#263 Jason Flom with Robert Foxworth

Wrongful Conviction

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True Crime

4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

On May 23, 1991, several men robbed Kenneth McLean in his apartment in Boston, MA. When McLean tried to run, one of the men chased and fatally shot McLean in the street. 15 year old Derek Hobson informed police that he had witnessed the murder. Later, Detective Thomas Gomperts received an anonymous tip naming four men who were allegedly involved in the shooting. One of those men was 23-year-old, Robert Foxworth, who had many alibi witnesses to his whereabouts during the time of the shooting. Detective Gompert created a photo array with the suspects’ pictures to show Derek Hobson. Although he claimed never to have seen the shooter’s face, Hobson chose Robert based on his hairstyle. Robert Foxworth was identified and subsequently arrested. Based on mistaken eyewitness identification, Robert Foxworth was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. To learn more and get involved, visit: https://rocainc.org/ 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	The Innocence Network is a loose affiliation of independent Innocence organizations.
0:04.3	And each year, members of these organizations, as well as the hundreds of exonaries who they've helped
0:09.2	break, gather for the Innocence Network conference.
0:12.3	And our team was honored to join them for their 2022 gathering in Arizona.
0:20.9	On May 23, 1991, in the Roxbury section of Boston, two men entered Kenneth MacLean's home
0:26.5	to settle a drug dispute.
0:28.3	When he escaped, one of the men bably shot him in the street.
0:32.5	Two teenage witnesses, neither of whom had seen the assailed faces, described the men as black,
0:38.2	and that the shooter had a lock of hair growing down the day of his neck.
0:42.5	One of the witnesses, Derek Hobbson, considered the victim to be like an uncle to him.
0:46.7	When he viewed a photo lineup in front of the grieving family, only one of the men pictured
0:51.2	Robert Foxworth had hair that fit Derek's description of the shooter.
0:55.2	Robert was not in the area at the time of the crime and had no connections to the victim,
0:59.8	but was at known entity of the police as a drug dealer.
1:03.4	After Derek tried to recant his identification on a pretrial hearing, the state knew that
1:07.6	they needed to strengthen their case.
1:09.5	They picked up a drug dealer named Troy Logan, who had been bragging about being the actual
1:13.5	shooter.
1:14.5	Logan agreed to give a statement implicating Robert instead, and they were tried together,
1:18.5	along with the third man, Ronnie Christian.
1:21.2	With Logan's statement, Derek Hobbson's coerced identification, the other men were acquitted,
1:26.2	and Robert was sent away for life.
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