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The Case of Jermaine Archer
📻 Episode #518
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Mar 27, 2025
About This Episode
On July 21, 1997 in Brooklyn, NY, Patrick Niles, a passenger in a vehicle, was shot in the head and killed. The driver of the car and surviving eyewitness, Carlos Bethune, initially reported that he did not recognize the shooter, but later identified the perpetrator as Jermaine Archer. Carlos’s questionable identification became the basis for…
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The Case
On July 21, 1997 in Brooklyn, NY, Patrick Niles, a passenger in a vehicle, was shot in the head and killed. The driver of the car and surviving eyewitness, Carlos Bethune, initially reported that he did not recognize the shooter, but later identified the perpetrator as Jermaine Archer. Carlos’s questionable identification became the basis for the state’s case against Jermaine, and Jermaine was sentenced to 34 years in prison.
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00:04:35“Speaker 1: Westminster Road, and the victim Patrick Niles. His people, specifically Speaker 1: his older brother Ronaldo, and a guy named Carlos Bethune. Speaker 3: Carlos Betun was Ronaldo's right hand man, that was his friend. Speaker 3: I only knew him as the short, chubby guy that's Speaker 3: always with Ronaldo. I didn't even know his name until”
00:15:36“Speaker 3: Bang was in an alley when it shots fired my Speaker 3: children's mother was on the street, so she's seen it. Speaker 3: They all testified that it wasn't me. Speaker 1: And they even named the person who they'd all seen shoot, Speaker 1: Patrick Niles. However, being Jermaine's friends and family appears to”
00:26:58“Speaker 3: I wanted to jump in the car goal I wanted Speaker 3: to pinch myself make sure I wasn't sleeping. They asked Speaker 3: me what I wanted to do first. I said McDonald's Speaker 3: and they told me order whatever I want. And I Speaker 3: went up to the register and no one paid me”
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