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The Case of Steven Barnes
📻 Episode #59
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Jun 18, 2018
About This Episode
In March 1988, Steven Barnes was arrested and charged with the rape, sodomy, and murder of 16-year-old Kimberly Simon in upstate New York. He was tried by a jury in Utica beginning on May 15, 1989. Questionable eyewitness identifications and three forms of unvalidated forensic science were used against Steven at trial, and he was…
The Case
In March 1988, Steven Barnes was arrested and charged with the rape, sodomy, and murder of 16-year-old Kimberly Simon in upstate New York. He was tried by a jury in Utica beginning on May 15, 1989. Questionable eyewitness identifications and three forms of unvalidated forensic science were used against Steven at trial, and he was convicted of rape and murder and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Nearly two decades later, on November 25, 2008, DNA testing obtained by the Innocence Project proved his innocence and Steven Barnes walked out of the Utica courthouse a free man.
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00:06:36“Speaker 1: a parking ticket, you know what I mean. I was Speaker 1: brought up like cops are the good guys. My parents Speaker 1: brought me up. You know, copstantly treat you this. These Speaker 1: guys would treating me like I was already convicted. I was. Speaker 1: I was a scumbag, you know what I mean.”
00:27:44“Speaker 1: and here you are and here I am on the show. Speaker 1: But like I always tell everybody, hope, you know, hope. Speaker 1: In my family, it's all they had when I was Speaker 1: in jail, I had my mother, my brother, and my sister.”
00:47:17“Speaker 1: like I didn't know when I was coming home, you know, Speaker 1: I thought it was over. I literally gave up hope Speaker 1: towards it at one point. Speaker 4: So that was the lowest point. Yeah, but I guess Speaker 4: the one thing I wanted to ask, was there one”
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