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The Case of Stefon Morant
📻 Episode #237
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Dec 22, 2021
About This Episode
On October 11th, 1990, former New Haven, CT alderman Ricardo Turner and his lover were shot dead in their bed. Detective Vincent Raucci knew just who to pin it on, a small-time dealer named Scott Lewis. To make the case, Raucci attempted to extract false testimony from Scott’s friend Stefon Morant. When Stefon refused to…
The Case
On October 11th, 1990, former New Haven, CT alderman Ricardo Turner and his lover were shot dead in their bed. Detective Vincent Raucci knew just who to pin it on, a small-time dealer named Scott Lewis. To make the case, Raucci attempted to extract false testimony from Scott’s friend Stefon Morant. When Stefon refused to go along with the scheme, Raucci pinned the murder on Stefon as well, even though he was hundreds of miles away at the time of the crime. Raucci simply extracted false testimony from another other small-time hood in exchange for leniency on his own legal troubles. Stefon Morant was charged with murder and sentenced to 70 years in prison simply for refusing to provide false testimony against a friend.
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00:05:34“Speaker 3: he thrust me in. That was the beginning of a Speaker 3: nightmare of my life. They took me to the new Speaker 3: police precinct, took me to the detective Burrough, held me Speaker 3: there for hours at the time, brought out police reports, statements, Speaker 3: those paper articles, and started asking me the questions about”
00:20:22“Speaker 3: the detective in my eyes, my sons again, they was twins. Speaker 3: They were two years old at the time, and I Speaker 3: didn't see my sons in a while, you know, so Speaker 3: I didn't bring me to court. I didn't even know Speaker 3: I was going to court. The prosecutor rise a fruit basket.”
00:34:16“Speaker 1: and you finally received your absolute parton certificate just a Speaker 1: few months later. When you found out, what was that moment, Speaker 3: A bunch of bricks? Everything just fell off my shoulders. Speaker 3: It was like, I'm free, you know. It was like Speaker 3: for a long time, I've been accused of something that”
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