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The Case of Steven Carrington
📻 Episode #136
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Jun 10, 2020
About This Episode
After a short stint in prison, Steven Carrington was a newlywed father, training to be an EMT and getting his life back on track. But when the police came looking for his brother at the same Brooklyn, NY address, the police mistakenly zeroed in on Steven as the primary suspect of a felony murder at…
The Case
After a short stint in prison, Steven Carrington was a newlywed father, training to be an EMT and getting his life back on track. But when the police came looking for his brother at the same Brooklyn, NY address, the police mistakenly zeroed in on Steven as the primary suspect of a felony murder at a Brooklyn lumber store. Steven was convicted and sentence to 23 years to life.
https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=6802
http://www.brooklynda.org/2024/05/16/brooklyn-district-attorney-moves-to-vacate-conviction-of-brooklyn-man-who-served-23-years-for-homicide-in-case-of-mistaken-identity/
https://www.nyls.edu/faculty/adele-bernhard/
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00:04:59“Speaker 2: and photos of these individuals. There was an address on Speaker 2: the photo, which was a promotional photo at the time. Speaker 2: I had a recording studio, and we used to you know, Speaker 2: wrench studio time out to individuals. One of the group, Shannon,”
00:18:52“Speaker 2: me and also to the people that were paying him Speaker 2: to represent me, and. Speaker 1: The people that were paying him were your parents. Yes, Speaker 1: it's almost like they had a Sophie's choice. They had Speaker 1: to choose what they did choose and don't if they”
00:33:17“Speaker 1: exactly the opposite of what all the smartest people you knew, Speaker 1: or the most the wisest people, I should say, were Speaker 1: advising you to do. Right. Speaker 2: I'm not gonna lie, you know. I was very apprehensives Speaker 2: and rustle with it. You know, as my wife was”
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