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The Case of Johnetta Carr
📻 Episode #325
🎙️ Hosted by Maggie Freleng
📅 Jan 16, 2023
About This Episode
On October 23, 2005, Planes Adolphe was found in front of his Louisville, KY apartment, robbed and murdered. Police were led to a man named Steve, but Steve told police that Adolphe’s 16 year old girlfriend, Johnetta, was involved. Police eventually arrested Johnetta’s two friends – one of which endured a lengthy interrogation which ended…
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The Case
On October 23, 2005, Planes Adolphe was found in front of his Louisville, KY apartment, robbed and murdered. Police were led to a man named Steve, but Steve told police that Adolphe’s 16 year old girlfriend, Johnetta, was involved. Police eventually arrested Johnetta’s two friends – one of which endured a lengthy interrogation which ended in her implicating Johnetta. Even though the friend quickly recanted, and despite the lack of physical evidence against her, Johnetta was arrested. Johnetta ultimately accepted an Alford plea and was sentenced to 20 years in prison at 16 years old. Maggie speaks to Johnetta Carr, Lorinda Baker, Johnetta’s mother, and Johnetta’s attorney, Suzanne Hopf, Directing Attorney at the Kentucky Innocence Project.
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00:03:59“Speaker 4: What typical teenage just do. Speaker 5: Own the phone with her friends, withjama parties, movies, skating, Speaker 5: hanging out into some on the front, forge ice cream, Speaker 5: you know that type of thing. Speaker 1: Was she ever in any kind of trouble. Speaker 4: No. Joannette is a lovely person.”
00:16:05“Speaker 5: I'm so sorry that this has happened to you. I'm Speaker 5: so sorry that you're going through this, you know. I mean, Speaker 5: you sitting in his jael Syal day after day, minute Speaker 5: at the minute, you know, and you see people going Speaker 5: home and you're still sitting here for something that you”
00:27:53“Speaker 1: someone was using Michael's phone after his death. There were Speaker 1: calls made to Los Angeles and to Florida, and again Speaker 1: the police never followed up. Instead, they went after sixteen Speaker 1: year old Janetta and her friends. Speaker 3: Oh. I think the state offered her an offered plea”
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