Listen Now: Blind Plea

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Lemonada Media

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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We’re dropping in your feed today to let you know about a gripping new series from Lemonada Media, BLIND PLEA. In 2017, Deven Grey, a young mother, shot and killed her abusive partner in a remote trailer in rural Shelby County, Alabama. She claimed self-defense and filed a Stand Your Ground claim. Instead of freedom, she was handed a “blind plea” – an option to take an unknown sentence in exchange for pleading guilty. As a Black woman who shot and killed a white man in Alabama, she did the only thing she could: She took the plea. Hosted by Emmy Award-winning journalist Liz Flock, BLIND PLEA asks: Who do we believe, and why? And in America, who has the right to self defense and a fair trial?

In this episode, you’ll be introduced to Deven’s story. When John Henry Vance brought his girlfriend, Deven Grey, to his family property in Calera, Alabama, Deven became the latest in a decades-long line of women to be beaten and broken down on that same land. In December 2017, after a violent evening and years of abuse, Deven shot and killed John. Then, she called 911 to turn herself in.

The second episode of BLIND PLEA is available right now. To listen, head to https://link.chtbl.com/BlindPleaPodcast

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1:17.3	Who has the right to self defense and a fair trial in America?
1:22.0	Well, on Lemonade Media's new series Blind Plei, Emmy award winning journalist and host
1:27.8	Liz Flock examines the case of Devon Gray, a young mother who killed her abusive partner
1:33.7	in rural Shelby County, Alabama.
1:37.1	Devon was given a blind plea deal, an option to take an unknown sentence in exchange for
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