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Wrongful Conviction

#194 Jason Flom with Alexis Ke'Erica Martin

Wrongful Conviction

Lava for Good Podcasts

True Crime

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

15 year-old Alexis Ke’Erica Martin was aware that her ex-boyfriend was about to free her from sex trafficker, Angelo Kerney, but didn’t know that Kerney was about to be killed. Ohio’s brand new safe harbor law should have protected this inspiring survivor. Learn more and get involved at: https://www.gofundme.com/f/gxes23-alexis-keerica-martin-support-fund http://ohiojpc.org/ Vote for our 2021 Webby Nominees (click links in categories) Wrongful Conviction - False Confessions in Crime & Justice - Limited Series & Specials Wrongful Conviction - Junk Science in Crime & Justice Wrongful Conviction - Junk Science in Science & Education - Limited Series & Specials Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co No1.

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0:00.0

Alexis Kierricka Martin was raised by her grandmother in Akron, Ohio and had a

0:07.8

strained relationship with her birth mother and father. She had a boyfriend to

0:13.1

Sean Spear but they broke up around age 13. The same time that an older man

0:18.6

in Angelo, Kerni began grooming her for the sex trade. By the time she was 14

0:24.4

she was actively being trafficked. Time passed and the Sean reached out to

0:30.1

Kierricka to ask if the rumors he had heard about prostitution were true.

0:34.5

Ped, one night after a party at Angelo Kerni's, Kierricka and another woman

0:39.6

Jene Jones were alone with Angelo and his brother, Alicio Samuel. Kierricka was

0:46.4

aware that robbery was about to take place that would afford her an

0:49.6

opportunity to escape. While she was being raped by Alicio Samuel to Sean and

0:55.5

his friend Trevasky Jackson broke in wearing masks and carrying guns. Kerni was

1:01.7

shot and killed and Samuel survived a gunshot to his head. When Samuel came to

1:08.4

with the hospital he mentioned nothing about the child he had been raping but

1:12.1

he did mention the other people he had been with earlier that night. A further

1:17.1

investigation led to Alexis Kierricka Martin. Ohio's brand new safe harbor

1:22.9

law was written for situations just like this but neither her lawyer nor the

1:27.6

state invoked it before she was tried in an adult court for the murder of the

1:32.4

man that held her captive in child sex slavery. This is wrongful

1:38.9

conviction with Jason Plum.

1:49.5

Hola, guita mi gente. It's Chiquis from Chiquis and Show Podcast. Welcome to the

1:53.7

show. I talk about anything and everything. I did have a miscarriage when I was

1:58.6

19 years old and that's why I'm a firm believer at an advocate of therapy

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