#089 Jason Flom with Darnell Phillips

Wrongful Conviction

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True Crime

4.4 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Darnell Phillips served 28 years for a crime he did not commit. He was sentenced to 100 years in prison for the 1990 rape of a child in Virginia Beach. In 2015, the Innocence Project Clinic at the University of Virginia found physical evidence, and in 2017, DNA testing proved that Darnell was not at the scene of the crime. In this compelling interview, Darnell shares the devastating story of his conviction and his hopes for his future as a free man. He is also joined by Lisa Spees, Director of Virginians for Judicial Reform.

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0:00.0	When I interviewed Darnell Phillips in spring of 2019, it was actually a hard interview for me to do.
0:12.0	This gentle giant of a man who had never been in trouble, who was studying to be a minister,
0:20.0	was just starting his life as a teenage young man, was wrong if they could victim a sense to 107 years in prison.
0:28.0	He was released, conditional release, even after he proved his innocence with DNA, still restricted in his movements,
0:39.0	and yet he has not let any of this hold him back.
0:44.0	Just this year, he started his dream business, a mobile auto detailing business called Redemption Auto Detailing LLC.
0:51.0	Redemption auto detailing, yet he's a minister. It's incredible when I heard that name, I almost fell on the floor.
0:57.0	Darnell is a pro at taking people's beat up looking cars and making them look like brand new, therefore Redemption Auto Detailing.
1:08.0	And he has a sort of a joy about the way he goes about life, but also just the way that he approaches his job,
1:16.0	and as a result the business is growing and flourishing, it's in Virginia.
1:21.0	Look him up, his Instagram is at Darnville, 19, that's D-A-R-N-P-H-I-L, the number 19.
1:28.0	Follow Darnell, and you will be inspired, because he is hitting it out of the park.
1:35.0	He got engaged to a wonderful woman.
1:38.0	What can you say about a guy who served almost three decades in prison of 100 and something your sentence for a crime everybody knew he didn't commit?
1:47.0	That victim came forward, everybody came forward, and yet spent not a minute of time feeling sorry for himself and is living his best life.
1:55.0	Darnell, if you're listening, you have all my respect, and for all you wrongful conviction listeners, I'm super excited for you to hear this episode.
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