Crime and Punishment, Part 2

Small Town Dicks

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 21 December 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Trevor Walraven was convicted of an unthinkable crime when he was 14 years old. He spent nearly 18 years in prison before he was released. In this two-part conversation, we talk to him about the crime he committed, his co-defendant, how he spent his time in prison, and his emergence as an advocate for giving other inmates a second chance to become productive members of society.

Trevor Walraven spent nearly 18 years in prison for a murder he committed when he was 14 years old. He was released after going through Oregon’s “Second Look” process, which required him to show he had taken responsibility for his crime and demonstrated "outstanding reformation." He now advocates for criminal justice reform with a special focus on youth, who he argues are more likely to reform and deserve meaningful opportunities when released. Trevor co-founded the Oregon Youth Justice Project under the Oregon Justice Resource Center in mid 2018.

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0:00.0	Hey Super Podcast fans, it's Yardley! I just wanted to pop in with a quick announcement
0:06.7	about Small Tandex season 12. It drops on April 21st. April 21st, Mark your calendars.
0:14.1	We will see you there. Trevor Wallraven was sentenced to 30 years
0:21.5	in prison at the age of 14 for committing a brutal murder. He ended up serving just
0:27.4	18 years of that sentence, and it took him a decade behind bars before he finally took
0:32.9	responsibility for the crime. Trevor was released after going through what's known as Oregon's
0:39.3	Second Look process, which requires youth offenders who have served at least half of their mandatory
0:45.6	sentence, to show they have taken responsibility for their crime and demonstrated outstanding
0:52.1	reformation, meaning they no longer seem to be a threat to the community and even demonstrate
0:58.6	a willingness to contribute to it. In our conversation today, we talk to Trevor about
1:04.6	what it means to have been given this extraordinarily rare opportunity for early release. The guilt
1:10.5	he feels over his brothers and co-defendants ongoing incarceration, and his journey to
1:17.3	becoming an advocate for criminal justice reform, particularly youth offenders. This is
1:24.3	crime and punishment, part two. I feel like I will forever be attempting
1:35.6	to repay a debt. I don't believe I get to be redeemed. I don't get to undo what I've
1:42.4	done, and it doesn't matter if I save 10 million people tomorrow. Those choices are there.
1:49.4	When a serious crime is committed in a small town, a handful of detectives are charged
1:55.4	with solving the case. I'm Yardley, and I'm fascinated by these stories. So I invited
2:02.4	my friends, detectives Dan and Dave, to help me gather the best true crime cases from
2:08.2	around the country, and have the men and women who investigated them tell us how it happened.
2:15.2	I'm Dan, and I'm Dave, Red Denicle Twins, and we're detectives in small town, USA. Dave
2:21.1	investigates sex crimes and child abuse. Dan investigates violent crimes, and together
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