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Letters from Sing Sing

Dan Slepian reads an excerpt from “The Sing Sing Files”

Letters from Sing Sing

NBC News

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4.93.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Hear an exclusive audio excerpt from Dateline producer Dan Slepian’s new book “The Sing Sing Files” which chronicles his two-decade journey navigating the criminal justice system to help free six innocent men. Available now wherever books and audiobooks are sold. For more details and to purchase, follow this link: 
https://bit.ly/TheSingSingFilesLetters

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi there it's Dan Slepian,

0:07.3

Dateline producer and host of the podcast Letters from Sing Sing.

0:11.3

Today I have a special bonus episode for you to listen to.

0:15.1

It's an audio excerpt from my new book The Sing Sing Files. It's an incredibly

0:21.4

personal project and an expansion of what you've heard about in the podcast,

0:26.2

my investigation into the wrongful conviction of John Adrian J.J. Velasquez.

0:31.9

In the book,

0:33.0

book I cover not only J.J.'s case, but the cases of five other men who like J.J.

0:38.9

Were locked up for crimes they did not commit.

0:42.1

I take you through the stories of these six men, uncovering the

0:45.5

different ways in which our criminal justice system failed them. You'll hear from me

0:50.4

and some of the men directly about their stories.

0:54.3

If you like what you hear in this episode and want to hear more,

0:57.6

click the link in the episode notes to order a copy of the book or

1:01.4

audio book.

1:02.4

The Sing-Sink Files is also available wherever books and

1:05.8

audio books are sold. Now, here's an excerpt from the Sing Sing Files, read by me.

1:18.0

Introduction, J.J.

1:24.8

It was Thanksgiving Day 2002.

1:28.1

I was at the Greenhaven Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison a couple of hours north of Manhattan, filming a story for

1:35.9

NBC's Dateline about two incarcerated men who insisted they'd been wrongfully convicted of

1:41.5

murder.

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