Introducing Suspect: Five Shots in the Dark

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Leon Benson spent 24 years in an Indiana state prison for the 1998 murder of a young man named Kasey Schoen. His conviction hinged on the testimony of two eyewitnesses – but what if their memories turned out to be wrong? And what if the people who knew what really happened had never been allowed to speak?

Suspect Season 3: Five Shots in the Dark is the story of two victims: one murdered, one sentenced to life. Follow host Matt Shaer and attorney Lara Bazelon as they investigate how the justice system failed both Leon and Kasey, and who the real killer might be. Join this unprecedented look inside the attempt to overturn a wrongful conviction and find out if justice will finally be served.

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0:00.0	Hey, Darktown Easters, we've been chatting on Instagram, sharing a ton of podcast recommendations
0:08.5	with each other, and I love going through that list discovering new shows, so I want
0:12.4	to share a show with you right now.
0:14.9	It's called Suspect, five shots in the dark.
0:18.1	This latest season looks at a case with two victims, one murdered in cold blood, and
0:23.2	one imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit.
0:26.4	Follows Leon Benson's story, a man who spent more than half of his life a total of 24
0:32.2	years in an Indiana state prison for the murder of Casey Shane, a man he never met.
0:38.0	Casey was murdered in the middle of an August night, shot point blank while idling in his
0:42.6	dodge pickup truck in North Indianapolis.
0:45.7	There was no physical evidence, no known motive, and no one coming forward with information.
0:51.0	Except one woman who swears to this day, she saw Leon Detroit Benson pull the trigger.
0:57.8	He was sentenced to 60 years in prison, all because one person swore they saw something.
1:03.2	But what if she was wrong?
1:05.3	From Wondry and Campside Media comes season three of the hit podcast Suspect.
1:11.4	This is a story of a botched police investigation, the dangers of shaky eyewitness testimony,
1:17.5	and a community who feared law enforcement, with good reason.
1:21.3	I'm about to play you a clip from Suspect, five shots in the dark.
1:25.2	While you're listening follow Suspect wherever you get your podcasts, you can binge suspect
1:29.7	ad-free on Wondry Plus, find Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple podcasts.
1:39.4	A long time ago, I remember watching an episode of Oprah about eyewitness testimony.
1:44.8	I actually haven't been able to find the episode in question online.
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