A Death Sentence Waiting to Happen

The Letter Season 2: Ripple Effect

Lemonada Media

True Crime

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

At age 19 and just a few months older than the teens he shot, Jorge Benvenuto faces the possibility of a death sentence. As his court-appointed attorneys fight to save his life, the families of the victims struggle with what justice might look like.
Get more information and photos on our website, theletterpodcast.com.

Researched and reported by Amy Donaldson
Written by Amy Donaldson and Andrea Smardon
Production and sound design by Andrea Smardon
Mixing by Trent Sell
Special thanks to Nina Earnest, Becky Bruce, KellieAnn Halvorsen, Ryan Meeks, Ben Kuebrich, Josh Tilton and Dave Cawley.
Main musical score composed by Allison Leyton Brown
With KSL Podcasts Executive Producer Sheryl Worsley
For Lemonada Media, Executive Producers Jessica Cordova Kramer and Stephanie Wittels Wachs
And Executive Producers Paul Anderson and Nick Panella with WorkHouse Media.
The Letter is produced by KSL Podcasts and Lemonada Media in association with WorkHouse Media.

Surviving a barrage of bullets is just the start of what Yvette Rodier will have to do to reclaim her life. The emotional damage will take far longer to heal than the physical bullet wounds. She gets married, has a child and chooses a career that allows her to use her past to help others.

Despite the looming shadow of the shooting, her life is one of beauty and generosity; of resilience and hope.

Get more information and photos on our website, theletterpodcast.com.

Researched and reported by Amy Donaldson
Written by Amy Donaldson and Andrea Smardon
Production and sound design by Andrea Smardon
Mixing by Trent Sell
Special thanks to Nina Earnest, Becky Bruce, KellieAnn Halvorsen, Ryan Meeks, Ben Kuebrich, Josh Tilton and Dave Cawley
Main musical score composed by Allison Leyton Brown
With KSL Podcasts Executive Producer Sheryl Worsley
For Lemonada Media, Executive Producers Jessica Cordova Kramer and Stephanie Wittels Wachs
And Executive Producers Paul Anderson and Nick Panella with WorkHouse Media
The Letter is produced by KSL Podcasts and Lemonada Media in association with WorkHouse Media.

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1:30.4	This podcast includes descriptions of gun violence and associated trauma.
1:35.3	Please take care when listening.
1:45.7	The police called and I had actually been up for so long I had I guess they tell me I
1:54.0	was standing there and all said I just passed out on the floor.
2:01.4	They had put me in bed and my husband came in and said they got him, they got him.
2:12.4	And I was like coming to and I'm like what then hit me like they got him.
2:24.5	From KSL Podcasts, I'm Amy Donaldson and this is the letter episode 4, a death sentence
2:33.6	waiting to happen.
2:46.9	After her son's funeral, Sisona remembers prosecutor Bob's dot coming to her home to discuss
2:51.9	the case with her.
2:53.2	I said kill him.
2:55.0	I actually said that because I thought he deserves to die.
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