#018 Jason Flom with Tony Wright
Wrongful Conviction
Lava for Good Podcasts
4.4 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2017
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Tony Wright endured two trials and 25 years in prison before a jury found him not guilty for the rape, sodomy and murder of Louise Talley, a 77-year-old woman in Philadelphia. Tony, who was only 20 years old when he was arrested in 1993, signed a confession after being beaten and threatened by the interrogating detectives. He was sentenced to life in prison—he narrowly escaped the death penalty after the jury voted against it 7 to 5. Later DNA testing of the rape kit not only excluded Tony as a suspect, but also identified Ronnie Byrd as the real assailant. On August 23, 2016, Tony Wright was exonerated, and he became the 344th DNA exoneree in the nation. He is joined by co-founder of the Innocence Project, Peter Neufeld.
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| 0:00.0 | My interview with Tony Wright originally aired on April 3rd, 2017, and since his full |
| 0:08.0 | exoneration and declaration of actual innocence, he started working in the mailroom |
| 0:13.7 | of one of Philadelphia's largest law firms, Pepper Hamilton, in July of 2017. |
| 0:18.5 | Tony and I have done a number of appearances together. |
| 0:21.5 | He's always full of life, full of wisdom, and just a great, great guy to be around. |
| 0:29.6 | Sort of a gentle giant of a man, and I'm proud to call him my friend. |
| 0:34.7 | And here's the good news. |
| 0:35.9 | A lot of exoneries never get compensated, and we'll talk about those reasons in the course |
| 0:40.6 | of the different episodes. |
| 0:41.8 | But happy to report that in 2018, Tony Wright received a settlement of almost $10 million |
| 0:49.0 | from the state of Pennsylvania. |
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