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The Case of Franky Carrillo
📻 Episode #19
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Apr 10, 2017
About This Episode
On January 18, 1991, six teenage boys were standing on a curb talking in front of a house in the Los Angeles, CA suburb of Lynwood. Donald Sarpy, the father of one of the boys, stepped onto the driveway to call his son inside when a car drove by and two shots were fired, killing…
The Case
On January 18, 1991, six teenage boys were standing on a curb talking in front of a house in the Los Angeles, CA suburb of Lynwood. Donald Sarpy, the father of one of the boys, stepped onto the driveway to call his son inside when a car drove by and two shots were fired, killing Sarpy.
16-year-old Francisco “Franky” Carrillo Jr. became a suspect in the case after he was mistakenly identified by the police as the shooter in separate case. On the night of the Sarpy shooting, the police showed one of the eyewitnesses a picture of Carrillo. That witness later identified Carrillo as the shooter and told the five other witnesses to identify Carrillo as the shooter. There was no physical evidence linking Carrillo to the crime. However, all the eyewitnesses identified Carrillo as the shooter and testified to the identification. Franky was convicted of murder, attempted murder and sentenced to life in prison.
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00:05:07“Speaker 2: which is that if you're innocent, and this is an Speaker 2: ironic thing, right, if you're innocent, a lot of people Speaker 2: go in they think, well, why do I need a lawyer. Speaker 2: I'm just going to answer some questions, and the justice Speaker 2: system is going to work because I'm an innocent person”
00:19:53“Speaker 2: to a round number, so more than twice that amount Speaker 2: of time. You're now in a cage in a violent, scary, Speaker 2: hostile environment. How did you manage to make it through that? Speaker 1: You know? Well, you know, when I think back about”
00:34:01“Speaker 1: the advice was for the first four years, just kind Speaker 1: of hang out, man, you know you're in prison. Just relax, Speaker 1: just play some cards and shit, and if you know Speaker 1: you want to play dominoes, go work out. Right. But Speaker 1: the last year, man, like the last year, like, you know,”
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