#211 Jason Flom with Marcus Wiggins

Wrongful Conviction

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True Crime

4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

At age 13, Marcus Wiggins became one of many young black men to be tortured into a false statement by sadistic Chicago PD Detective Commander Jon Burge and his “Midnight Crew.” When an eyewitness foiled their first frame job, Marcus’ mother Carolyn successfully sued and exposed these men, leading Burge’s underlings to embark on a vendetta to frame Marcus Wiggins for murder. After another failed attempt in 1994, they succeeded and sent Marcus to prison in 1999 for a crime that he did not commit. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-marcus-as-a-free-man Northwestern University Students’ Documentary, “Heroes for a Semester”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUtWjeFkIbM Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - The Midnight Crew released on October 26, 2020: https://www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com/podcast/s12e7-wrongful-conviction-false-confessions-the-midnight-crew Righteous Convictions - Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx released on April 26, 2021: https://www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com/podcast/s12e49-righteous-convictions-cook-county-states-attorney-kim-foxx https://www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com/with-jason-flom 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	The Vietnam and Korean War veteran John Burge joined Chicago PD in 1970, a detective in 1972
0:09.0	and eventually detective commander of Area 2 and later Area 3.
0:13.6	During his career, heinous acts of brutality and torture were carried out by him or at his direction,
0:19.8	fixing cases with coerced confessions and false witness statements alike.
0:24.0	He and his brethren were known as the Midnight Crew.
0:28.0	Before his termination in disgrace in 1993 and his eventual federal prison sentence, Burge and his crew beat and electrocuted 13-year-old Marcus Wiggins to extract the confession to the 1991 murder of Alfredo Hernandez.
0:42.0	Fortunately, a courageous witness named Sean Tyler came forward and ensured that the attempted frame job failed.
0:48.0	Marcus's mother, Carolyn Seud, and eventually settled for $95,000.
0:53.0	However, the Midnight Crew didn't like being exposed.
0:57.0	In 1994, they tried to frame Marcus again, along with Sean Tyler, for the murder of Rodney Collins.
1:04.0	But Marcus was at school and was constant so his alibi was rock solid.
1:08.0	Sean Tyler was not as lucky and he's currently serving 58 years.
1:13.0	Then, on February 27, 1998, the opulous Teeke was found undressed and shot.
1:19.0	I won't bore you with the completely made up story about a fender bender from witnesses who have since recanted,
1:25.0	one of whom was shot in the mouth. The morning he was set to deliver an affidavit, Marcus Wiggins was paroled after 23 years in prison and has not yet been exonerated.
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