#272 Maggie Freleng with Alisha Burns

Wrongful Conviction

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True Crime

4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In 2002, 15 year old Alisha Burns ran away from her foster home with Steven Kaczmarek, a sex trafficker who then groomed her to act as a prostitute for wealthy-looking men. On September 25, Burns was offered cash in exchange for sex iin Las Vegas, Nevada by Pedro Villareal. When they arrived at Villareal’s residence, Kaczmarek and his friend “Tommy” attacked Villareal in an attempt to rob him. Villareal was later found dead in the same room. Burns and Kaczmarek were arrested, and in highly unusual fashion Burns was allowed contact with Kaczmarek while in the custody of the police. During their conversations, he coerced her into accepting a guilty plea. She plead guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 10 years. Maggie speaks to Alisha Burns, Kelly Diane Galloway- an Advocate from Project Mona's House, and Burns’ attorney, Tony Abbatangelo. To learn more and get involved, visit: https://www.gofundme.com/f/SupportAlishaBurns 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 dealing with children who get wrongfully convicted for something, like I think about
0:07.9	all the things that I did as a kid, you know, not knowing, believing the adults.
0:13.2	Yeah, you want to be part of the cool crowd, so to speak, right?
0:16.4	I think we all want to teach our kids, and I know I've tried to teach my kids the best
0:19.7	I could to stay out of those situations and call me and no matter where you are, what
0:24.6	you did to get yourself in that situation or what's happening.
0:27.6	I come, I get you, no questions asked.
0:30.2	And that, but that, that actually, you know, is a great point because your children, they
0:35.3	come from a place of privilege where they have a family.
0:37.6	I mean, in certain cases, we're talking about somebody who didn't have a family and was
0:42.6	just seeking affection and love from the first person they found.
0:49.4	And I said, no, I'm not going to testify against him.
0:53.0	I love him.
0:54.0	He's my boyfriend.
0:55.0	He loves me.
0:56.4	And so the DA basically said, well, if you don't want to be his victim, you can be his
1:01.2	co-defendant.
1:02.7	And they charged him and me both with murder.
1:10.1	From lava for good, this is wrongful conviction with Maggie Freeling.
1:13.9	Today, Ovisha Burns.
1:26.3	In August of 2002, 15-year-old Ovisha Burns was swimming at a lake in Ohio when a man named
1:32.8	Stephen Kismaric approached her.
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