roman as the gunman. Roman claimed he’d been with his girlfriend on the night of Witter’s murder, an alibi that she corroborated. Nevertheless, he was charged with murder. Despite maintaining his innocence throughout the trial, and no forensic, ballisti...2021-10-2036 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsRighteous Convictions with Jason Flom - Season 2 TrailerSeason 2 of Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom launches Tuesday, October 26th. Please listen in as music executive, philanthropist, and activist Jason Flom converses with a diverse who's-who of advocates at the forefront of critical issues that will impact our future. Guests include Sir Richard Branson, Ashley Judd, Alexander McLean, Daryl “DMC” McDaniels and many more. His discussions with these thought leaders and change-makers uncover and inspire the most powerful actions we can take for reform, equal justice, and a safer and better world for all.
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Wrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Brendan Dassey Re-ReleaseThis is a re-release of an episode that originally aired on October 2, 2019.
In 2006, 16 year old Wisconsin special education student Brendan Dassey gave a videotaped confession to the murder of a young woman named Teresa Halbach. Brendan recanted his confession immediately, but was still convicted and sentenced to life in prison even though there was no evidence connecting him to the crime and the confession is widely recognized as false and coerced. In this episode, Laura Nirider, acclaimed attorney and host of Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions, arranges Brendan Dassey's only interview from behind bars with Jason Flom. Listen i...2021-10-0242 min
Wrongful Conviction#225 Jason Flom and Laura Nirider with Brendan DasseyThis is a re-release of an episode that originally aired on October 2, 2019. In 2006, 16 year old Wisconsin special education student Brendan Dassey gave a videotaped confession to the murder of a young woman named Teresa Halbach. Brendan recanted his confession immediately, but was still convicted and sentenced to life in prison even though there was no evidence connecting him to the crime and the confession is widely recognized as false and coerced. In this episode, Laura Nirider, acclaimed attorney and host of Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions, arranges Brendan Dassey's only interview from behind bars with Jason Flom. Listen...2021-10-0242 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Eric RiddickOn November 6th, 1991, William Catlett was shot and killed on a street corner in West Philadelphia. Nearly all eyewitnesses identified a man named Edward “P-nut” Johnson as the shooter; however, instead of following those leads, investigators coerced a man named Shawn Stevenson to blame Catlett’s friend, Eric Riddick. Eric was told about Stevenson’s 1999 recantation four years late in 2003, when he was procedurally barred from using it. It took the support of Meek Mill, NBC'S Dan Slepian, Georgetown’s “Making an Exoneree,” Philadelphia Councilman David, Oh, and the election of Larry Krasner as DA for justice to finally be served in M...2021-09-2931 min
Second ChanceCEO of Lava Records and Champion of Justice - Jason FlomJason Flom is an American music industry executive and CEO of Lava Records, Lava Music Publishing, and Lava Media. He previously served as Chairman and CEO at Atlantic Records, Virgin Records and Capitol Music Group. He is personally responsible for launching acts such as Kid Rock, Katy Perry, Lorde, and Greta Van Fleet. He has been described as one of the most successful record men of the past 20 years. But Flom is also a leading philanthropist who has long championed various political and social causes. He is a board member of The Innocence Project and sits on many...2021-09-291h 02Second ChanceCEO of Lava Records and Champion of Justice - Jason FlomJason Flom is an American music industry executive and CEO of Lava Records, Lava Music Publishing, and Lava Media. He previously served as Chairman and CEO at Atlantic Records, Virgin Records and Capitol Music Group. He is personally responsible for launching acts such as Kid Rock, Katy Perry, Lorde, and Greta Van Fleet. He has been described as one of the most successful record men of the past 20 years. But Flom is also a leading philanthropist who has long championed various political and social causes. He is a board member of The Innocence Project and sits on many...2021-09-291h 02
Wrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Joe D’Ambrosio19 year old Anthony Klann was stabbed to death in Cleveland, Ohio in September of 1988. Two men who had a lot to gain worked with detectives to spin a narrative, claiming two other men, Joe D'Ambrosio and Michael Keenan, committed the murder on September 22nd; however, Anthony Klann was still very much alive the following night.
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Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co...2021-09-2244 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Jarrett Adams and Dimitri Henley3 Chicago teenagers went to a party at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater where embarrassment turned a consensual encounter into a far-fetched gang rape accusation wrapped up in well-worn racist tropes. Three radically different outcomes for each young man only served to underscore the absurdity of this tragic failure of our justice system.
