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The Case of Troy Burner
📻 Episode #281
🎙️ Hosted by Maggie Freleng
📅 Aug 01, 2022
About This Episode
In the evening of April 21, 1990, two masked gunmen shot and killed 27 year old Michael Wilson while he was walking with a friend on a Washington D.C. street. The Wilson murder went unsolved for years until police offered deals to jailhouse informants which included reduced jail time, cash payments and free housing in…
The Case
In the evening of April 21, 1990, two masked gunmen shot and killed 27 year old Michael Wilson while he was walking with a friend on a Washington D.C. street. The Wilson murder went unsolved for years until police offered deals to jailhouse informants which included reduced jail time, cash payments and free housing in exchange for their testimony in over 3 dozen cases that included the Michael Wilson case. The informants implicated Troy Burner and three other men at the Wilson shooting. Despite the informants’ inconsistent and double hearsay testimony, Burner and the other three men were tried and convicted of first degree murder with Burner receiving 30 years to life. Maggie speaks to Troy Burner, his wife, Cherie, and his attorney, Frances Walters.
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00:03:09“Speaker 1: But oh, Clarence avel. Speaker 5: Smell, So were your parents not together? Speaker 1: Didn't know they know they were. I was raised by Speaker 1: my mom and my two grandmothers. Speaker 5: Troy is the oldest of five siblings. He says in Speaker 5: many ways he was like a father figure even within”
00:13:09“Speaker 5: years after the murder of Michael Wilson, all four men Speaker 5: were convicted of first degree murder. Troy was sentenced to Speaker 5: thirty years to life, the longest sentence of them all. Speaker 5: This episode is underwritten by AIG, a leading global insurance company. Speaker 5: AIG is committed to corporate social responsibility and to making”
00:22:17“Speaker 4: of looking at me, like, what are you talking about. Later, Speaker 4: I said, you know said I whispered in your ear. Speaker 4: You know you must have heard what I said too. Speaker 5: Troy was alive and with his love, but he was Speaker 5: still a prisoner of the state working on his innocence claim.”
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