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The Case of False Confessions - Robert Davis
📻 Episode #116
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Feb 26, 2020
About This Episode
What can I say I did to get me out of this?
The Case
What can I say I did to get me out of this?
Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin use real interrogation audio to tell the shocking story of Robert Davis, a Virginia teenager who in 2003 falsely confessed to a double murder after enduring an interrogation complete with death threats, lies about the evidence, and fact-feeding, only to tell investigators, "I’m lying to you, full front to your face."
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This episode includes story line about and clips from Dateline NBC: In the Shadow of Justice
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00:03:55“Speaker 2: Then the firefighters walked down a hallway to look in Speaker 2: some of the other bedrooms. This is a very small house, Speaker 2: so it was just a short walk and under some Speaker 2: debris they found the body of Nola's young son, Thomas Charles,”
00:16:09“Speaker 2: been with these people. He doesn't know who the people Speaker 2: are that are accusing him of these crimes. Even if Speaker 2: he wants to confess to this crime. He has no Speaker 2: idea of what happened. Speaker 1: So now the game becomes not convincing Robert that he”
00:26:55“Speaker 1: We knew that we needed to elevate Robert's story and Speaker 1: bring a community of different people to get to push Speaker 1: all in their different ways against a system that's designed Speaker 1: to keep people in prison. Speaker 1: Public opinion would rally around Robert Davis. Once people saw”
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