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The Case of Sedrick Courtney
📻 Episode #11
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Feb 13, 2017
About This Episode
Sedrick Courtney was wrongfully convicted of robbery with a firearm and first-degree burglary in Tulsa, OK. On April 6, 1995, two armed men wearing ski masks broke into an apartment in Sedrick’s building complex and brutally beat a female victim, blindfolded her, and forced her to lie on the floor as they ransacked her home.…
The Case
Sedrick Courtney was wrongfully convicted of robbery with a firearm and first-degree burglary in Tulsa, OK. On April 6, 1995, two armed men wearing ski masks broke into an apartment in Sedrick’s building complex and brutally beat a female victim, blindfolded her, and forced her to lie on the floor as they ransacked her home. The victim suffered traumatic brain injury because of the attack, but she positively identified Sedrick Courtney as one of the assailants, claiming she recognized his voice. The second assailant was never identified. Even though his sister and cousins corroborated his alibi, Sedrick was sentenced to 30 years and served 15 years before the Innocence Project was able to conduct DNA testing on hairs from the crime scene, proving that none of the hairs from the ski masks matched him. He was exonerated on July 19, 2012. In this episode, Sedrick Courtney appears with his wife, Tina, whom he met in prison when she was working as one of the guards.
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00:04:28“Speaker 5: so she said that she identified you because one of Speaker 5: the two guys pulled up his mask a little bit, Speaker 5: and so maybe she saw the chin or something of Speaker 5: the guy. And then also she claimed to be able Speaker 5: to identify your hands, which is nuts. I mean, is”
00:16:42“Speaker 4: And you just get a little bit more compassionate towards Speaker 4: people and realizing everybody's story is different. Speaker 7: They're not just a number. Speaker 5: Let's go back to how did you meet Cedric? Which Speaker 5: part of the prison were you in? Speaker 4: Minimum security, was work release. He worked for the county,”
00:27:59“Speaker 1: Oh. I mean, that would be a terrible responsibility to Speaker 1: have to live with. But it happens that. Speaker 5: One of the things that this show highlights is that Speaker 5: it happens much more frequently than people realize, and you Speaker 5: have to be aware, and everyone has to do their”
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