#310 Guest Host Laura Nirider with Herman Williams

Wrongful Conviction

Lava for Good Podcasts

True Crime

4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In 1993, Herman Williams, a decorated member of the US Navy, was stationed in Waukegan, IL where he lived with his ex-wife, Penny, and their two children. On September 26, Penny’s deceased body was found in a shallow pond and Herman immediately became the sole suspect. Based on faulty forensic science as well as prosecutorial and questionable police conduct, Herman was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

As Co-Director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, and co-host and writer of the award-winning Lava For Good podcast, Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions, Laura represents individuals who were wrongfully convicted when they were children or teenagers.

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Wrongful Conviction is a production of Lava for Good Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.

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0:00.0	Yellowstone, television's number one show is back on Paramount Network.
0:03.6	I John Dutton, who solemnly swear to uphold the Constitution of the State of Montana,
0:08.4	against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
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0:23.2	We're already at war.
0:24.2	Yellowstone, new episodes, Sundays at 8 p.m. Eastern, exclusively on Paramount Network.
0:30.7	I'm Jason Flom, host of Raffle Conviction, but this week, instead of hearing me,
0:35.2	I've invited a legitimate genius from the legal world to bring their knowledge and expertise
0:41.2	to the conversation as guest host.
0:43.9	Here at Raffle Conviction, we believe that sharing the stories of the incarcerated innocent can
0:49.2	create real change in the world, even beyond what these real-life legal superheroes do every day.
0:58.1	In September 1993, Herman Williams lived with his ex-wife Penny in an apartment in Lake County,
1:05.1	Illinois. Even though he and Penny were divorced, they still had a great relationship,
1:10.0	sharing household duties and the care of their two kids.
1:13.3	Herman had joined the Navy as a young man, and he planned to spend his entire career in the
1:19.3	Armed Forces. He was deployed to the Persian Gulf and earned distinction for his service.
1:25.1	By 1993, he was making plans to move to San Diego, California, where he would join the crew
1:31.1	of a Navy ship and head back out to sea. Penny and the kids would stay in the apartment in Illinois.
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