#387 Jason Flom with Eduardo Dumbrique and John Klene - UPDATE

Wrongful Conviction

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True Crime

4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

On June 28, 1997, 25-year-old member of the Lil Watts gang, Antonio Alarcon, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Hawthorne, California, by a rival gang, Lawndale 13. In exchange for release on unrelated charges, Santo “Payaso” Alvarez deflected attention for the Alarcon shooting toward fellow Lawndale 13 members Eduardo Dumbrique and John Klene, when he knew who the actual shooter was. Witness Daniel Curiel testified that after he was not able to make an identification in a photo lineup, Sergeant Doral Riggs pointed to the photos of Eduardo and John, convincing him to make the ID. However, Eduardo and John's alibis were corroborated by many friends and neighbors. Additionally, the actual shooter reached out to Eduardo’s family to confess to the murder. Regardless of the alibis, the confession, and the lack of physical or forensic evidence, Eduardo and John were convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

In this updated episode, Jason Flom checks in with Eduardo and John at the 2023 Innocence Network Conference to hear what they've been up to since their episode aired.

To learn more and get involved, please visit:

https://www.pjlawcenter.org/page/2364325-home

http://www.innocencematters.org/

https://www.instagram.com/johnklene_free/

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1:01.4	I'm Liz Flock.
1:02.8	I want to tell you a story about how generations of trauma can lead to a point of no return.
1:08.8	In 2017, a black woman named Devon Gray killed her white boyfriend, John Vance.
1:14.8	She says it was self-defense and he was incredibly abusive.
1:18.4	But then she took a blind plea for manslaughter and got 15 years.
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1:30.6	We first told you the story of Eduardo D'Embrique and John Cleaney in July of 2022.
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