After Innocence

Everything Is Stories

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Convicted and sentenced to 12 years in prison for aggravated sexual assault of a child, Greg Torti has spent the the last two decades in the shadow of a system that places a high priority on banishing sex offenders even after their release. Living in rural Texas with children of his own now, Torti would be the first to tell you he agrees with the system. Yet still, after years behind bars and now subject to the process a sex offender must go through each year, bitterness and anger remain after what he feels was no more than a vindictive accusation. In this story Greg speaks on his upbringing in Irving, attempts on his life throughout his prison sentence, and the complexities of innocence. Produced by Guatam Srikishan, Mike Martinez, and Tyler Wray Music by Justin Frye, Mike Etten, and Greg Fox of the band PC Worship. Transcripts are available at everythingisstories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The truth of matter was, stories were everything and everything was stories.
0:06.0	Everybody told stories. It was a way of seeing who they were in the world.
0:11.0	It was their understanding of themselves.
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0:58.3	Hey, this is Mike from Everything is Stories.
1:02.2	As you may know, we usually dive right into our episodes and allow our listeners to form their own thoughts and opinions on the topics that we share with EIS.
1:05.6	And typically, we don't give warnings before our episodes.
1:09.2	But Greg's story is different.
1:11.6	This episode contains graphic scenes of extreme violence and topics relating to sexual assault
1:16.6	of a child.
1:17.6	So if there's children in the room or you feel you're sensitive to hearing these types of things,
1:21.6	it might be best to skip this one. This is where I catch the gaiters.
1:33.3	I tie the, I'll tie my line off here, and I throw it out and hang the bait off right
1:40.3	here.
1:41.3	And I'll hang it about to right there.
1:43.3	It'll sit on this. I'll hang it right over the water.
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