#378 Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions - Hamid Hayat

Wrongful Conviction

Lava for Good Podcasts

True Crime

4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

How could anyone believe a confession about 1,000 pole-vaulting terrorists all dressed like Ninja Turtles?

This week, Laura Nirider and Steve Drizin tell us a story with some of the most outlandish false confessions ever heard. And yet, California native, Hamid Hayat, was wrongfully convicted of terrorism in the years following the horrific 9/11 attacks. Investigators thought Hamid was part of a terrorist sleeper cell, though eventually they learned no such terrorist cell ever existed.

This updated episode shares how Hamid is rebuilding his life, and how his support system continues to grow.

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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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0:17.1	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.
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