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2021-09-1538 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Anthony SimsAnthony Sims is going into the 24th year of a 25 to life sentence based on a narrative constructed by his former friend Julius Graves. The only witness that was neither a friend nor family member of Graves continues to tell the story of Anthony’s innocence (and Graves’s guilt) to this day.
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See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...2021-09-0848 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Patrick Pursley UPDATEDIn this live audience recording at ComplexCon Chicago 2019, Patrick Pursley tells us how a purposely false identification, a coerced and immediately recanted false statement, and false expert testimony led to his wrongful conviction. Amazingly, Patrick Pursley changed a law from inside prison in order to obtain the ballistic testing necessary to set himself free. His fight continues on the outside for his Certificate of Actual Innocence, as the state refuses to admit what is clearly true. His hearing is set for August 27th, 2021.
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https://www.w...2021-08-2534 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Julius Jones / Kim Kardashian UPDATEDOn July 28th, 1999, Julius Jones was playing monopoly with his family and soon to be a sophomore on an academic scholarship at the University of Oklahoma. That night, a man named Paul Howell was shot for his GMC Suburban in the nearby suburb of Edmund, Oklahoma. A few days later, Julius was awakened and dragged out of bed, barefoot and shirtless, and taken into police custody as a murder suspect even though the eyewitness description should have excluded him as a suspect.
3 witnesses (and counting) have come forward with sworn affidavits claiming that Julius’ former friend and co...2021-08-1841 min
Wrongful Conviction#218 Jason Flom and Kim Kardashian on Julius JonesThis is an updated episode that originally aired on May 20, 2020. On July 28th, 1999, Julius Jones was playing monopoly with his family and soon to be a sophomore on an academic scholarship at the University of Oklahoma. That night, a man named Paul Howell was shot for his GMC Suburban in the nearby suburb of Edmund, Oklahoma. A few days later, Julius was awakened and dragged out of bed, barefoot and shirtless, and taken into police custody as a murder suspect even though the eyewitness description should have excluded him as a suspect. 3 witnesses (and counting...2021-08-1840 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Kevin Dykes - UPDATEDThis is an updated episode that originally aired on September 14, 2020.
In June 1986, Kevin Dykes witnessed the attempted murder of 2 people and the actual murder of a 3rd person in his neighborhood in Compton, CA. Kevin decided to go to the police, partly out of fear of reprisals by the killers who knew he witnessed the murder. The prosecutors then used his knowledge of the crimes that he witnessed against him and charged him with all 3 crimes.
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2021-08-1139 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - James KingJames King has been sitting in prison for almost 25 years for a rape that he adamantly maintains he did not commit. His conviction strongly relied on the inconsistent and contradictory word of a then 13-year old girl who was allegedly hiding her inappropriate relationship with a neighbor twice her age. Despite the lack of material evidence, changed testimonies for the prosecution, and the credible rebuttal of the state’s expert’s absurd findings, King remains incarcerated, desperately working to establish his innocence.
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https://www.w...2021-08-0439 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - John JonesAt about 9:40AM on March 19th, 2010, John Jones woke to find his daughter Jada unresponsive and called 9-1-1. She was rushed to the hospital where she remained until July 16th, 2010, when she was removed from life support and passed away. Based on the junk science of shaken baby syndrome, John was convicted of murdering his daughter and sentenced to 15 years to life.
Greg Glod, Criminal Justice Fellow at Americans for Prosperity, returns
to our podcast to co-host with Jason Flom and share this tragic example of our
legal system gone awry.
For m...2021-07-2846 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Troy ColemanOn September 26th, 1989, Kevin Jones and a friend drove to an apartment with $40,000 cash to buy cocaine. Jones went inside, while the friend waited down the block. Almost two hours later, the friend saw Jones’ car approaching him, but Jones was not in it. Jones was later found dead, wrapped up, beaten and shot, in the trunk of that car. Troy Coleman, the owner of the apartment, was 60 miles away in Atlantic City at the time. Despite knowing of Coleman's whereabouts during the crime, prosecutors charged him anyway. Coleman was convicted and sentenced to life in prison where he ha...2021-07-2142 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Joe BryanJoe Bryan was a high school principal, and his wife Mickey Bryan was a 4th-grade teacher in the small town of Clifton, TX. On Tuesday, October 15th, 1985, Mickey did not show up for work. Her body was discovered later that day in her bedroom. Joe was 120 miles away in Austin at a conference at that time. Prosecutors came up with a theory that Joe drove back to Clifton, killed his wife, and returned to Austin, using the conference as an alibi. He was convicted with "bloodstain analysis" which was later exposed to be wholly unreliable.
