The Case of Alexis Ke'Erica Martin

📻 Episode #194
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Apr 21, 2021

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About This Episode

15 year-old Alexis Ke’Erica Martin was aware that her ex-boyfriend was about to free her from sex trafficker, Angelo Kerney, but didn’t know that Kerney was about to be killed. Ohio’s brand new safe harbor law should have protected this inspiring survivor.

The Case

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In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts

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00:04:03
“Speaker 3: and my co defriend and DeShawn Spear. He was my Speaker 3: boyfriend and we separated before this case occurred, and then Speaker 3: while I was in active trafficking, we would see each Speaker 3: other and check on each other, but I never got Speaker 3: too close with him or really like engaged. Everybody kept”

00:15:24
“Speaker 1: of trace of sanity. Speaker 3: Well, I have a little sister that's three and a Speaker 3: half years younger than me, and we were talking when Speaker 3: I was six years old, and I promised her that Speaker 3: I would never let nobody hurt her and I would”

00:26:21
“Speaker 4: So Ohio Justice Policy Center JPC dot org. Those are Speaker 4: two distinct ways people can help Key and then also Speaker 4: learn more about the way we need to change our Speaker 4: systems and the work that's being done throughout Ohio. Speaker 3: And I wanted to say it's not up and running yet,”

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Also on the podcast: #339 Garland Leon “Butch” Martin · #512 Charles "Brandon" Martin · #574 Alexis Ke'Erica Martin