EPISODE · Dec 23, 2020 · 1H 19M
Wrongful Conviction: The Exoneration of Willie T. Donald
from True Crime News: The Podcast · host True Crime News
This week in a special True Crime Daily Podcast: Our guest is Willie "Timmy" Donald, an Indiana man wrongly convicted of robbery and murder who served more than 20 years in prison before he was exonerated. We discuss how Mr. Donald went car-shopping with family one night in 1992 and ended up in a police lineup, how police and prosecutors let the wrong man go to prison -- and what has changed since. Also joining us is Willie T. Donald's attorney, Thomas Vanes; and Dr. Nicky Jackson, coordinator of the Criminal Justice Program at Purdue University Northwest in Indiana, who is the creator and chair of the Willie T. Donald Exoneration Advisory Coalition. Criminal defense attorney Alison Triessl co-hosts with Ana Garcia. Righting the Wrong of a Wrongful Conviction - GoFundMe https://www.gofundme.com/f/righting-the-wrong-of-a-wrongful-conviction The Willie T. Donald Exoneration Advisory Coalition - Purdue University Northwest https://www.pnw.edu/college-of-humanities-education-social-sciences/exoneration-coalition/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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This week in a special True Crime Daily Podcast: Our guest is Willie "Timmy" Donald, an Indiana man wrongly convicted of robbery and murder who served more than 20 years in prison before he was exonerated. We discuss how Mr. Donald went car-shopping with family one night in 1992 and ended up in a police lineup, how police and prosecutors let the wrong man go to prison -- and what has changed since. Also joining us is Willie T. Donald's attorney, Thomas Vanes; and Dr. Nicky Jackson, coordinator of the Criminal Justice Program at Purdue University Northwest in Indiana, who is the creator and chair of the Willie T. Donald Exoneration Advisory Coalition. Criminal defense attorney Alison Triessl co-hosts with Ana Garcia. Righting the Wrong of a Wrongful Conviction - GoFundMe https://www.gofundme.com/f/righting-the-wrong-of-a-wrongful-conviction The Willie T. Donald Exoneration Advisory Coalition - Purdue University Northwest https://www.pnw.edu/college-of-humanities-education-social-sciences/exoneration-coalition/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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