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The Case of Nick Yarris in Times of COVID
📻 Episode #128
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Apr 27, 2020
About This Episode
Social distancing orders have had us on lockdown for well over a month, leaving many of us struggling with not only isolation and restricted movement, but also the looming economic implications. Jason Flom has been reaching out to our wrongfully convicted community for the kind of advice that only they can give.
The Case
Social distancing orders have had us on lockdown for well over a month, leaving many of us struggling with not only isolation and restricted movement, but also the looming economic implications. Jason Flom has been reaching out to our wrongfully convicted community for the kind of advice that only they can give.
In the third interview of our mini series from Wrongful Conviction Podcasts, Nick Yarris draws upon his harrowing experiences on death row to show us how to leave the existential threat behind and practice radical kindness. His story is unmatched, and you can hear it in full on our double episode 5 of season 9.
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In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
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00:02:54“Speaker 1: time when it was so brutal. So you've been to Speaker 1: hell and back and now here you are in the Speaker 1: free world and experiencing a much milder, shall we say, Speaker 1: sort of lockdown. But is it triggering for you to Speaker 1: have to be sort of, you know, stationary and not”
00:12:58“Speaker 1: Was he able to somehow or other turn a corner Speaker 2: It's amazing how it has to have the humbling first. Speaker 2: A lot of people who do well in society, when Speaker 2: they hit prison, they just break down. And it happened Speaker 2: with John DuPont, it happened with others who were very”
00:22:18“Speaker 1: bring Walter home and we're going to go get Bruce Speaker 1: Springsteen's autograph for that wonderful woman who has been through Speaker 1: such hardship and tragedy and is now showing such grace. Speaker 1: As you said, so. Speaker 2: Yeah, and I like the one thing that you continue”
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Also on the podcast: #106 Nick Yarris Pt. 1 · #107 Nick Yarris Pt. 2 · #124 Damien Echols in Times of COVID