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The Case of Anthony Legion
📻 Episode #461
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Jul 04, 2024
About This Episode
On January 24, 2001, a man was fatally shot while being chased from a home in Detroit, MI. Anthony Legion was one of three men who were identified as being in the home at the time of the shooting, but no one claimed to have witnessed it. Due to a combination of questionable police tactics…
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The Case
On January 24, 2001, a man was fatally shot while being chased from a home in Detroit, MI. Anthony Legion was one of three men who were identified as being in the home at the time of the shooting, but no one claimed to have witnessed it. Due to a combination of questionable police tactics and false testimony from a jailhouse informant, Anthony was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
https://anthonylegion.com/
https://organizationofexonerees.com/
https://www.safeandjustmi.org/
https://lavaforgood.com/podcast/425-jason-flom-with-larry-smith-jr/
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In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
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00:05:06“Speaker 2: so I had the children with me for the most Speaker 2: of the part. And you know, I was in to Speaker 2: real estate, investing money in real estate and things of Speaker 2: that nature. So I was at home a lot with Speaker 1: At twenty seven years old, Dantony had a full plate”
00:19:20“Speaker 2: so that they can familiarize themselves with the facts and Speaker 2: then come up with a story to support the facts. Speaker 2: The jury never knew that. Had they known that, then Speaker 2: they would have new this is all put together. Speaker 1: Anthony did mount the defense, presenting alibi witnesses to swear”
00:33:06“Speaker 1: three names, then gave a Lockhart ten grand to corroborate, Speaker 1: and then scared the shit out of her nay tate Speaker 1: while the police and prosecutors went ahead and did the rest. Speaker 3: So the CiU took a fresh look at the case, Speaker 3: and then they were able to understand, especially with this”
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Also on the podcast: #22 Kristine Bunch and Obie Anthony (Live from the Innocence Network Conference 2017) · #25 Anthony DiPippo · #187 Anthony Apanovitch