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The Case of Lucinda Hites-Clabaugh

📻 Episode #35
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Oct 02, 2017

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About This Episode

Lucinda Hites-Clabaugh was 53 years old when she was wrongfully convicted of first-degree sexual abuse of a third grader in 2009. She was convicted despite no physical evidence, no witnesses, and a police officer’s admitted failures to follow investigative protocols. Lucinda spent over two years in prison until her conviction was overturned on July 18,…

The Case

Lucinda Hites-Clabaugh was 53 years old when she was wrongfully convicted of first-degree sexual abuse of a third grader in 2009. She was convicted despite no physical evidence, no witnesses, and a police officer’s admitted failures to follow investigative protocols. Lucinda spent over two years in prison until her conviction was overturned on July 18, 2012.

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00:06:10
“Speaker 2: it grounds the person and then suddenly it lets go Speaker 2: and you are connected again. Speaker 2: And it's a healing technique that's been used for thousands Speaker 2: of years by about a third of the world's population Speaker 2: that understand Eastern medicine. Speaker 3: Yes, and I'm someone who has benefited from Eastern medicine.”
00:22:07
“Speaker 2: for an hour and said, yes, I swear that this Speaker 2: is you know I will speak. Speaker 3: This is after you were convicted, after. Speaker 2: I was convicted, tend to do so. Speaker 3: This is during the sentencing phase. Yes, let's go back”
00:38:27
“Speaker 2: ambitious goals of DAS and DDAs and the lack of Speaker 2: willingness on the part of police to investigate. Everybody who Speaker 2: has a responsibility for investigation in this sort of a Speaker 2: thing needs to actually investigate, and they need to be Speaker 2: worth their salt as investigators. I mean, the police force”

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