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The Case of John Giuca
📻 Episode #577
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Jun 11, 2026
About This Episode
On October 12, 2003, Mark Fisher was found shot and killed in a driveway in Brooklyn, NY after spending the night hanging out with a group of his peers, including John Giuca and Antonio Russo. Upon interrogation, a few of the people that Mark had been with late the night before led police to believe…
The Case
On October 12, 2003, Mark Fisher was found shot and killed in a driveway in Brooklyn, NY after spending the night hanging out with a group of his peers, including John Giuca and Antonio Russo. Upon interrogation, a few of the people that Mark had been with late the night before led police to believe that John and Antonio were involved in Mark’s murder. Despite no physical evidence and no eyewitnesses linking him to the crime, John was convicted of the murder and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison solely based on witness testimony.
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00:07:34“Speaker 3: Young, Yes, when I was five years old my stepfather, Speaker 3: but considered him like my father. Also, I didn't look Speaker 3: at it as a negative thing. Really, My real father Speaker 3: went on to get married again, and that woman who Speaker 3: he married already had kids, so he had a family”
00:28:11“Speaker 2: And it went out and found another friend of yours Speaker 2: with a vulnerability to exploit, a guy named Anthony Bahari. Speaker 4: Yes, he was another witness who satisfied the formula of Speaker 4: claimed for a year and a half that he didn't Speaker 4: know anything, but after being heavily pressured, claimed that the”
00:48:03“Speaker 4: they declined to overturn the conviction, either on innocence or Speaker 4: on any constitutional violations. Speaker 3: Once Ken Thompson took over, there was twenty five generations Speaker 3: and that gave me so much hope. The difference between Speaker 3: me and all those other guys is that the ADA”
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