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The Case of Catina Curley
📻 Episode #438
🎙️ Hosted by Maggie Freleng
📅 Mar 25, 2024
About This Episode
On March 30th, 2005, police were called to a home in New Orleans, LA. There, they found Renaldo Curley dead of a single gunshot wound. His estranged wife, 32-year-old Catina Curley, told police that she was in fear for her life when she shot Renaldo in self-defense. Police evidence - and the testimony of their…
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The Case
On March 30th, 2005, police were called to a home in New Orleans, LA. There, they found Renaldo Curley dead of a single gunshot wound. His estranged wife, 32-year-old Catina Curley, told police that she was in fear for her life when she shot Renaldo in self-defense. Police evidence - and the testimony of their children - showed that Renaldo had been physically abusing Catina for years. Yet, she was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. “It could have been me, you know,” she reflects. “It could have been me that was dead and away from my kids.”
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00:03:51“Speaker 2: was nice, polite, you know, that's how they come off Speaker 2: all the time when you first meet him. Speaker 1: But not long into their relationship, Katina began to see Speaker 1: another side of Rinaldo. Speaker 2: We started getting into it, like probably not even a”
00:16:38“Speaker 1: Did you do you remember hearing the gun? Speaker 5: Yeah? Of course I was in the stairway, so yes, Speaker 1: Did you see your dad? Did you see this happen? Speaker 4: Actually I say everything. I remember him standing a while Speaker 4: before he fell down to the ground. I remember my”
00:30:03“Speaker 1: that the jury at the original trial should have had Speaker 1: the benefit of expert testimony, and on the basis of Speaker 1: ineffective counsel, the conviction was reversed and Katina was granted Speaker 1: a new trial. Two days later, she was released on bond. Speaker 3: When I found out the day that I was going home,”
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