Clarence Lee Brandley
misconduct. a true crime podcast
misconduct. a true crime podcast
3.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2017
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Today we are discussing the trial, conviction, and eventual exoneration of Clarence Lee Brandley. In 1980 he was working as a janitor at a high school in Texas. On the morning of August 23rd 1980, Cheryl Dee Fergeson was found murdered in a loft above the auditorium where Clarence worked. Some forensic evidence was recovered from the scene but was lost or destroyed before it was tested for trial.
Eventually the evidence was tested and it was proven that it could not have come from Clarence. Even with all the issues with the evidence, Clarence, an African American, man was convicted in front of an all white jury in 1981. Eleven months later, he was sentenced to death.
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| 0:56.1 | contacted the governor. For those who are not familiar with Yvonne Telegus, he was |
| 1:01.0 | a subject of last week's episode. |
| 1:03.0 | Yvonne is going to be executed on April 25th. |
| 1:06.0 | And we believe he's innocent. |
| 1:08.0 | And I have to say we were so touched with the amount of comments we got saying that people reached out to the governor and signed a petition. |
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