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The Case of False Confessions - Daniel Villegas
📻 Episode #121
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Apr 01, 2020
About This Episode
How can one man save the life of a perfect stranger?
The Case
How can one man save the life of a perfect stranger?
The case of Daniel Villegas shows how ordinary people can make an extraordinary difference in the fight against wrongful convictions. Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin tell the story of an unexpected hero who fought for years to turn tragedy into triumph, ending in one of the most dramatic courtroom exonerations ever seen.
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00:04:02“Speaker 1: to the scene of the shooting, and they see police Speaker 1: lights flashing. Bobby had been shot in the head and Speaker 1: died in the street. Mondo had been shot in the Speaker 1: stomach and the thigh. He made it one hundred yards Speaker 1: to a house up the street, where he collapsed in”
00:16:13“Speaker 4: At first, I thought, you know, any parents gonna not Speaker 4: want to accept that their son might be a killer. Speaker 4: I had a lot of faith also in our system, Speaker 4: you know, I always believe that if a jury found Speaker 4: you guilty, it must have been because they had plenty”
00:28:17“Speaker 1: own freedom. Ultimately, he chose to accept the Alfred plea Speaker 1: to help save Damien's life. Speaker 2: One of the consequences of entering an Alford plea is Speaker 2: that you can't get compensated through state compensation statutes. The Speaker 2: Alfred plea is considered a plea of guilty, and that”
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