#162 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Henry McCollum and Leon Brown

Wrongful Conviction

Lava for Good Podcasts

True Crime

4.4 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

I shall no longer tinker with the machinery of death.

Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin bring us inside a decades-long fight for the truth. The story of Henry McCollum and Leon Brown is living proof that false confessions can send innocent people to death row.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wrongful Conviction False Confessions.
0:04.5	I'm Lauren Nyrider.
0:05.8	And I'm Steve Trison.
0:08.1	In today's episode, the crime is bad, about as bad as it gets.
0:12.2	But the way police and prosecutors mishandle this case and condemn two innocent men to death,
0:18.2	that's a crime unto itself.
0:20.4	Henry McCollum and his younger brother, Leon Brown, survived a decades-long fight for
0:25.2	the truth from behind bars.
0:27.7	Henry and Leon are living proof that false confessions can send innocent people to death
0:32.2	row.
0:38.8	I'm Amber Reffett and I'm her gorgeous sister, Lacey Lamar.
0:41.4	If, in fact, Lacey is not that gorgeous.
0:43.6	Amber, get on with it.
0:44.6	Okay, everybody, we have exciting news to share.
0:46.6	We're teaming up with Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network to bring you our brand
0:50.4	new podcast called The Amber and Lacey Lacey and Amber Show.
0:53.5	We did it.
0:54.5	We've been making a bunch of books, we conquered late night and now we'll play fun quizzes and
0:57.8	games with friends and take you along for the ride.
1:00.7	Listen to the Amber and Lacey, Lacey and Amber Show on Will Ferrell's Big Money Players
1:04.7	Network on the iHeard Radio app Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:11.0	20 years ago, the Center on Wrongful Convictions, which Laura and I co-direct, was deeply involved
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