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The Case of Tysheem Crocker
📻 Episode #584
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Jul 30, 2026
About This Episode
In October 1997, Skip Clark was killed in York, PA. Police officers decided that the death was gang related, and that two gangs were out for each other after having a dispute. Tysheem Crocker was dragged into the conversation. The State argued that he and others plotted to retaliate against their rival gang, and that…
The Case
In October 1997, Skip Clark was killed in York, PA. Police officers decided that the death was gang related, and that two gangs were out for each other after having a dispute. Tysheem Crocker was dragged into the conversation. The State argued that he and others plotted to retaliate against their rival gang, and that Skip was caught in the middle. Despite four witnesses testifying that they knew who the killer was and that it was not Tysheem, and despite the fact that his whereabouts were accounted for at the time of the crime, Tysheem was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
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00:07:03“Speaker 1: I think Virginia's pretty much in the same boat. So Speaker 1: guys like Taishim Melvin, in way too many others to name, Speaker 1: just out of options and their cases reach a point Speaker 1: of legal finality. Now, we've been talking about pardoning power Speaker 1: being the fail safe, but that can be quite a”
00:25:46“Speaker 3: I'm the leader of the Cream team that prior to Speaker 3: the Dice Game shooting that we met at a motel Speaker 3: and agreed to kill someone. Actually at the preliminary here Speaker 3: when he said we agreed to step to these guys Speaker 3: to try to squash this beef. With the proceedings, his testimony,”
00:43:05“Speaker 2: twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen, something really bad happened, and then Speaker 2: that thing was almost made even worse the TCIA. Speaker 4: Can you explain guess who gets found shot multiple times Speaker 4: in his car? Danny Steele. I mean, he's just riddled Speaker 4: with bullets. York County decides that Melvin Bethune's own son,”
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