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West Memphis 3 /// A Harvest of Innocence

May 09, 2024 / 00:59

This episode discusses the book "A Harvest of Innocence," focusing on themes of justice, misconduct, and personal experiences in legal proceedings.

The conversation highlights issues such as jury misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, and police misconduct, which the guest believes contributed to wrongful convictions. The guest expresses strong opinions about the legal system and the challenges faced in their own case.

Additionally, the guest shares their experience of being a witness in their own ineffective assistance of counsel hearing, emphasizing the difficulty of the situation and the importance of truth-telling.

TLDR

A discussion on legal misconduct and personal experiences in wrongful convictions.

Episode

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the title of the book is a harvest of Innocence what does that phrase mean to you well there's no winners in this case
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first because of the the way that it it unfolded and the um treachery that was involved in obtaining the convection uh
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in the first place there were things such as jury misconduct prosecutorial misconduct
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police misconduct cond which is imputed to the prosecutor which I firmly believe
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and um and I speak of it freely in the book but to get back to your original question the second prong The aler Plea
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was not my doing I was a witness in my own ineffective assistance to counsil hearing which wasn't a pleasant thing to
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do but it it was something that I had to do of course and and I told the truth which most lawyers don't

Episode Highlights

  • Misconduct in the System
    Discussing various forms of misconduct that impacted the case.
    @ 00m 26s
    May 09, 2024
  • The Alers Plea
    Reflecting on the challenges faced during the ineffective assistance to counsel hearing.
    @ 00m 39s
    May 09, 2024

Episode Quotes

  • There's no winners in this case.
    West Memphis 3 /// A Harvest of Innocence
  • I told the truth, which most lawyers don't.
    West Memphis 3 /// A Harvest of Innocence

Key Moments

  • Misconduct Issues00:26
  • Truth in Court00:56