#228 Jason Flom with Carlton Roman

Wrongful Conviction

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4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On March 16, 1989, Lloyd Witter and Jomo Kenyatta sustained several gunshot wounds at a residence in Jamaica, Queens. Witter died from his injuries. Paul Anderson, who also lived at the residence, was found handcuffed near Witter’s body. Under questioning, both Kenyatta and Anderson provided at least a half dozen different versions of the story that finally landed on Carlton Roman as the gunman. Roman claimed he’d been with his girlfriend on the night of Witter’s murder, an alibi that she corroborated. Nevertheless, he was charged with murder. Despite maintaining his innocence throughout the trial, and no forensic, ballistic, fingerprint, or DNA evidence tying him to the shooting, Roman was convicted and served 32 years until his exoneration in August 2021. Learn more and get involved at: 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	In 1989, Paul Anderson lived in a Jamaica-queen's drug house owned by his sister, but operated
0:08.4	by a man named Joe Mo Kenyatta.
0:11.2	On March 16, 1989, Joe Mo Kenyatta and one of his associates, Lloyd Witter, were shot at
0:16.6	the house, leaving Witter dead in Kenyatta and at coma.
0:20.8	Police found Paul Anderson alone, bound, handcuffed, and unharmed outside the home.
0:27.4	Witter pressure from lead detective William Peppie and desperately trying to divert attention
0:31.5	away from himself, Anderson's initial description of four unknown men quickly changed to that
0:37.4	of two acquaintances who did not fit his initial descriptions.
0:41.1	Carlton Roman and Hollis Lailer.
0:44.0	With no physical or forensic evidence tying Carlton or Hollis to the shooting, the state's
0:49.2	case relied solely on inconsistent and outright false testimonies of Anderson, Kenyatta, and
0:55.5	detective Peppie.
0:57.2	Carlton, a 26-year-old father at college student with no connection to the drug trade, was
1:02.4	portrayed by the prosecution as a dangerous drug kingpin, and despite the testimony of
1:07.4	alibi witnesses, Carlton was convicted and sentenced to over 43 years in prison.
1:13.7	The Queen C.A. blocked Carlton's attempts at justice for over three decades, until the
1:19.8	election of District Attorney Bolivia Cats and the formation of a new conviction integrity
1:24.6	unit.
1:25.6	Reinvestigation revealed that misty to Paul Anderson, Joe Mokandyatta, and detective Peppie,
1:31.8	as well as lead to Carlton's freedom after 32 long years in prison.
1:37.8	This is wrongful conviction.
1:39.8	Hi, I'm Elfira Eisenberg.
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