Episode 81 - Race and Wrongful Convictions

Episode 81 of the A Date With Murder: True Crime Podcast podcast, hosted by Kelli Floyd And Ashley Day, titled "Episode 81 - Race and Wrongful Convictions" was published on February 28, 2023 and runs 46 minutes.

February 28, 2023 ·46m · A Date With Murder: True Crime Podcast

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Summary

Since it is Black History Month (which should just be American History, I'll say it every time), we talk about racism in convictions and exonerations. We get super mad in this one!  Follow us on social media! Sources; https://innocenceproject.org/facts-racial-discrimination-justice-system-wrongful-conviction-black-history-month/ https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-10-07/black-people-wrongful-convictions-exonerations https://innocenceproject.org/cases/calvin-johnson/ https://innocenceproject.org/cases/kevin-bailey/ https://www.themarshallproject.org/records/551-jon-burge https://theintercept.com/2018/09/25/jon-burge-chicago-police-torture/ https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3329 https://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/il/Corey%20Batchelor.html https://news.wttw.com/2022/01/26/cost-burge-era-torture-grows-chicago-city-council-agrees-pay-2-wrongfully-convicted-men https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Documents/Race%20Report%20Preview.pdf (The last link is the one we reference the most in this episode for statistics! Give it a read if you have time!)

Episode Description

Since it is Black History Month (which should just be American History, I'll say it every time), we talk about racism in convictions and exonerations. We get super mad in this one!

Sources;

https://innocenceproject.org/facts-racial-discrimination-justice-system-wrongful-conviction-black-history-month/

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-10-07/black-people-wrongful-convictions-exonerations

https://innocenceproject.org/cases/calvin-johnson/

https://innocenceproject.org/cases/kevin-bailey/

https://www.themarshallproject.org/records/551-jon-burge

https://theintercept.com/2018/09/25/jon-burge-chicago-police-torture/

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3329

https://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/il/Corey%20Batchelor.html

https://news.wttw.com/2022/01/26/cost-burge-era-torture-grows-chicago-city-council-agrees-pay-2-wrongfully-convicted-men

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Documents/Race%20Report%20Preview.pdf

(The last link is the one we reference the most in this episode for statistics! Give it a read if you have time!)