#307 Jason Flom with John Jerome White

Wrongful Conviction

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4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Early on the morning of August 11, 1979, an intruder broke into a Manchester, GA home to find a 74-year-old woman asleep on her couch. The man beat and sexually assaulted the woman and then demanded all her money. She gave the attacker cash from her purse and then he left through the back door.

The victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment, but no rape kit was collected due to the extent of her injuries. At the victim’s house, Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) crime scene investigators collected pubic hairs from a bed sheet that had been on the couch at the time of the rape. Police then created a composite sketch of the attacker from the victim’s description, and a GBI agent who was investigating John Jerome White on another charge thought he resembled the sketch. White was convicted on May 30, 1980 of rape, assault, burglary, and robbery.

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0:30.5	In the early morning hours of August 11, 1979,
0:36.0	a 74-year-old woman was asleep in her den
0:38.9	when she awoke to find a black man had broken in through the window.
0:42.8	By the light of her television, he brutalized and raped her for over an hour.
0:49.6	After stealing $70, the assailant pulled the telephone cord out of the wall
0:54.3	and fled through the back door. When the victim finally was able to contact the
0:58.8	police, she was taken to the hospital.
1:00.8	But in her bloodied state, they decided against performing a rape kit.
1:05.2	However, other biological evidence was collected from the scene.
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