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The Case of Carl Williams
📻 Episode #290
🎙️ Hosted by Guest Host Patrick Pursley
📅 Sep 13, 2022
About This Episode
On January 13, 1994, two men hijacked the car of three travelers at a gas station in Chicago, IL, killing Reginald Wilson and Felicia Lewis. Carl Williams was implicated in the crime by the two hijackers and eventually produced a confession after hours of abuse and coercion from detectives. Williams was convicted of first-degree murder…
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The Case
On January 13, 1994, two men hijacked the car of three travelers at a gas station in Chicago, IL, killing Reginald Wilson and Felicia Lewis. Carl Williams was implicated in the crime by the two hijackers and eventually produced a confession after hours of abuse and coercion from detectives. Williams was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. Patrick speaks with Carl Williams, and Attorney Karl Leonard, from the Exoneration Project at the University of Chicago Law School.
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https://www.royalmensolutions.com/
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In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
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00:04:13“Speaker 2: You gotta eat very true. Speaker 3: It brings it brings a long attention. No society good Speaker 3: in terms of girls and things. Oh we're talking about Speaker 3: starting from the age of like fifteen years old. And Speaker 3: what it does is it brings you a ton of attention.”
00:17:21“Speaker 2: up and did more. Speaker 3: No physical evidence, no, no, nothing to connect me to Speaker 3: the crime whatsoever. Speaker 2: The jury deliberated for several days and eventually came to Speaker 2: the conclusion that Carl Williams was guilty a first degree murder. Speaker 4: Carl was convicted because of his you know, the so”
00:29:55“Speaker 2: The culture is drawing them out. The culture is drawing Speaker 3: That is very true. The culture is definitely drawing them out, Speaker 3: reshaping their frame of mind, changing their free features. It's Speaker 3: really hard for them to give grass, absolutely. Speaker 2: Because it's like speaking a foreign language.”
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