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The Case of Daniel Holtzclaw
📻 Episode #104
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Nov 27, 2019
About This Episode
At 2 AM, on June 18th, 2014, Daniel Holtzclaw finished up his shift as an Oklahoma City police officer and made his way home in his all black cruiser. He saw a car swerving and pulled over 57-year-old daycare provider Jannie Ligons. About 3 hours later, Ms Ligons would claim that Officer Holtzclaw forced her…
The Case
At 2 AM, on June 18th, 2014, Daniel Holtzclaw finished up his shift as an Oklahoma City police officer and made his way home in his all black cruiser. He saw a car swerving and pulled over 57-year-old daycare provider Jannie Ligons. About 3 hours later, Ms Ligons would claim that Officer Holtzclaw forced her to perform oral sodomy through the fly of his uniform pants from the back seat of his squad car. Her mouth swab would come up empty for Daniel’s DNA, as would a search of his uniform for hers, but nonetheless, an investigation would be launched into Daniel Holtzclaw’s field contacts with at risk African American women, soliciting stories of sexual impropriety. 21 accusers made allegations, and a media circus ensued, bolstering a grim and growing narrative of law enforcement officers abusing their authority. 8 of those 21 claims were immediately dismissed by investigators, and they still moved forward with the 13 other questionable or otherwise ill-fitting claims. Through the misconstruing of DNA evidence, 8 of the remaining 13 allegations resulted in 18 convictions. Former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw is currently serving a 263 year sentence in an undisclosed correctional facility under an assumed name for crimes he did not commit.
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00:05:26“Speaker 2: it's really that's scary, Jennifer, you want to jump in. Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, it was definitely shocking to hear these allegations, Speaker 6: especially the first one. And the reason why I am Speaker 6: so passionate about is because when this first happened, I Speaker 6: wanted to know everything.”
00:21:47“Speaker 2: cover it on this show. I mean, I have a Speaker 2: list of ninety five of them, right, and there's no Speaker 2: way we could talk for hours that we wouldn't cover Speaker 2: all of the mistakes that were made, both deliberate and Speaker 2: sloppy mistakes.”
00:36:53“Speaker 2: in their life that you know, whoever's listening, it could Speaker 2: have been you in that jury box, and how would Speaker 2: you have done. And I'm sure people are saying, well, Speaker 2: I would never have convicted him, but twelve people did. Speaker 2: And how could they get it so wrong? How could”
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