#418 Maggie Freleng with Nikki Zinger
Wrongful Conviction
Lava for Good Podcasts
4.4 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
On March 8, 1991, 27-year-old Nikki Zinger and her boyfriend Daniel Risher returned home to find Nikki's mother brutally murdered. Despite there being no evidence that tied them to the crime, and a number of potential alternate suspects, both were convicted. Now sixty and in declining health, Nikki is still hopeful that DNA testing could exonerate her. And she's still grieving her mother's death. "She was my, she was my playmate. She was my everything," Nikki tells Maggie. "Why would I take my life away from me?"
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Nikki Zinger #704283
302 Corrections Drive
Newport, AR 72112
freenikkizinger@gmail.com.
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