#101 Jason Flom with Valentino Dixon

Wrongful Conviction

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True Crime

4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Although Valentino Dixon has never played golf, he wouldn’t have survived 27 years in prison–for a crime he did not commit–without it. A few years into his sentence of 39 years to life, Valentino returned to his childhood passion of art to help him cope. He began sketching landscapes of golf courses with color pencils. His breathtakingly detailed sketches led to a profile in *Golf Digest *magazine. That article in Golf Digest, helped bring other media attention to Valentino’s case and prompted students at Georgetown to help appeal his sentence. On September 19, 2018, Valentino Dixon was released after the court determined that he, in fact, was not responsible for the murder of 17-year-old Torriano Jackson on a Buffalo street corner in 1991. In this compelling interview, Valentino shares how his art served as a shield in prison, protecting his mind and comforting his soul.

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0:15.3	In 2018 I interviewed Valentino Dixon. He had been out of prison for just 29 days after serving almost three decades for a crime they knew he didn't commit. From the first moment there was no need to prosecute him, there was no need to arrest him. He had alibis. I mean it's crazy.
0:21.0	So the good news is some incredible things have been happening for Valentino since he got out and
0:26.7	since he recorded his episode of wrongful conviction that you're about to hear.
0:30.1	In 2019 he had his first art show, his solo art show in New York City and since then it's taken off.
0:37.6	He was a guest of the PGA at the Masters Championship where he famously told Tiger Woods in the Butler cabin he said you're
0:44.6	gonna win and you know what happened he won the pictures from that trip for
0:51.2	extraordinary Valentino has traveled the world,
0:55.0	been to golf courses all over the place.
0:58.0	He's become a favorite among the top PGA players
1:02.0	and his art has been selling like hot cakes.
1:05.0	I hope you get a chance to check it out.
1:08.0	He's also got a line of greeting cards that's extraordinary and Valentino is just like a beacon of light. I mean this guy he
1:18.0	drops some knowledge on this episode that is just like verbal gold and spiritual gold. He is an
1:26.8	extraordinary extraordinary man. I'm honored to be presenting to you my
1:32.2	episode of wrongful conviction with Valentino Dixon.
1:37.0	The assassination of President John F. Kennedy is the greatest murder mystery in American history.
1:43.0	That's Rob Briner.
1:45.0	Rob called me, Soledad O'Brien, and asked me what I knew about this crime.
1:49.0	We'll ask who had the motive to assassinate a sitting president?
1:53.8	Then we'll pull the curtain back on the cover-up.
1:57.0	The American people need to know the truth.
1:59.7	Listen to who killed JFK on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your
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