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The Case of Stephen Carrington
📻 Episode #471
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Aug 22, 2024
About This Episode
After a short stint in prison, Stephen 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 Stephen as the primary suspect of a felony murder at…
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The Case
After a short stint in prison, Stephen 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 Stephen as the primary suspect of a felony murder at a Brooklyn lumber store. Stephen 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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00:05:13“Speaker 4: to the crime, besides having a sibling who was mentioned Speaker 4: to be outside with the individuals who was involved. Speaker 2: So these guys go, they robbed the lumberyard, and they Speaker 2: shot a clerk named Lloyd Campbell. Yes, both in the Speaker 2: head and in the back.”
00:19:28“Speaker 4: that point in time when I started to clear my Speaker 2: I mean, you basically took the fall for your brother. Speaker 4: Well, I wouldn't say that I took the fall. They Speaker 4: gave it to me, right. Speaker 2: Your last hope was that your lawyer was going to”
00:34:14“Speaker 4: the fillers for the lineups, conducting the lineup. I mean, Speaker 4: nobody else did anything. His name is on all the reports. Speaker 2: So the guy who holds the key is dead. Speaker 3: Now you went to the parole board. Speaker 2: Yes, and you did exactly the opposite of what All”
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