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The Case of Kevin Dykes
📻 Episode #472
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Aug 29, 2024
About This Episode
In June 1986, Kevin Dykes witnessed the attempted murder of 2 people and the actual murder of a 3rd person in his neighborhood in Compton, CA. Kevin decided to go to the police, partly out of fear of reprisals by the killers who knew he witnessed the murder. The prosecutors then used his knowledge of…
The Case
In June 1986, Kevin Dykes witnessed the attempted murder of 2 people and the actual murder of a 3rd person in his neighborhood in Compton, CA. Kevin decided to go to the police, partly out of fear of reprisals by the killers who knew he witnessed the murder. The prosecutors then used his knowledge of the crimes that he witnessed against him and charged him with all 3 crimes. Learn more and get involved at:
https://www.change.org/free-kevin-dykes
https://www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com/with-jason-flom
https://cash.app/$kevindykes0712
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00:04:49“Speaker 1: is nuts, but it's true. So let's get right into it. Speaker 1: And Kevin, let's start with you going back to your Speaker 1: youth because you grew up in common. Speaker 4: Right, Yes, I grew up good, two pay at homes Speaker 4: in the pop Water Sport. I actually had a real”
00:18:42“Speaker 3: the central jail, and then he met a very notorious Speaker 3: nitch named Leslie White. And I get a call from Speaker 3: Leslie White. I'd never heard of Leslie White. Leslie White says, Speaker 3: I understand you're defending Kevin Dykes and that he has Speaker 3: been rare it out by two snitches. And I said,”
00:33:23“Speaker 3: that he could then be sentenced to whatever the maximum Speaker 3: on manslaughter was, which is a lot less than thirty Speaker 3: five years that he's been in. So we're still waiting Speaker 3: for that. I don't know what's happened. But the district Speaker 3: attorney that I was talking to called me and told”
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