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The Case of Paul Cortez
📻 Episode #242
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Jan 26, 2022
About This Episode
On November 27, 2005, Catherine Woods was found viciously stabbed to death in her Upper Eastside apartment. At the time, her ex boyfriend David Haughn stayed on her couch while she was romantically involved with Paul Cortez. When David discovered this other man, he was jealous and upset, yet Haughn did not become the prime…
The Case
On November 27, 2005, Catherine Woods was found viciously stabbed to death in her Upper Eastside apartment. At the time, her ex boyfriend David Haughn stayed on her couch while she was romantically involved with Paul Cortez. When David discovered this other man, he was jealous and upset, yet Haughn did not become the prime suspect despite damning evidence against him. A confluence of racism, a false media narrative, prosecutorial misconduct, and ineffective counsel sent Paul Cortez away for 25 to life.
http://freepaulcortez.com/
https://www.change.org/p/andrew-m-cuomo-help-paul-cortez-fight-for-justice-f8ba4a77-b0c8-4636-8f8a-aea03d5a374a
https://www.facebook.com/Help-Free-Paul-Cortez-38461123952/
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In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
Short excerpts from the episode's official published transcript, with timestamps — listen from these moments, or read the full transcript via the podcast's own platforms.
00:03:58“Speaker 1: normally most people don't managed to make it to anything Speaker 1: like their dreams. So what was happening back then? Take Speaker 1: us back to two thousand and three. Speaker 2: I had signed with the talent agency and I was Speaker 2: very excited about that. I went on several auditions and”
00:14:52“Speaker 2: where they were. Speaker 1: And it's so bad that one of your attorneys was Speaker 1: held to contempt of court and actually find one thousand Speaker 1: dollars for not showing up. And when they they did Speaker 1: show up, they didn't even pretend to make an effort”
00:25:27“Speaker 4: assistance of counsel and this is actual innocence, and we Speaker 4: should be successful in federal court. And I'm relying on Speaker 4: the judge to do the right thing, order a hearing, Speaker 4: dismiss this, order a new trial. It's so clear that Speaker 4: he did not commit this crime.”
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