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The Case of False Confessions - David McCallum
📻 Episode #131
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 May 06, 2020
About This Episode
Am I telling the story the way the story needs to be told?
The Case
Am I telling the story the way the story needs to be told?
Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin tell us the story of David McCallum, one of two New York teens wrongfully convicted of murder in 1986. Luckily for David, he had incredible allies in his corner - the famous boxer, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, and a district attorney, Ken Thompson, who was dedicated to real justice. Here comes the story of the DA and the Hurricane, and one of the men they saved.
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00:03:51“Speaker 1: Police from the local precinct and Queen's canvass the neighborhood Speaker 1: looking for leads. About a block away, they find a Speaker 1: woman who says she'd been outside washing Herbuick Regal a Speaker 1: red one when two men walked by, clearly checking out Speaker 1: her vehicle. One of them said nice car, She answered,”
00:15:43“Speaker 1: Ken Klonsky. Ruben and Ken had started working together on Speaker 1: wrongful conviction cases, and today Ken is the director of Speaker 1: Innocence International. Speaker 4: David sent me a letter and he explained his case Speaker 4: and the situation he was in. Now, I have no”
00:27:05“Speaker 6: agreed to do so because my duty is not just Speaker 6: to convict, but to do justice. We have conducted a Speaker 6: thorough and fair investigation of this matter, and as a Speaker 6: result of that investigation, we've determined that there's not a Speaker 6: single piece of evidence that linked David McCallum or William”
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