← All Cases / Episode #345
The Case of James Richardson
📻 Episode #345
🎙️ Hosted by Maggie Freleng
📅 Mar 27, 2023
About This Episode
On June 29, 2009, and into the following morning, James Richardson was out at The Other Place nightclub in Greenville, NC. James and another club goer exchanged words and were escorted out of the club. Shortly thereafter, a white BMW came barreling down the street, as someone in the car opened fire, killing two individuals…
The Case
On June 29, 2009, and into the following morning, James Richardson was out at The Other Place nightclub in Greenville, NC. James and another club goer exchanged words and were escorted out of the club. Shortly thereafter, a white BMW came barreling down the street, as someone in the car opened fire, killing two individuals standing outside of the club. None of the eyewitnesses identified James as the shooter, but police, prosecutors, and the media pursued him as the sole suspect. James was convicted and sentenced to serve two life sentences in prison. Maggie talks to James Richardson, Hibah Elawad, James’s fiancee, and Heather Rattelade and Dawn Blagrove, James’s attorneys.
https://linktr.ee/freejamesrichardson
https://change.org/freejamesrichardson
https://FreeJamesRichardson.org
We have worked hard to ensure that all facts reported in this show are accurate. The views and opinions expressed by the individuals featured in this show are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Lava for Good.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
Short excerpts from the episode's official published transcript, with timestamps — listen from these moments, or read the full transcript via the podcast's own platforms.
00:04:06“Speaker 1: James dreamed of making it up and out, and not Speaker 1: just for himself. Speaker 2: I looked at what my mom, you know, what she Speaker 2: went through by raising nine kids and really having no help, Speaker 2: and I just wanted to, you know, be able to”
00:16:13“Speaker 2: You know. He pretty much told me nothing, We just Speaker 2: want to talk to you. You know, they just wanted Speaker 2: they just want to talk to you whatever. So I Speaker 2: was like, okay, like, you know, that's fine. I thought Speaker 2: he was. They were talking about that, just the fight”
00:28:22“Speaker 3: place that they're supposed to study in. James Richardson had Speaker 3: made a very successful life for himself, had not stayed Speaker 3: in that place that he was supposed to stay in, Speaker 3: and was doing much better than many of the local residents. Speaker 1: One of their main post conviction arguments that the trial”
Listen to the Episode
🎧 Listen on Omny / the podcast's platforms
Resources & links from the episode:
Share this case, follow the organisations working on it, and support the podcast's fight for the innocent at lavaforgood.com.
← #344 Tami Vance #346 Amanda Busse →
Also on the podcast: #142 Josh Dubin on James Dailey · #148 James Davis · #205 James Davis