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The Case of James King
📻 Episode #216
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Aug 04, 2021
About This Episode
James King has been sitting in prison for almost 25 years for a rape that he adamantly maintains he did not commit. His conviction strongly relied on the inconsistent and contradictory word of a then 13-year old girl who was allegedly hiding her inappropriate relationship with a neighbor twice her age. Despite the lack of…
The Case
James King has been sitting in prison for almost 25 years for a rape that he adamantly maintains he did not commit. His conviction strongly relied on the inconsistent and contradictory word of a then 13-year old girl who was allegedly hiding her inappropriate relationship with a neighbor twice her age. Despite the lack of material evidence, changed testimonies for the prosecution, and the credible rebuttal of the state’s expert’s absurd findings, King remains incarcerated, desperately working to establish his innocence.
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In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
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00:04:23“Speaker 4: for that. That was all it was to it. And Speaker 4: I should never done that. Speaker 1: So, Okay, you knew this person and they owed you money, Speaker 1: and you obviously shouldn't have done that. You've acknowledged that Speaker 1: that was a dumb thing to do. But now you've”
00:18:01“Speaker 2: benefit for the prosecution of corroborating Jamie's story because they said, Speaker 2: these are consistent with the assault. So there's your corroboration. Speaker 1: Yeah, nice expert. And before we move on to the Speaker 1: inevitable in this trial, authorities had another opportunity to do Speaker 1: the right thing here, but it too went completely ignored.”
00:31:52“Speaker 2: So we file the habeas petition alleging false evidence introduced Speaker 2: at trial and ineffective assistance of his appel council for Speaker 2: failure to raise that issue. The Superior Court actually requested Speaker 2: some informal briefing on the issue, and what the Additional Speaker 2: Attorney's office came back with was, well, we're just saying”
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