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The Case of Eric Brown
📻 Episode #479
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Sep 27, 2024
About This Episode
On August 25, 1994, a woman found her boyfriend shot dead in his Louisiana apartment. His stolen car was found across from 16-year-old Eric Brown’s sister’s house. Without any DNA evidence, eyewitnesses, fingerprints, or murder weapon, the state took Eric to trial, and the jury found him guilty. That jury was composed of eleven white…
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The Case
On August 25, 1994, a woman found her boyfriend shot dead in his Louisiana apartment. His stolen car was found across from 16-year-old Eric Brown’s sister’s house. Without any DNA evidence, eyewitnesses, fingerprints, or murder weapon, the state took Eric to trial, and the jury found him guilty. That jury was composed of eleven white members and one black member. Two members of that jury also found him not guilty. Nevertheless, they sent Eric, a child, to prison for life without the possibility of parole.
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00:04:46“Speaker 3: One of those officers that arrested me in that case, Speaker 3: was one of the lead investigators in this case. Speaker 1: In addition, at the time of the crime, Eric had Speaker 1: begun selling weed for a guy named Carmelo Salmonin, who Speaker 1: it turned out was the grandson of a well connected”
00:16:52“Speaker 3: they could still throw you away for the rest of Speaker 3: your life or something that they knew you didn't do. Speaker 3: If I would have been in any other state in America, Speaker 3: I never would have been convicted. It was two jurors Speaker 3: that found me not guilty and no word of weapon,”
00:28:36“Speaker 3: But if he don't, he might not like my route. Speaker 3: So he threatened me a little bit, and me being Speaker 3: who I am, It's like, man, I already knew I'm Speaker 3: not about to admit to somebody didn't do so I Speaker 3: just politely scooted my chair and I looked him in”
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