A Talk with Investigative Journalist Jerry Mitchell
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🗓️ 8 June 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Jerry Mitchell is the sort of journalist other reporters dream of becoming. Through his investigative work, he has helped crack several cold cases from the civil rights era- and that's not all. He also helped find and bring to justice a serial killer. He tells us all of the stories and more in this episode.
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| 0:27.6 | on the go. |
| 0:29.4 | Harry Mitchell is the sort of journalist other reporter's dream of becoming. |
| 0:36.1 | During his career, he has investigated cold case murders from the civil rights era in |
| 0:41.2 | Mississippi and his work has directly led to convictions in several cases. |
| 0:47.9 | That's not all. |
| 0:49.2 | He also helped bring a suspected serial killer to justice. |
| 0:54.1 | He has written about his career in a terrific memoir, racing against time. |
| 0:59.3 | Listener Tony Garner suggested that we interviewed Jerry and we are so glad he did. |
| 1:04.5 | We had a terrific conversation. |
| 1:07.2 | I began by asking Jerry about a shadowy state governmental organization which may have |
| 1:13.1 | quietly condoned crimes against civil rights leaders. |
| 1:18.8 | One thing that struck me is reading about the sovereignty commission. |
| 1:24.3 | Can you tell our listeners what that was and what that was about? |
| 1:28.9 | Well, the sovereignty commission with the state segregationist spy agency that Mississippi |
| 1:36.3 | had and it was run by the governor and other top state leaders in Mississippi. |
| 1:43.3 | And they essentially had two main arms. |
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