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The Case of Darnell Phillips
📻 Episode #89
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Mar 04, 2019
About This Episode
Darnell Phillips served 28 years for a crime he did not commit. He was sentenced to 100 years in prison for the 1990 rape of a child in Virginia Beach. In 2015, the Innocence Project Clinic at the University of Virginia found physical evidence, and in 2017, DNA testing proved that Darnell was not at…
The Case
Darnell Phillips served 28 years for a crime he did not commit. He was sentenced to 100 years in prison for the 1990 rape of a child in Virginia Beach. In 2015, the Innocence Project Clinic at the University of Virginia found physical evidence, and in 2017, DNA testing proved that Darnell was not at the scene of the crime. In this compelling interview, Darnell shares the devastating story of his conviction and his hopes for his future as a free man. He is also joined by Lisa Spees, Director of Virginians for Judicial Reform.
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00:06:33“Speaker 5: for a man that had great shorts on white and Speaker 5: green with the number forty two on the jersey. So Speaker 5: you know, obviously I didn't fit the description. I wasn't Speaker 5: the person's hired or anything. But nevertheless, they said, well Speaker 5: can you try this hat on? But I was like, well,”
00:21:58“Speaker 5: couldn't have been out raping someone. I was trying to Speaker 5: tell them this what I was watching on TV. If Speaker 5: you go back and look at this on TV, you'll Speaker 5: see I'm correct. There's no way I know where I Speaker 5: could have been on the crime scene. If I'm watching TV.”
00:36:57“Speaker 1: Been out for four months now? Speaker 5: When people do recognize me, they're very empathetic, you know, Speaker 5: sympathetic towards me. But when it comes time to work, now, Speaker 5: like keep mind, like I'm forty seven years old, man, Speaker 5: pretty much have to start like a person who's sixteen”
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