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The Case of Kenneth Nixon
📻 Episode #275
🎙️ Hosted by Maggie Freleng
📅 Jul 11, 2022
About This Episode
In the late night of May 19, 2005, a Molotov cocktail was thrown into a Detroit, MI home, killing two children – a 20 month old girl and a 10 year old boy. One of the victims’ siblings led police to 19 year old Kenneth Nixon. Despite very inconsistent eyewitness testimony from the child, Nixon…
The Case
In the late night of May 19, 2005, a Molotov cocktail was thrown into a Detroit, MI home, killing two children – a 20 month old girl and a 10 year old boy. One of the victims’ siblings led police to 19 year old Kenneth Nixon. Despite very inconsistent eyewitness testimony from the child, Nixon was convicted with the help of a prosecutor’s deal with a jailhouse informant and some unscrupulous prosecutorial methods. Maggie speaks to Kenneth Nixon, Nixon’s mother Tracy Nixon, and his attorney David Williams.
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00:03:14“Speaker 1: like siblings than they were actual cousins. Speaker 1: Pretty fun childhood, middle class upbringing, magnet schools. I always Speaker 1: enjoyed school. Speaker 1: Playing up growing up was something that I enjoyed doing. Speaker 1: Neighborhood wasn't bad, not much violence, not in a horrible area.”
00:12:29“Speaker 6: He was in his bed. The only evidence of the Speaker 6: state actually had against Ken was this altered witness testimony Speaker 6: and the alleged accelerant covered clothes. Ken and Latoya's defense Speaker 6: was weak, though their attorneys called just four witnesses to Speaker 6: the stand, two of whom were alibi witnesses, and they”
00:21:20“Speaker 1: I've never seen nothing less than a three point eight Speaker 1: with him. I'll get to see him off for college. Speaker 1: I'll get to annoy the hell out of him while Speaker 1: he's at college. Amazing, amazing timing when my exoneration came. Speaker 6: Now that he's out, Ken is actually a full time”
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