EPISODE · Jul 4, 2022 · 34 MIN
Suave from Futuro Studios
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SuaveThe Sentence (Episode #1)“The very last word she said was ‘You can become a voice for the voiceless.’ And I was just like, ‘Damn, why am I letting this lady mess up my high?’”We meet Suave, a man who has been serving a life sentence at a Pennsylvania maximum-security prison since he was a teenager. And we learn about his decades-long relationship as a source with journalist Maria Hinojosa. Suave has come to terms with the fact that he will never leave the confines of Graterford prison. That is until a Supreme Court ruling suddenly grants him a second chance to fight for his freedom.For all episodes, click here.CREDITSFrom Futuro Studios, a division of Futuro MediaDistributed by PRXExecutive Producer: Maria HinojosaHost and Producer Maggie FrelengProducer: Julieta MartinelliEditors Marlon Bishop, Audrey QuinnEngineer: Stephanie Lebow Audience Development: Luis Luna, Grace Varela
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Suave Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Audio Reporting The U.S is the only country in the world that allows minors to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Approximately 2,500 juveniles have been effectively sentenced to die in prison—considered “irredeemable” by the state for crimes committed when they were just teenagers. One of them was David Luis “Suave” Gonzalez, who entered prison at 17 expecting to leave in a coffin. Suave tells the story of what happens when your whole world is a prison cell, and you suddenly get a second chance at life. It’s the story of one man’s incarceration and redemption and an unusual relationship between a journalist and a source.
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