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The Case of Calvin Johnson
📻 Episode #64
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Jul 30, 2018
About This Episode
Calvin Johnson was 25 years old when he was wrongfully convicted for the rape of a woman in 1983, and he served 16 years for that crime. In 1999, a judge ordered a new trial for Calvin and DNA tests were done on samples collected from the rape kit. The DNA testing concluded that Calvin…
The Case
Calvin Johnson was 25 years old when he was wrongfully convicted for the rape of a woman in 1983, and he served 16 years for that crime. In 1999, a judge ordered a new trial for Calvin and DNA tests were done on samples collected from the rape kit. The DNA testing concluded that Calvin was not the perpetrator, and the District Attorney decided to drop the charges against him. Calvin Johnson was the first man exonerated in part to DNA evidence in the state of Georgia. He is now on the inaugural board of directors for the Innocence Project. In September 2003, his book *Exit To Freedom *was published by the University of Georgia Press. Co-authored by Dr. Greg Hampikian, the book chronicles Calvin’s wrongful arrest, conviction, imprisonment, and the events that led to his exoneration.
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In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
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00:06:18“Speaker 2: I actually did somebody had no business doing. That started Speaker 2: the ball to rolling. I put myself in that position Speaker 2: in the beginning. I did commit a burglary to I'm Speaker 2: gonna tell you what led up to that. I had Speaker 2: brought some marijuana one day and at time when I”
00:24:38“Speaker 2: kind of life would I have come out of prison Speaker 2: with that stigma over me. I said, I couldn't live. Speaker 2: I'll walk out into my yard and the neighborhod run Speaker 2: out and grabbed the children and run inside the house. Speaker 2: That's not a life, that's not a life. So I”
00:41:20“Speaker 2: we spoke and you said, you said, Calvin, you can't Speaker 2: go to Aspen just for a couple of days and Speaker 2: not ski. You hold up, let me let me, let me, Speaker 2: let me take care of something. Let me make a Speaker 2: phone call. Next thing I know, you called me back”
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