#358 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Dixmoor 5

Wrongful Conviction

Lava for Good Podcasts

True Crime

4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

So their theory is that a wandering necrophiliac comes across the body and defiles it?

Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin tell the story of how five Chicago teens were wrongly convicted of the rape and murder of their classmate - and how prosecutors tried to explain away the DNA that proved them innocent. This case happened during the early 1990s, when the media was saturated with misleading stories about youth of color committing violent crimes in groups. This "superpredator" narrative drove the wrongful prosecution of the so-called Central Park Five “wolfpack” -- but it didn’t stop there.

We are releasing this updated episode to share the news that, in 2021, Illinois passed a law banning police from lying to children during interrogations. If this law had been in place back in 1991, the Dixmoor 5 would never have been wrongfully convicted.

To learn more and get involved, visit: https://www.centeronwrongfulconvictions.org/

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

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0:03.8	Maybe it's a tabloid story we couldn't get enough of or an illicit student-teacher relationship
0:08.6	on our favorite show. We're Suzy Banna-Karim and Jessica Bennett,
0:12.0	posts of the new podcast in retrospect, where each week we'll revisit a cultural moment from
0:17.1	the past that shaped us and probably you to try to understand what it taught us about the world
0:21.7	and our place in it. You're the first person that I've talked to about this for years and years.
0:25.7	Listen to In retrospect on the iHeartRadio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you find your favorite shows.
0:32.1	I'm Liz Flock. I want to tell you a story about how generations of trauma can lead to a point
0:37.8	of no return. In 2017 a black woman named Devon Gray killed her white boyfriend John Vance.
0:45.3	She says it was self-defense and he was incredibly abusive. But then she took a blind plea
0:50.3	for manslaughter and got 15 years. From lemon out of media this is blind plea.
0:57.7	Available now wherever you get your podcasts. See that sign? Employees only. That means keep out
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1:10.1	happening in the world. You can keep Meghan Markle for all I care. As long as I get to take Harry
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1:27.6	you get your podcasts. Evidence wise we have personally no evidence. In 1995 detective Tony
1:37.6	Richardson was trying to figure out who killed a fellow officer. The case comes down to who is
1:44.1	believed and who is ignored. Oh my goodness we did commit to innocent man. I'm Beth Shelburn from
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1:58.2	Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys it's Laura. Today I have some pretty
2:10.0	great news to share with you. Back in season one of False Confessions Steve and I brought you the
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