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The Case of Noura Jackson - RE-RELEASE
📻 Episode #72
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Sep 24, 2018
About This Episode
Noura Jackson was egregiously framed and wrongfully convicted of murdering her mother, Jennifer Jackson, in Memphis, TN in 2005. Amazingly, she spent over three years in jail awaiting trial before being sentenced to 20 years and nine months in prison. No physical evidence linked Noura to the murder, and DNA testing not only excluded her…
The Case
Noura Jackson was egregiously framed and wrongfully convicted of murdering her mother, Jennifer Jackson, in Memphis, TN in 2005. Amazingly, she spent over three years in jail awaiting trial before being sentenced to 20 years and nine months in prison. No physical evidence linked Noura to the murder, and DNA testing not only excluded her as a suspect, but it also suggested that two or three different people were present at the crime scene. The Supreme Court of Tennessee overturned her conviction unanimously in 2014, and in their 5-0 decision, they made strong statements about the misconduct that took place during her trial. The prosecutors threatened to retry Noura, and she was faced with little choice but to accept an Alford Plea in 2015. Noura Jackson was then sent back to prison for 15 months before she was finally released in 2016, after serving 11 years in prison. She is joined by one of her lawyers, Bryce Benjet, Senior Staff Attorney at the Innocence Project, in this episode.
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In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
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00:07:33“Speaker 8: they kept like trying to open the door because we Speaker 8: had a fridge outside, and like everybody was like, what Speaker 8: is going on with this door? And there's this like Speaker 8: tiny little piece of metal that would hinder you from Speaker 7: So that's what.”
00:29:42“Speaker 10: they'd be in jail. Speaker 7: It's their world. You're in it, and they make the rules. Speaker 1: And they move the lines when they want to. Speaker 8: And if you're a defense attorney and you do something wrong, Speaker 8: they'll have no fury. If you're a prosecutor and you”
00:49:58“Speaker 8: was just sitting there and watching them do the same Speaker 8: thing to me that they had done all over again, Speaker 8: and acting like the Supreme Court decision had never happened. Speaker 8: And so when they offered me a piece of paper Speaker 8: to sign, it was unreal.”
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