The Case of Al Cleveland

📻 Episode #199
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 May 12, 2021

◆ EPISODE PROFILE

About This Episode

A notorious informant father and son duo traded false information for $2k, wrongfully ensnaring 4 young men in the criminal legal system - one of whom was budding hip hop star, artist, and author, Al Cleveland.

The Case

Deacon Cleveland Music Al Cleveland's Artwork 3 Strands, 1 Cord: A Couple's Guide to Understanding Incarceration Baby Shark: The Childhood Genius of Daymond John https://www.ohioinnocenceproject.org

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In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts

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00:04:45
“Speaker 1: in the eighties and early nineties. The crack epidemic was Speaker 1: in full swing, and you were now going back and Speaker 1: forth to Northeast Ohio. Right, it seems so random. Why Speaker 1: would a kid from Queen's end up in Loreno, Ohio. Speaker 3: All Right, So since I'm talking to you, Flam and”

00:17:45
“Speaker 3: saw a hatred and my mom was there, a couple Speaker 3: of supporters. And when the judge read the verdict, he Speaker 3: told me that I'm sentenced to life, and I told Speaker 3: him I didn't do it. And damn the screech when Speaker 3: he said guilty. The screech came from a mother's voice.”

00:31:50
“Speaker 3: navigate that terrain and make it through and possibly even Speaker 3: thrive in love, yess, then get the book. It's our Speaker 3: way of serving that community. So three strands, one chord, Speaker 3: Couple's God to Understanding Incarceration. ROBERTA and Alpha Clean, thank Speaker 3: you for real man, those that the Ohio inno'ss Project,”

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