#256 Maggie Freleng with Patty Prewitt

Wrongful Conviction

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True Crime

4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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After an evening out with friends in Holden, MO, high school sweethearts Bill and Patty Prewitt kissed their children goodnight and went to bed. Patty was soon awakened by a man trying to rape her. She ran to a neighbor’s house and called the police. When the police arrived, Bill was found dead in his bedroom from 2 gunshots to the head. The police quickly set their sights on Patty and neglected to lift a single fingerprint from the entire house. Nevertheless, after a trial riddled with sexism and questionable forensics, Patty was sentenced to life in prison where she has been for 36 years. Maggie speaks to Patty Prewitt at the Women’s Correctional Center in Missouri, Brian Reichart Esq., Patty’s attorney, and Jane Prewitt Watkins, Patty’s daughter. To learn more and get involved, visit: https://www.change.org/p/missouri-governor-mike-parson-free-patty-prewitt https://pattyprewitt.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pattyprewitt/ https://twitter.com/justiceforpatty Wrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.

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0:00.0	So, as you and I both know Jason, the majority of the people we talk to are men wrongfully
0:07.7	incarcerated, but when we do talk to women, I actually haven't talked to many women who
0:14.0	were mothers.
0:15.0	They were locked up before being mothers.
0:17.2	Have you experienced a lot of women you've talked to trying to navigate motherhood through
0:21.7	prison?
0:22.7	Yeah, I mean, that's a rough one.
0:26.4	I can't even begin to imagine severing that bond between mother and child and taking
0:34.4	that caregiver away from the child that they love, that they burst, that they have a primal
0:41.6	need to care for.
0:43.3	I honestly don't know how any mother goes through that and doesn't lose her mind.
0:48.6	Now, I kept answering the same questions over and over.
1:04.8	Nothing to drink, nothing to treat.
1:09.0	From love of good, I'm Maggie Freeling and this is Rungful Conviction with Maggie Freeling.
1:15.5	Today, Patty Pruitt.
1:24.7	In the early hours of February 18, 1984, Patty Pruitt was awakened by a loud noise.
1:31.9	Someone then pulled her hair to drag her out of bed and she was raped in the dark.
1:39.2	After the intruder left, she heard her husband bill making gurgling noises as if he were
1:44.2	struggling to breathe.
1:46.2	She was unable to turn on the lights in the house so she grabbed her kids and ran to a neighbor's
1:51.0	to call 911.
1:52.6	She would later learn bill had been shot in the head and died.
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