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The Case of Terence Rice
📻 Episode #299
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Oct 13, 2022
About This Episode
On October 9th, 1990 at 12:10am, police responded to shots being fired at a housing project in Brooklyn, New York. They ended up arresting 23 year old Terence Rice, a man who lived next door to the scene and who was making a call at a payphone in the midst of the chaos. They claimed…
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The Case
On October 9th, 1990 at 12:10am, police responded to shots being fired at a housing project in Brooklyn, New York. They ended up arresting 23 year old Terence Rice, a man who lived next door to the scene and who was making a call at a payphone in the midst of the chaos. They claimed that Terence was shooting at them, as well as at other things and people, from an apartment window two stories up. Contrary to the policemen’s testimonies, there is no evidence that this shootout actually took place – Terence did not have a weapon on him, officers could not agree on which weapon the alleged shooter was using, and there were no bullet marks or shell casings anywhere near the window from which the shots were supposedly fired. Despite several witnesses willing to corroborate his alibi, Terence was convicted for attempted murder and sentenced to 75 years in prison.
https://www.change.org/p/demand-the-reversal-of-the-unjust-conviction-of-terence-rice-and-order-a-fair-trial-immediately
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00:04:57“Speaker 1: So it's not a stretch to think that a guy Speaker 1: living in public housing would be using a payphone booth Speaker 1: on the regular. And if you remember, these phone booths Speaker 1: used to be ubiquitous, right, they were all over the city. Speaker 1: Now back to the day question. It's October ninth, nineteen ninety,”
00:19:23“Speaker 1: So why are we even going to waste time trying Speaker 1: to sit around and make sure our stories match. They Speaker 1: didn't even bother to do that. So you have conflicting testimony, Speaker 1: all of which is nonsensical because it didn't match any Speaker 1: of the facts. You have a total lack of evidence.”
00:33:07“Speaker 1: the knee, and that's just badass. If there's any silver Speaker 1: lines in these proceedings, it's that at least that aspect Speaker 1: of it feels like justice. And I got to say, Speaker 1: as a fella New Yorker, I'd be happy to do Speaker 1: right by you, as I'm sure everyone who hears this”
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