#241 Jason Flom with Jerome Loach

Wrongful Conviction

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🗓️ 19 January 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

43 year old Jerome Loach was performing in a play at a church in South Philadelphia, PA on the evening of January 10, 2009. At the same time, police responded to a home invasion, in which three women were confronted at gunpoint by men posing as pizza deliverers. Two men were arrested, but a third man was implicated – Jerome. While the incriminating statement was recanted before trial, it was presented to the jury anyway. This, along with the police’s fabrication of phone records to secure Jerome’s involvement, led to Jerome’s conviction. Jerome served over 10 years of a 25-50 year sentence before the charges were dropped and he was released. To learn more and get involved, visit: https://www.gofundme.com/f/jeromes-exoneration-rebuilding-fund https://lavaforgood.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	On the night of January 10th, 2009, 43-year-old Jerome Loach was performing as one of the leads
0:08.4	in a church play in South Philadelphia.
0:11.0	At the same time, police were responding to a home invasion in West Philadelphia, in
0:15.2	which two men forced themselves into a home at gunpoint, confronting three women.
0:20.5	Nothing was stolen and no one was hurt.
0:22.7	As police arrived, they saw two men running away and arrested Sophie Bat and Jesse Higgins.
0:28.7	One of the victims stated that there was a third man involved in Bat's original statement
0:32.6	he said that he didn't know the person.
0:34.7	But under threat of deportation and other charges by investigators, Bat changed his
0:38.8	story to say that the third man was his employer at a barber shop, Jerome Loach.
0:44.2	Jerome was arrested and charged with 42 counts.
0:48.0	But prior to trial, Bat recanted his identification, citing pressure from investigators.
0:53.7	Despite this, the prosecution read Bat's prior statement to the jury.
0:58.1	In light of the actual ex-culpatory phone records, an investigator misled the jury with
1:03.2	fabricated phone records to tie Jerome into the crime.
1:06.9	When the defense failed to present Jerome's alibi or to expose the fake phone records,
1:12.3	Jerome was convicted and sentenced to 25-50 years.
1:16.8	Jerome was able to win an evidentiary hearing of which he was able to present his alibi and
1:21.6	expose a fraudulent phone records, proving both ineffective assistance of counsel and
1:27.0	prosecutorial misconduct, ultimately setting himself free after a decade in prison.
1:33.5	This is Ronville Conviction.
1:40.9	This holiday season, 12 strangers, 12 tales.
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