← All Cases / Episode #257
The Case of Rickey Jackson
📻 Episode #257
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 May 05, 2022
About This Episode
On May 19th, 1975, in front of a store in Cleveland, OH, two assailants robbed a man, splashed acid in his face, shot and killed him, and then fired into the store injuring the co-owner. 12 year-old Eddie Vernon was riding a bus near the scene and later bragged that he had seen Ricky Jackson,…
The Case
On May 19th, 1975, in front of a store in Cleveland, OH, two assailants robbed a man, splashed acid in his face, shot and killed him, and then fired into the store injuring the co-owner. 12 year-old Eddie Vernon was riding a bus near the scene and later bragged that he had seen Ricky Jackson, as well as Ronnie and Wiley Bridgeman commit the crime. However, according to all the other occupants of the bus, they were too far away to even see the crime. But police ignored other more compelling leads and focused on Eddie’s story. When he tried to back away from the fib, they threatened to take his parents to prison if he didn’t stick to the story. Eddie’s false testimony at trial helped send all three young men to death row.
https://law.uc.edu/real-world-learning/centers/ohio-innocence-project-at-cincinnati-law.html
https://lavaforgood.com/with-jason-flom/
We have worked hard to ensure that all facts reported in this show are accurate. The views and opinions expressed by the individuals featured in this show are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Lava for Good.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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.
00:04:52“Speaker 3: to have lunch in the winter time. Speaker 2: He will be sitting at our kitchen table. Speaker 3: My mother would like give him soup and a grilled Speaker 3: cheese sandwich or something like that because it was so Speaker 3: cold outside before he continued on with his route. I”
00:19:31“Speaker 3: you know. I mean a judge even said during a Speaker 3: recess that he didn't believe the state witness for one minute. Speaker 3: But I'm not gonna take the power out of jury's hands. Speaker 3: That's your job as a judge. If you have a witness,”
00:33:57“Speaker 3: and the lady nodded, and they went back to their Speaker 3: pspect the benches, and the judge. Speaker 2: Asked me to rise. Speaker 3: He said that the state was not going to you know, Speaker 3: they weren't going to pursue me anymore. In other words,”
Listen to the Episode
🎧 Listen on Omny / the podcast's platforms
Resources & links from the episode:
Share this case, follow the organisations working on it, and support the podcast's fight for the innocent at lavaforgood.com.
← #256 Patty Prewitt #258 Melvin Ortiz →
Also on the podcast: #42 Noura Jackson · #72 Noura Jackson - RE-RELEASE · #335 Charles Jackson