For more...2021-07-1444 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Curtis FlowersOn July 16, 1996, the owner of Tardy Furniture Company and three employees were found shot and killed. Curtis Flowers, who previously worked at the store, was charged with four counts of capital murder. Even though no physical evidence linked him to the crime, District Attorney Doug Evans used coerced and incentivized witnesses and racially discriminatory jury selection to send Curtis to Death Row. When his conviction was overturned due to prosecutorial misconduct, DA Evans continued with the same tactics for 5 more trials over the next 23 years. It took the Supreme Court, the Mississippi Attorney General's office, and a podcast called...2021-07-0740 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Marcus WigginsAt age 13, Marcus Wiggins became one of many young black men to be tortured into a false statement by sadistic Chicago PD Detective Commander Jon Burge and his “Midnight Crew.” When an eyewitness foiled their first frame job, Marcus’ mother Carolyn successfully sued and exposed these men, leading Burge’s underlings to embark on a vendetta to frame Marcus Wiggins for murder. After another failed attempt in 1994, they succeeded and sent Marcus to prison in 1999 for a crime that he did not commit.
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Northwestern University Students’ Documentary, “Heroes for a Semester”...2021-06-3039 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Richard GlossipOn January 7th, 1997, the owner of the Best Budget Inn in Oklahoma City was beaten to death with a baseball bat at his motel by admitted killer, thief, and methamphetamine addict Justin Sneed. Mr. Sneed, fearful of the death penalty, falsely accused his boss, Richard Glossip, of masterminding the murder for hire plot in exchange for leniency. Now, Richard sits on death row in Oklahoma where his time is running out.
To support Richard Glossip, please email Rande Worthen at: rande.worthen@okhouse.gov and demand that House Bills 2219 and 2220 be heard.
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...2021-06-2353 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Ronnie Long - UPDATEDConcord, NC police were so motivated to stick Ronnie Long with a rape charge - which carried a death sentence at the time - that the mountain of physical evidence collected at the scene was disappeared when it didn’t match him.
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See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2021-06-1648 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Melissa LucioOn February 17th, 2007, paramedics were dispatched to a residence where they found an unresponsive two-year-old child who subsequently died. Evidence of abuse led to the arrest and conviction of Melissa Lucio, the child’s mother. She was sent to death row where she remains to this day. The DA on the case has since been found to be corrupt and is himself serving 13 years in prison for accepting bribes to sway the outcomes of trials.
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Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom is a production of Lava for Go...2021-06-0950 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - James Davis - UPDATEDThis is an updated episode from season 10.
On January 24th, 2004, a party at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple devolved into violence, resulting in one man’s death. Before the violence erupted, an overserved young man left the party into the care of his new girlfriend - only to become the murder suspect on the word of his jilted ex. Despite zero physical evidence and an unreliable eye witness, James Davis was convicted of murder and sentenced to 18 years to life thanks to shoddy defense lawyers.
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https://www.gofundme.com/f/he...2021-06-0237 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Eddie Lee HowardEddie Lee Howard was convicted and sentenced to death in 1994 for the
rape and murder of 82-year-old Georgia Kemp in Columbus, MS. The only
physical evidence against him came in the form of bite marks, not
visible to the naked eye, found by the since discredited forensic
dentist / junk scientist Michael West.
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Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co...2021-05-2634 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Dewey BozellaJust one of a budding boxer’s big fights was with a prosecutor who was willing to ignore and hide overwhelming evidence - among other dirty tricks - to win.
