#258 Maggie Freleng with Melvin Ortiz

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On December 23, 1997, a botched robbery at a popular pizza restaurant in Reading, PA resulted in the death of its beloved owner, George Clauser. A reward in the paper led police to 19 year old Melvin Ortiz, when two individuals with obvious agendas implicated him. Despite 19 alibi witnesses placing Melvin at a birthday party at the time of the crime, Melvin was sentenced to spend life in prison without parole. Maggie speaks to Melvin Ortiz at SCI - Dallas, PA., Marc Howard J.D., Melvin's advocate, and Victoria Blanco, Melvin's fiancee.To learn more and get involved, visit:If anyone has any information on this case, please email [email protected]://www.freemelvinortiz.org/ @freemelvinortiz on instagram, twitter, facebook, tiktokhttps://www.change.org/MelvinOrtizhttps://www.instagram.com/freemelvinortiz/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNCpeXu5tURsdkRezBY2EVQhttps://fundly.com/support-ortiz-familyhttps://lavaforgood.com/with-maggie-freleng/Wrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.

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On December 23, 1997, a botched robbery at a popular pizza restaurant in Reading, PA resulted in the death of its beloved owner, George Clauser. A reward in the paper led police to 19 year old Melvin Ortiz, when two individuals with obvious agendas implicated him. Despite 19 alibi witnesses placing Melvin at a birthday party at the time of the crime, Melvin was sentenced to spend life in prison without parole. Maggie speaks to Melvin Ortiz at SCI - Dallas, PA., Marc Howard J.D., Melvin's advocate, and Victoria Blanco, Melvin's fiancee. To learn more and get involved, visit: If anyone has any information on this case, please email [email protected] https://www.freemelvinortiz.org/ @freemelvinortiz on instagram, twitter, facebook, tiktok https://www.change.org/MelvinOrtiz https://www.instagram.com/freemelvinortiz/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNCpeXu5tURsdkRezBY2EVQ https://fundly.com/support-ortiz-family https://lavaforgood.com/with-maggie-freleng/ Wrongful Con...

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