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Wrongful Conviction

#221 Jason Flom with Anthony Sims

Wrongful Conviction

Lava for Good Podcasts

True Crime

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Anthony Sims is going into the 24th year of a 25 to life sentence based on a narrative constructed by his former friend Julius Graves. The only witness that was neither related to Graves nor coerced by police continues to tell the story of Anthony’s innocence (and Graves’s guilt) to this day. Learn more and get involved at: https://www.freeanthonysims.com/ 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.

Transcript

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0:00.0

On May 18, 1998, a woman named Rachel claims to have seen her neighbors, Julius Graves

0:08.4

and Charlie Wimbush talking.

0:10.6

Charlie was telling her fiance Graves about how a man named Lee Run Chen, who worked at

0:15.8

the Chinese restaurant up the block, Mr. Hings, had touched her inappropriately.

0:20.7

Graves replied that he would scare him.

0:23.7

Later that day, Julius Graves, his fiance's cousin and another younger friend, had a few

0:28.4

drinks with Graves' friend Anthony Sims as they listed a music by Anthony's car.

0:33.6

As the evening wrapped up, Graves asked Anthony to drive him down the block to Mr. Hings.

0:39.0

Oblivious to any issue with Chen, Anthony agreed.

0:42.4

They went into the restaurant when it is believed that Graves shot and killed Lee Run Chen.

0:48.2

In shock, Anthony fled alone while Graves and the two younger guys returned to Graves'

0:53.0

apartment, wiped the gun clean, figured out where to stash and began to conjure up a story

0:57.7

to deflect blame from Graves and Anthony Sims.

1:01.7

With Graves at a number of his friends and family supporting his phone in narrative, investigators

1:06.8

set their sights on Anthony.

1:09.2

Only one witness came forward independently who was neither coerced, nor friends and family

1:14.8

of Julius Graves.

1:16.2

Graves is neighbor Rachel, who was on the phone outside of Mr. Hings during the shooting

1:21.2

and saw Graves running from the restaurant with a sawed-off shotgun in his hand.

1:26.2

Her statement was ignored by investigators and hidden from the defense.

1:31.0

And as a result, Anthony Sims continues to serve 25 years to life.

1:37.2

This is wrongful conviction with Jason Flop.

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