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The Case of James Davis
📻 Episode #148
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Aug 12, 2020
About This Episode
On January 24th, 2004, a party at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple devolved into violence, resulting in one man’s death. Before the violence erupted, an overserved young man left the party into the care of his new girlfriend - only to become the murder suspect on the word of his jilted ex.
The Case
On January 24th, 2004, a party at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple devolved into violence, resulting in one man’s death. Before the violence erupted, an overserved young man left the party into the care of his new girlfriend - only to become the murder suspect on the word of his jilted ex.
https://www.change.org/p/brooklyn-district-attorney-eric-gonzalez-free-james-davis?redirect=false
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00:07:35“Speaker 6: kind of a disgusting combination. He threw them to you know, Speaker 6: we put them together. He went into the party, and Speaker 6: he proceeded to have a few more drinks in the Speaker 6: bathroom because they told him, okay, you can have your Speaker 6: own drink, but you have to put some shade on it.”
00:28:42“Speaker 1: the FBI and NYPD. And all you needed was your Speaker 1: star witness Kenean Johnson to show up and counter Machakot, Speaker 1: just like she did it the first trial. Speaker 5: But at the second trial, I'm not with my girlfriend anymore, Speaker 5: so our contact is kind of really touching goal where”
00:49:25“Speaker 5: I didn't know the justice system actually takes this long, Speaker 5: but I thought, maybe you know, two years. I'll be Speaker 5: back home, They'll fix this whole thing, and I'll be home. Speaker 5: Two years turned into seventeen and I'm still fighting and Speaker 5: trying to convince them that they actually locked up the”
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