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The Case of Clinton Young
📻 Episode #246
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Feb 23, 2022
About This Episode
At 18, Clinton Young was the youngest and newest member of a group of four acquaintances after he was released from juvenile prison in 2001. One of the four men killed two people and went to the police to control the narrative. The other two joined the murderer's story, throwing Clinton under the bus. Despite…
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The Case
At 18, Clinton Young was the youngest and newest member of a group of four acquaintances after he was released from juvenile prison in 2001. One of the four men killed two people and went to the police to control the narrative. The other two joined the murderer's story, throwing Clinton under the bus. Despite evidence pointing away from Clinton, the 3 men's false testimony was enough to get Clinton convicted and sentenced to death. In 2017, he was granted a stay just a week ahead of his execution date based on newly discovered exculpatory evidence that implied false testimony was presented at trial. However, it wasn’t until 2019 that an investigation revealed one of the prosecutors on Clinton’s case, Weldon Ralph Petty, was also being paid to act as a judicial clerk, writing recommendations and signing orders on the same cases that he was prosecuting, leading officials to doubt the hundreds of cases Petty had worked on, including Clinton's. In September 2021, Clinton was finally granted a new trial and taken off of death row. He awaits a decision that determines if he will have a new trial or if the charges against him will be dismissed.
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In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
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00:05:33“Speaker 3: didn't help anything. You know, it made me feel worse, Speaker 3: and you know, I had problems in school beyond that Speaker 3: growing up. You know, my stepfather unfortunately was an alcoholic Speaker 3: and I wasn't his son. But there's usually a dynamic Speaker 3: that takes place with stepchildren and stepparents is usually a conflict.”
00:20:54“Speaker 1: Right did did defense attorneys even bring that out for Speaker 2: They do mention it kind of vaguely, but they do Speaker 2: not point out well enough for the jury that that Speaker 2: was the case. They should have done a better ballistic investigation. Speaker 2: They didn't, and I think they should have better highlighted”
00:36:13“Speaker 4: do more, but being on house arrest, I'm limited to Speaker 4: what I can do. So I must admit that this Speaker 4: is the best jail cell I ever been in. Speaker 1: Everyone here at the Wrongful Fiction Podcast and so many Speaker 1: other people are just ecstatic about this news. So what”
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