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The Case of Derrick Hamilton
📻 Episode #4
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Oct 31, 2016
About This Episode
Derrick Hamilton was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1991 and served over two decades in prison after he was framed by the disgraced Detective Louis Scarcella. During an initial stint in prison in his teens for a separate wrongful conviction, Derrick began studying in the prison’s law library, eventually earning a reputation as one of…
The Case
Derrick Hamilton was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1991 and served over two decades in prison after he was framed by the disgraced Detective Louis Scarcella. During an initial stint in prison in his teens for a separate wrongful conviction, Derrick began studying in the prison’s law library, eventually earning a reputation as one of the most highly skilled jailhouse lawyers in the country. When he wasn’t fighting to prove his own innocence, Derrick worked pro bono on the cases of his fellow inmates, and he formed the Actual Innocence Team with other jailhouse lawyers serving time. He was released on parole in 2011 and finally cleared his name in 2014. Today, he continues to work as a paralegal on wrongful conviction cases.
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00:04:44“Speaker 2: held this Croys hearing, and the witness testified that it Speaker 2: was the cops who in fact threatened her and made Speaker 2: her lie to grand jury, that me and nobody acting Speaker 2: for me ever had any involvement with her whatsoever. In fact, Speaker 2: we never knew she testified in the grand jury.”
00:17:58“Speaker 2: on the record, if she didn't come in and cooperate Speaker 2: fully with the prosecutor, not truthfully, but fully, whatever the Speaker 2: prosecutor tells you to do, that's what you better do. Speaker 1: Derek. One of the things I find so fascinating. One Speaker 1: of the reasons I said I was honored to have”
00:30:40“Speaker 2: strategy this cop used to convict innocent people. So after Speaker 2: having learned this and David Ranta's release, I run into Speaker 2: a reporter by the name of Francis Robus from a Speaker 2: New York Times and Robus is investigating Julio Assevedo case Speaker 2: and she calling us to learn more about Acevedo. Acevedo”
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