Episode 4 - The Third Time’s the Charm
 

Description

In honor of Black History Month, I wanted to tell another story of a wrongful conviction. But this one is even worse. It’s not a mis-identification, it is the straight up racist framing of an innocent man. And because Monroe County, Alabama officials were so determined to frame Walter McMillian, the real murderer of Ronda Morrison will probably never be brought to justice

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Show Notes

Written, hosted and produced by Erica Kelley
Researched by Erica Kelley
Additional Research by Haley Gray
Edited by Chaes Gray
Suggested by Julie Moore
Original Graphic Art by Coley Horner
Original Music by Rob Harrison of Gamma Radio
Suggested Reading: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice & Redemption by Bryan Stevenson, and
Circumstantial Evidence: Death, Life & Justice in a Southern Town by Pete Earley

Sources

  1. Just Mercy: a Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

  2. Circumstantial Evidence: Death, Life & Justice in a Southern Town by Pete Earley

  3. https://law.justia.com/cases/alabama/court-of-appeals-criminal/1990/570-so-2d-1285-0.html

  4. https://law.justia.com/cases/alabama/court-of-appeals-criminal/1991/594-so-2d-1253-0.html

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  6. https://deathpenaltycurriculum.org/student/c/courtroom/casestudies/case4-McMillian.htm

  7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_McMillian

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