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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 604 - Let's help Thomas James after he served 32 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

32 years. When Thomas James was wrongly arrested, charged, and convicted for a crime he had NOTHING TO DO WITH he was just 23 years old. 32 hard years later, Miami prosecutors admit that he was actually innocent and that they stole the best years of his life.

Let me unpack and explain this story, then let's chip in together and provide this man with the support he needs right now, ok? Click the link in my bio on Instagram now to help.

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Let me tell you about the outrageous conviction of a young brother named Thomas James in South Florida,

0:41.2

and about his exoneration this past week, and how we're going to be able to chip in to help this man,

0:48.0

get back on his feet for all the time that he's lost. Let me unpack and explain it.

0:53.9

It is an outrageous story, and an amazing story of survival, triumph and victory.

1:02.4

This is Sean King, and you are listening to...

1:24.4

32 years ago in Miami, a 23 year old man. You are closer to being a teenager than you are

1:34.8

anything else at 23. Just think back to when you were that age. A 23 year old man named Thomas James,

1:41.9

who people call Jay, was wrongly arrested, charged and convicted, for a murder that he had

1:54.2

absolutely nothing to do with. And very quickly, I want to explain what happened because

2:01.7

it is one of the single most outrageous wrongful convictions that I've ever heard of.

2:07.6

And at the end of this podcast, I'm going to challenge you and all of us to chip in and support

2:14.3

this man the best we can to help him get back on his feet. 32 years ago, a murder took place

2:24.3

in South Florida, in Miami. Thomas James had nothing to do with that murder. In fact,

2:31.4

he did not live on the side of town of that murder. He did not know the people who actually

2:36.3

committed the murder. He did not know the man who was murdered. And yet, people said, we think

2:46.6

one of the men who was murdered is a man named Jay. All right, a man named Jay. What's

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