#325 Maggie Freleng with Johnetta Carr

Wrongful Conviction

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True Crime

4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

On October 23, 2005, Planes Adolphe was found in front of his Louisville, KY apartment, robbed and murdered. Police were led to a man named Steve, but Steve told police that Adolphe’s 16 year old girlfriend, Johnetta, was involved. Police eventually arrested Johnetta’s two friends – one of which endured a lengthy interrogation which ended in her implicating Johnetta. Even though the friend quickly recanted, and despite the lack of physical evidence against her, Johnetta was arrested. Johnetta ultimately accepted an Alford plea and was sentenced to 20 years in prison at 16 years old. Maggie speaks to Johnetta Carr, Lorinda Baker, Johnetta’s mother, and Johnetta’s attorney, Suzanne Hopf, Directing Attorney at the Kentucky Innocence Project.

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0:00.0	A warning for listeners, this episode contains discussion of suicide.
0:05.5	Please listen with caution and care.
0:12.7	In January of 2006, Janeta Carr was over at her best friend's house when there was a knock
0:17.0	at the door.
0:18.4	Police were investigating a violent murder that occurred in the area a few months earlier.
0:23.6	16-year-old Janeta was handcuffed, taken down to the precinct, and questioned for nearly 12 hours.
0:30.6	When I asked her, my mom told me that it was not a girl's scout meeting and that my
0:34.8	mom was not allowed to come down there.
0:38.1	It was a nightmare she couldn't wake up from.
0:40.8	Janeta soon found herself locked up in juvenile detention, charged with the murder of the man
0:45.7	who had been her boyfriend.
0:48.9	Janeta had a solid alibi, but as the investigation closed in around her, she felt more and more
0:54.7	hopeless.
0:55.7	Until finally, she saw only one way out.
1:01.8	I took all these pills one night that I had been saving that I wasn't taking.
1:07.0	And like two o'clock in the morning, I get a tap on my arm.
1:11.9	It's just like standing in front of me.
1:13.4	She got an all white nurses outfit.
1:16.6	She just kept touching me, saying everything's gonna be okay.
1:19.3	It's okay, sweetie.
1:20.9	I thought she was an angel.
1:22.9	I feel like she honestly saved my life.
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