15: A 60 Year Wait for Justice

Suspect Convictions

Kast Media

Society & Culture, Government, News

4.2 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Darrel Parker was a 24-year-old newlywed when he was convicted of murdering his wife in Lincoln, Nebraska. He spent the next 60 years fighting to clear his name. Scott Reeder interviews the 86-year-old Parker and takes listeners on a 60-year journey until Parker was able to prove his innocence and receive an apology from the state. Sponsor: Rxbar: rxbar.com/suspect and use the promo code "SUSPECT" at checkout for 25% off.

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1:02.2	I saw this beautiful young woman, start naked, rope around her neck.
1:08.5	My whole world just collapsed.
1:11.2	The first parker, the guy hung tough.
1:14.0	The second Parker, he was a washed up cookie.
1:17.9	He was ready to confess to anything.
1:21.4	That's exactly what I did.
1:24.1	I got crazy mad, choked you to death, had sex with a dead body.
1:31.8	Jesus.
1:36.3	False confessions make up between about 13 to 30% of known wrongful convictions.
1:47.6	The legal system is only as good as the people that administer it.
1:51.8	You know, you can have the greatest system in the world,
1:54.2	and if you've got a bunch of dipsticks implementing it,
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