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The Case of Faye Jacobs
📻 Episode #415
🎙️ Hosted by Maggie Freleng
📅 Dec 28, 2023
About This Episode
February 9, 1992 started as a normal day for 16 year old Faye Jacobs – she attended church and hung out with friends in Little Rock, AR. When she and her mom drove home later, they passed bustling police activity. Intrigued, they stopped the car and got out. Suddenly, Faye was grabbed, pushed against the…
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The Case
February 9, 1992 started as a normal day for 16 year old Faye Jacobs – she attended church and hung out with friends in Little Rock, AR. When she and her mom drove home later, they passed bustling police activity. Intrigued, they stopped the car and got out. Suddenly, Faye was grabbed, pushed against the car and arrested for the shooting murder of Kevin Gaddy, a classmate of hers. Despite an exculpatory alibi and eye witnesses, Faye was sentenced to life without parole. Maggie speaks to Faye Jacobs, Tricia Bushnell Esq. Faye’s attorney, and Tiffany Woods her girlfriend.
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00:03:40“Speaker 6: It's a literal Sophie's choice. Maggie, right, I mean, you Speaker 6: have this intense pressure. You know that they have the Speaker 6: ability to say, Hey, we're going to leave you sitting Speaker 6: in jail, in prison for a year or two years Speaker 6: or more while you await your retrial. Many, many strong”
00:16:14“Speaker 1: about Kevin's murder, but Fay rejected the offer. She refused Speaker 1: to lie and asked for a new lawyer. She was Speaker 1: appointed attorney Bill MacArthur. James Cluett was eventually disbarred for Speaker 1: separate issues. Fay's trial started a year later in April Speaker 1: nineteen ninety three. A man named Clifton Thomas was originally”
00:27:09“Speaker 10: And we know in the co defendant's case, when his Speaker 10: attorney asked for discovery, they dropped the charges, so we Speaker 10: wanted to know what was it, specifically from the crime lab, Speaker 10: and rather than giving us that, they gad an offer Speaker 10: of time served. And that is when Fay then had”
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