Lester Bower Jr: “Controversial Execution”丨MURDERISH Ep. 111

MURDERISH

Cloud10

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.3 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The American Justice System was created, in part, to ensure that all Americans get fair and impartial administration of justice. But, the system is by no means perfect and sometimes the wrong person is convicted of a serious crime. But what happens when a person is sentenced to death and years later, new evidence is brought to light that casts doubt on their guilt? Lester Bower Jr. maintained his innocence for decades and then, new witnesses came forward and backed up Bower’s claim of innocence. Would this be enough to save him from being executed? Check us out: Visit Murderish.com for more info about the show and Creator/Host, Jami. The website also has links to buy MURDERISH merchandise and become a Patreon supporter. Patrons can get access to exclusive, ad-free episodes. To sign up for Patreon, click “Go Behind the Scenes” at murderish.com OR click here for a direct link to our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/Murderish. Let’s get social: @MurderishPodcast (Instagram & TikTok), @MurderishPod (Twitter), search “Murderish podcast” (Facebook). Sponsors: - Stamps.com: Visit Stamps.com, click the microphone at the top of the page, and enter code MURDERISH for a 4-week trial, free postage, and a digital scale. - Upside: Download the FREE Upside app and use promo code MURDERISH to get $5 or more cashback on your first purchase of $10 or more. - Rothy’s: Visit Rothys.com/MURDERISH for $20 off your first order. - Prose: Visit Prose.com/murderish for a free hair consultation and 15% off your first order. - MasterClass: Visit MasterClass.com/MURDERISH for 15% off an annual membership. - Shopify: Visit Shopify.com/murderish (all lowercase) for a free 14 day trial and access to Shopify’s entire suite of features. Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime: Subscribe now in your favorite podcast app! New episodes drop every Thursday. Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-money-moves-women-in-white-collar-crime/id1619521092 Follow Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter @DirtyMoneyMoves. Want to advertise on this show? We’ve partnered with Cloud10 | iHeartRadio to handle our advertising requests. If you’re interested in advertising on MURDERISH, send an email to Sahiba Krieger mailto:sahiba@cloud10.fm with a copy to mailto:jami@murderish.com. Sound design: Justin Hellstrom. Music: Some of the music in this podcast was composed by Nico Vettese of We Talk of Dreams Research & Writing: Lincoln Edgemon Remember, listening to this podcast doesn’t make you a murderer - it just means you’re murder...ish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm a Mark Ofer and I'm the host of the show Black Girl Gone.
0:03.6	In this podcast, I tell the stories of missing and murdered black women and women of color in America.
0:08.7	Listen to Black Girl Gone on the iHAR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:13.9	The opinions expressed in this episode do not necessarily reflect those of the Murderish podcast.
0:20.0	Sensitive topics are discussed.
0:22.4	Listener discretion is advised.
0:25.0	I've mentioned before that I recently launched a new True Crime podcast called Dirty Money Moves
0:32.7	Women in White Color Crime.
0:34.4	The podcast is a deep dive investigation into a woman that I met four years ago and she turned out
0:40.4	to be a prolific scam artist.
0:42.4	I started researching her earlier this year and got so much more than I bargained for.
0:47.7	The story is absolutely wild and there's even a connection to the Michael Jackson scandal
0:53.6	and that's just one shocking aspect of this unbelievable story.
0:58.2	Subscribe to Dirty Money Moves wherever you listen to podcasts.
1:02.4	The American Justice System was created in part to ensure that all Americans get fair
1:08.4	and impartial administration of justice.
1:11.2	But the system is by no means perfect and sometimes the wrong person is convicted of a serious crime.
1:18.8	But what happens when a person is sentenced to death?
1:21.7	And years later, new evidence is brought to light that cast doubt on their guilt.
1:27.3	Lester Bauer Jr. maintained his innocence for decades and eventually new witnesses
1:33.2	came forward and backed up Bauer's claim of innocence.
1:36.7	But would this be enough to save him from being executed?
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