#531 Ben Bowlin with Trevor Mattis

Wrongful Conviction

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True Crime

4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

On September 15, 1988, there was an argument inside of Philadelphia, PA row house. As one party tried to leave, Everton Meade Johnson followed while making threats and was fatally shot. The victim's brother only knew one man at the row house, Trevor Mattis. But Trevor maintained that he was just a bystander and another eyewitness corroborated Trevor’s story. But when Trevor was charged with murder, that same eyewitness said something different at Trevor's trial and Trevor was convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parole.

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