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The Case of False Confessions - Hamid Hayat
📻 Episode #378
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Jul 24, 2023
About This Episode
How could anyone believe a confession about 1,000 pole-vaulting terrorists all dressed like Ninja Turtles?
The Case
How could anyone believe a confession about 1,000 pole-vaulting terrorists all dressed like Ninja Turtles?
This week, Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin tell us a story with some of the most outlandish false confessions ever heard. And yet, California native, Hamid Hayat, was wrongfully convicted of terrorism in the years following the horrific 9/11 attacks. Investigators thought Hamid was part of a terrorist sleeper cell, though eventually they learned no such terrorist cell ever existed.
This updated episode shares how Hamid is rebuilding his life, and how his support system continues to grow.
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In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
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00:03:55“Speaker 1: a medium sized town halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento. Speaker 1: Lodi's downtown looks like the set of an old Western, Speaker 1: complete with a train depot from gold rush days. But Speaker 1: if you go south a mile, you'll find a large Speaker 1: Pakistani American community where families wear traditional clothing and center”
00:15:01“Speaker 1: and start questioning him too. They tell Umer that Hamid Speaker 1: admitted going to a training camp in Pakistan, and they Speaker 1: start pressuring Umer to say he also went to visit Hamid, Speaker 1: just like a parent would check out his kids college. Eventually,”
00:25:27“Speaker 6: something I didn't do. And we said, you know, we Speaker 6: have a very strong case, but there's no way we Speaker 6: can guarantee you that it will succeed, and he said, Speaker 6: I'm prepared to see this through. Speaker 1: Years ago, he refused to go to a camp when”
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