Ep. 188 - An innocent man is about to be lynched in Alabama

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In hours, the State of Alabama is set to execute a man they fully know never killed a single soul in his life. It's a legal lynching. Listen, then go to SaveNate.com to fight back to stop this. We can't give up!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today, in just a few hours, the state of Alabama is scheduled to lynch an innocent black man named
0:06.9	Nate Woods. The state knows he didn't kill anyone. Police and prosecutors know he didn't kill anyone. The
0:15.3	governor and attorney general of Alabama know he didn't kill anyone. The jury and
0:20.9	judge knew he didn't kill anyone.
0:24.0	But here we are, moments away from a modern day legal lynching.
0:30.6	It's the single most brutal, grisly active injustice I've seen in my entire life.
0:37.8	This is Sean King and you're listening to the breakdown.
0:42.1	The breakdown. The breakdown. The breakdown.
0:43.0	The breakdown.
0:45.0	The breakdown.
0:47.0	The breakdown.
0:48.0	The breakdown. The breakdown.
0:49.0	The breakdown. One man and one man alone is guilty for the crimes that Nate Woods was later convicted of and his name is
1:05.9	Carrie McGuire Spencer. I want to read a letter that Carrie wrote.
1:11.3	Carrie is also on death row.
1:14.8	This is a letter from Carrie in his own words.
1:19.0	My name is Carrie McGuire Spencer,
1:22.2	and I'm writing in regards to the March 5th 2020 execution date
1:27.2	set for Nathaniel Woods. Nathaniel Woods is 100% innocent. I know this to be a fact because I'm the person that shot and
1:38.2	killed all three of the officers that Nathaniel was subsequently charged and convicted of murdering.
1:45.0	Listen to this.
1:47.0	Nathaniel Woods doesn't even deserve to be incarcerated, let alone executed.
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