#498 Maggie Freleng with Rosa Jimenez

Wrongful Conviction

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True Crime

4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In August 2005, 22-year-old Rosa Jimenez was sentenced to 99 years in prison for murder and injury to a child after a 21-month-old child she was babysitting choked on a wad of paper towels. The prosecution’s experts testified that Rosa had to have shoved the towels down little Bryan’s throat. And Rosa, an undocumented Mexican immigrant who didn’t speak English, had woefully inadequate defense. Years later, several top pediatric ENT experts concluded Bryan’s death had been accidental. And Rosa was exonerated almost two decades later.

Learn more about the practice of shackling incarcerated women who are giving birth:
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-commentary/childbirth-behind-bars-shackling-maggie-freleng-1234657748/

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0:00.0	Once upon a time, Amazon Music met audiobooks and listeners everywhere rejoiced.
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0:33.1	how did we get here? Fiasco is a history podcast for the co-creators of Slow Burn.
0:38.6	In our first season, Bush v. Gore, we examined an unmistakable turning point in American politics, the 2000 election, which resulted in a high-stakes stalemate, ended with one of the most controversial rulings in Supreme Court history.
0:51.5	So if you're trying to make sense at the present moment, check out Fiasco, Bush v. Gore.
0:56.0	Listen on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
1:06.1	All Rosa Jimenez ever wanted was to be a mom.
1:10.6	I read in an article somewhere about you that your daughter has a rose tattoo for you.
1:18.1	Oh, yeah, she does.
1:20.7	She says that the way that she always represents me by roses.
1:26.5	I first spoke to Rosa in 2020 for my podcast, unjust and unsolved.
1:32.2	She was in prison at the time.
1:34.1	This call is being recorded and is subject to monitoring.
1:37.7	I was actually scheduled to meet with Rosa in person, but because of COVID-19, all prisons were on lockdown.
1:44.4	She called me the day we were supposed to meet.
1:46.9	I'm so bummed. I really wanted to meet you in person.
1:50.2	Are you staying safe?
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