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The Case of Caramad Conley
📻 Episode #300
🎙️ Hosted by Guest Host Earlonne Woods
📅 Oct 17, 2022
About This Episode
In April 1989, a drive-by shooting in San Francisco, CA, left at least 11 people injured, and 2 people dead. Despite the lack of physical or forensic evidence, Caramad Conley was convicted of conspiracy to commit first degree murder, two counts of first degree murder, and eleven counts of attempted murder and sentenced to life…
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The Case
In April 1989, a drive-by shooting in San Francisco, CA, left at least 11 people injured, and 2 people dead. Despite the lack of physical or forensic evidence, Caramad Conley was convicted of conspiracy to commit first degree murder, two counts of first degree murder, and eleven counts of attempted murder and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole on the strength of one man’s testimony, Clifford Polk.
Earlonne is a podcaster and author, best known for co-hosting and co-founding the podcast Ear Hustle. Woods helped create Ear Hustle while incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. In November 2018, Earlonne’s sentence was commuted by California Governor Jerry Brown. In 2020, he and his Ear Hustle co-hosts were finalists for a Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting.
After Caramad's exoneration, and while Earlonne was still serving his sentence at San Quentin, Caramad visited the prison and he and Earlonne met in the media center. They began talking, became friends, and remained close since Earlonne's release.
https://www.caramadc.com/
This episode is part of a special series in our Wrongful Conviction podcast feed of 15 episodes focused on individual cases of wrongful incarceration, guest hosted by formerly incarcerated returning citizens and leading criminal justice advocates, award-winning journalists and progressive influencers.
We have worked hard to ensure that all facts reported in this show are accurate. The views and opinions expressed by the individuals featured in this show are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Lava for Good.
In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
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00:04:41“Speaker 3: meaning like the kids in the community, teenagers, was that Speaker 3: the police officers started creating these narratives around our community. Speaker 3: So they started calling them turfs, right, And we definitely Speaker 3: believed that they were trying to take a page out Speaker 3: of Los Angeles politics, gain politics and stuff and at”
00:17:10“Speaker 2: I used to clawn with one of my partners. He Speaker 2: had two hundred and ten years to life and shit, Speaker 2: onder the three strikes law, and we used to be like, man, Speaker 2: So when you get out Okay, so you you on”
00:28:58“Speaker 2: that wants you to wait and see what happens with Speaker 2: the city. She was leaving office to take a new Speaker 2: job as the California Attorney General. She was being replaced Speaker 2: by a new DA George Gascon. Speaker 3: The first major order of business he did was dismissed”
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