A Bird in Jail Is Worth Two on the Street

Serial

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🗓️ 4 October 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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What happens when the right evidence points to the wrong man?

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0:00.0	Previously on serial.
0:02.0	When you're not in jail, do you live with those fine people?
0:07.0	That was false.
0:08.0	That's completely false.
0:10.0	They lied on off, under off.
0:12.0	Oh my God.
0:13.0	I know.
0:15.0	His testimony was that he padded the outside of the pocket first,
0:18.0	that he did a pat down.
0:19.0	He fell to bulge, he reached into the pocket.
0:21.0	Oh, objection.
0:23.0	I'll tell you how we fix that.
0:25.0	We don't go.
0:26.0	He's this walking perpetuation of don't trust the police. From this American life in W.E.Z Chicago, it's serial.
0:38.9	One courthouse told week by week.
0:40.5	I'm Sarah Canick. Before we get started, I want to give you a warning. I know a lot of the
0:57.2	material in this series is hard to hear and hard to think about. And this story
1:01.6	may be especially so, in part because it involves children.
1:06.8	Rhonda Gray is a police officer in Cleveland. She started as an EMT in the 80s,
1:11.7	then joined the police force, first as a patrol officer, worked
1:15.3	a way up to detective, then homicide detective.
1:18.9	She's experienced, is what I'm saying.
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