#391 Jason Flom with George Toca

Wrongful Conviction

Lava for Good Podcasts

True Crime

4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

On April 23, 1984 a couple was robbed at gunpoint by two perpetrators outside a convenience store in New Orleans, LA. The couple fought back, which resulted in one of the robbers – Eric Batiste – being accidentally shot and killed by his partner. An officer assumed that since Batiste and 17-year-old George Toca were best friends, that George was the other robber. The couple’s description of Batiste’s partner was nothing like George, but they still selected him from a photo lineup and he was ultimately convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole.

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0:00.0	In 1995, Detective Tony Richardson was trying to figure out who killed a fellow officer.
0:11.5	The case comes down to who is believed and who is ignored.
0:15.8	Oh my goodness, we did connect to Innocent Man.
0:19.1	I'm Beth Shelburn from Lava for Good Podcasts.
0:22.6	This is Ear Witness.
0:24.9	Welcome to Ear Witness on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your
0:29.9	podcasts.
0:32.4	Sometimes the pop culture we love just teens hits differently in retrospect.
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0:40.9	on our favorite show.
0:42.5	We're Suzy Banna-Karim and Jessica Bennett, posts of the new podcast in retrospect, where
0:47.2	each week we'll revisit a cultural moment from the past that shaped us and probably you
0:51.7	to try to understand what it taught us about the world and our place in it.
0:55.0	You're the first person that I've talked to about this for years and years.
0:58.2	Listen to In retrospect on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you find
1:02.4	your favorite shows.
1:04.4	I'm Liz Flock.
1:05.8	I want to tell you a story about how generations of trauma can lead to a point of no return.
1:11.8	In 2017, a black woman named Devon Gray killed her white boyfriend, John Vance.
1:17.9	She says it was self-defense and he was incredibly abusive.
1:21.4	But then she took a blind plea for manslaughter and got 15 years.
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