27: She Saw What?
Suspect Convictions
Kast Media
4.2 • 802 Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2018
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Lorenzo Johnson went to prison for murder based on the testimony of one woman. Defense attorneys learned decades later she was the alternate suspect.
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| 0:58.5 | Thank you. and enter promo code suspect at checkout. Carla Brown, who's the only witness who links Lorenzo to this murder at all, |
| 1:03.7 | by saying that he was kind of a lookout in this alley before the victim was killed. |
| 1:11.1 | And they also turned over some parts of the police report |
| 1:14.2 | that had been missing. |
| 1:15.9 | And it turns out that she was a potential suspect |
| 1:19.2 | in this murder herself. |
| 1:24.6 | Some of the detectives that are involved in this case have been accused of, you know, coercing witnesses in other cases. |
| 1:33.3 | I educated myself. |
| 1:38.3 | I started studying in law. |
| 1:41.3 | And it came to point for the attorney where I had to represent myself a |
| 1:45.6 | court between. |
| 1:52.8 | I did it for my mother, my family. I didn't do it for myself. |
| 1:58.9 | Lorenzo Johnson is now a free man. |
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