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The Case of Dr. Marvin Cotton Jr.

📻 Episode #564
🎙️ Hosted by Maggie Freleng
📅 Mar 05, 2026

⬥ STILL IMPRISONED

About This Episode

On January 24, 2001, 25-year-old Jamond McIntre was shot seven times and killed in Detroit, MI. Though there were no eyewitnesses to the shooting, three individuals, including 21-year-old Marvin Cotton, were ultimately identified. After a trial that hinged on the testimony of a jailhouse snitch, Cotton was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life…

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The Case

On January 24, 2001, 25-year-old Jamond McIntre was shot seven times and killed in Detroit, MI. Though there were no eyewitnesses to the shooting, three individuals, including 21-year-old Marvin Cotton, were ultimately identified. After a trial that hinged on the testimony of a jailhouse snitch, Cotton was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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00:05:13
“Speaker 2: and when I dropped myself from high school. I went Speaker 2: to go and roll and they was like you a Speaker 2: week late, Like you have to wait till next year Speaker 2: to enroll in our ged program. So it was like Speaker 2: I could have stayed in school, but I had a”
00:20:06
“Speaker 2: prosecutor they had a sidebar to then that's when they Speaker 2: changed the story and Illustrazer was like, no, nobody was Speaker 2: in the bullpayn with me. I talked to him through Speaker 2: a wall and he told me his first and last name, Speaker 2: victims first and last name, the street where this happened.”
00:34:09
“Speaker 1: Yeah, you guys are really such an amazing support group. Speaker 1: So you Ken Nixon, Eric Anderson really cultivated this amazing Speaker 1: group of exguneries that you travel. I mean recently, a Speaker 1: good friend of mine being from New York, Andre Brown, Speaker 1: his conviction was vacated, but the prosecution was fighting that”

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Also on the podcast: #50 Ronald Cotton · #401 Marvin Anderson · #476 Marvin Haynes