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The Case of Keith LaMar Pt. 2
📻 Episode #380
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Aug 03, 2023
About This Episode
On April 11, 1993, a riot broke out at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, OH, primarily due to tensions between the prisoners and the guards. The riot went on for 11 days resulting in 10 deaths and millions of dollars in damages. 23-year-old prisoner Keith LaMar was a witness to the riot, and…
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The Case
On April 11, 1993, a riot broke out at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, OH, primarily due to tensions between the prisoners and the guards. The riot went on for 11 days resulting in 10 deaths and millions of dollars in damages. 23-year-old prisoner Keith LaMar was a witness to the riot, and although there was no physical evidence linking him to any involvement in the riot, the prosecution focused on him presumably because he refused to aid them in their investigation. Many incentivized and coerced prison informants testified that Keith was the leader behind the riot while the prosecution failed to present the exculpatory evidence in their possession that others were responsible. Thus, Keith became one of the five prisoners convicted of the murders and blamed for the riot. Keith was sentenced to death. Jason talks to Keith LaMar and Keegan Stephan, Keith's attorney.
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00:05:33“Speaker 3: giving them unlimited supplies of cigarettes, unlimited supplies of the canteen, Speaker 3: extra visitation jobs, and free range of movements. Speaker 2: And being in this better situation together, the witnesses were Speaker 2: also able to well get their stories straight right to coordinate. Speaker 2: But more importantly, almost all of those testifying witnesses had”
00:21:23“Speaker 2: They handed over what they deemed exculpatory and with what Speaker 2: we've already examined here left out some absolute fucking whoppers. Speaker 2: And then I understand the defense was given a list Speaker 2: of forty three names that were not matched up with Speaker 2: the statement summaries that the prosecution actually did provide for”
00:36:32“Speaker 2: even if only temporarily in the meantime. For Keith, after Speaker 2: his federal habeas was denied, he fired his attorneys and Speaker 2: his case was given to the Tennessee Federal Defenders. But Speaker 2: with Medazzelam cleared for use by the Supreme Court the Speaker 2: United States, various states that still have capital punishment began”
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