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Saints Sinners & Serial KillersSaints Sinners & Serial Killers - Unplugged with Music Industry Exec & Founding Board Member of the Innocence Project, Jason FlomCasey Sherman & Dave Wedge interview legendary record executive Jason Flom. Flom is the founder of Lava For Good Podcasts and Lava Media and the former chairman of Atlantic records and Virgin. He’s responsible for the careers of hundreds of artists and bands including Skid Row, Stone Temple Pilots Katy Perry Lorde, and Greta Van Fleet. Flom is also a founding board member of the Innocence Project and the host of the podcasts, Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom and Righteous Convictions.2021-05-1726 min
Saints Sinners & Serial KillersSaints Sinners & Serial Killers - Unplugged with Music Industry Exec & Founding Board Member of the Innocence Project, Jason FlomCasey Sherman & Dave Wedge interview legendary record executive Jason Flom. Flom is the founder of Lava For Good Podcasts and Lava Media and the former chairman of Atlantic records and Virgin. He’s responsible for the careers of hundreds of artists and bands including Skid Row, Stone Temple Pilots Katy Perry Lorde, and Greta Van Fleet. Flom is also a founding board member of the Innocence Project and the host of the podcasts, Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom and Righteous Convictions.
2021-05-1727 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Glen AssounA Nova Scotia man was targeted for the murder of his ex-girlfriend despite a rock solid alibi and evidence pointing toward a man later discovered to be a serial killer.
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See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2021-04-0738 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Ru-El SailorA night out in November 2002 turned deadly when Nicole Hubbard called for her protective older brother Cordell. Then, Ru-El Sailor took the fall for his best friend’s violence with the help of a vindictive vice detective.
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See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2021-03-3130 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - JoAnn ParksOn April 9th, 1989, a fire took JoAnn Parks’ 3 children. Originally ruling the fire an accident, the nonscientific arson investigation - just as subjectively - switched directions to call her a monster and steal 29 years of her life.
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See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2021-03-2436 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Nelson CruzOn March 28th, 1998, Nelson Cruz was celebrating his birthday over Chinese food with friends when they heard shots fired down the block. Police were immediately on scene to make an arrest, yet somehow, Nelson became the target of a notorious pair of NYPD detectives.
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See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2021-03-1735 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Paul HildwinOn September 9th, 1985, Paul Hildwin went hitchhiking, stole and cashed a personal check, but did not murdered anyone. However, both the state and cancer found him very hard to kill.
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Wrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Anthony ApanovitchOn August 23rd, 1984, Mary Anne Flynn was beaten and strangled to death in her bedroom, and investigators collected semen from her body. DNA testing set the man who painted her house free, yet somehow he’s still on death row.
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See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2021-03-0335 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Alfred Dewayne BrownOn April 3rd, 2003, 3 men robbed a check cashing store in Houston, TX, killing the clerk and the responding officer. When it comes to convictions, getting 2 out of 3 right is still very wrong, especially when the state knew it before trial.
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Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association wit...2021-02-2435 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Pablo FernandezOn 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.
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Radical OnesWrongful Convictions with Jason FlomMusic mogul and philanthropist Jason Flom joins the What We Don’t Know Podcast to talk about criminal justice issues that are reflective of the fundamental inequalities in the American society. In this episode, they dived deep into the roots of why many innocent people are wrongfully convicted with crimes they didn’t commit, including aspects of the jury, the cash bail system, the criminal interrogation process, and more. Follow Jason Flom and the Wrongful Conviction podcast:Twitter @itsjasonflomInstagram @itsjasonflomTwitter @WrongConvictionInstagram @wrongfulconvictionListen to the W...2021-02-1029 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Larry DeLisleAfter a hot summer day - August 3rd, 1989, the DeLisle’s took their 4 children for ice cream along the Detroit River. A mechanical defect in their car caused the night to take a deadly turn that sent Larry DeLisle to prison for what should have been seen as a tragic accident.
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Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signa...2021-02-1034 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Kiera NewsomeOn the day after Easter 2001 in South Central, LA, a female 11 Deuce Hoover fired into a group of Blocc Crips, wounding one and killing another. Even though Kiera Newsome was in class at the time and avoided gangs entirely, the unending Crip-Hoover rivalry took both her boyfriend’s life and eventually 19 years of her own.
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Wrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Felipe RodriguezIt was Thanksgiving Eve when Maureen Fernandez went to a few of her usual bars with an unknown man in a black Monte Carlo. The next morning, her body was discovered in an empty lot, where the night watchman had seen a white car leaving in the early hours. Detectives and their star witness got really creative when the case went cold.
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Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association wi...2021-01-2742 minWrongful Conviction PodcastsWrongful Conviction with Jason Flom - Danny RinconIn 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.
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