#227 Jason Flom with Keith Washington

Wrongful Conviction

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True Crime

4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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On January 24th, 2007, Keith Washington, a police officer and former Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army, was home with his wife and 6 year old daughter while they awaited a delivery from Marlo Furniture store. Two men, Robert White and Brandon Clark, arrived with the furniture, and while showing them to the master bedroom, Keith realized that White had broken away and was snooping in his daughter’s bedroom. Keith asked them to leave which started a fight. Overpowered by the two men, Keith shot them in self defense, killing Clarke. Meanwhile, 12 time convicted felon, Robert White, who wasn’t even a Marlo employee, became the state’s main witness. Keith was convicted and sentenced to 45 years, while Robert White continued his life of crime. Learn more and get involved at: https://oneinnocentman.org/ https://www.gofundme.com/f/free-keith-washington https://www.makinganexoneree.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9d5w10I_kI&t=1s https://www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com/with-jason-flom Wrongful Conviction is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co No1.

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0:00.0	Keith Washington was an Army Lieutenant Colonel, a police officer and Homeland Security
0:08.0	official in Prince George's County, Maryland.
0:10.4	When on January 24, 2007, he was at home having dinner with his wife and daughter while
0:15.5	waiting for a furnishing delivery.
0:17.6	When the delivery men, Brandon Clark and Robert White arrived, Keith invited them into his
0:22.6	home.
0:23.6	However, when he found white snooping around his daughter's bedroom, he asked them to
0:27.9	leave.
0:28.9	They would.
0:29.9	Overpowered by the two much larger men, being kicked and stomped on, he feared for his wife
0:35.1	and daughter's lives as well as his own.
0:37.6	So he shot the assailants.
0:39.4	Both were taken to the hospital, but only Robert White survived.
0:43.1	White, a 12-time convicted felon, fabricated a story that excused him from what was just
0:48.6	one in a string of other home invasions.
0:51.5	It's clear which way this should have gone, but the official corruption and misconduct
0:55.8	in Prince George's County is well documented.
0:58.4	With the media frenzy that ensued, the prosecution team all jockeyed for ways to turn this justifiable
1:04.2	shooting into an opportunity for their own career advancement with the appearance of upholding
1:09.2	equal standards of justice for those in law enforcement.
1:12.6	While the physical evidence from the investigation supported Keith's story of self-defense, they
1:16.8	used the inconsistent story of a career criminal to send an upstanding citizen away for 45 years
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