In the late 80s and early 90s, the crack epidemic was in full swing in many parts of the country,

including Lorraine Ohio, where Sunset Boulevard was known as the place to buy and smoke crack

without being hassled by the authorities.

The infamous corrupt Lorraine Police Department had a relationship with a drug dealer, addict,

and notorious informant named William Avery Senior, who ran the scene on Sunset Boulevard,

and he didn't appreciate New Yorkers encroaching on his turf.

On August 8, 1991, the bodies of Marsha Blakely and Floyd Epps were discovered separately

that tire marks on their heads were at least in part to blame for their deaths.

After the cases went cold, a $2,000 reward drew the attention of William Avery Senior,

who brought in his teenage son to falsie accused four men from New York, including Al Cleveland.

The fact that Al Cleveland was in New York at the time of the murder and that Avery Junior

recanted his statement at the first of the four trials did not stop prosecutor Jonathan

Rosenbaum from going ahead with all four of these sham trials.

The Ohio criminal legal system continuously ignored William Avery Junior's recantations

for 25 long years, leaving parole as Al Cleveland's only avenue for relief.

This is wrongful conviction with Jason Flom.

My father was a fly star.

It was like Biddlemania.

But not here in America.

Dean Reed criticized the American government from behind the Iron Curtain.

He had lots of enemies.

He'll come in at the stink all over.

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