'Motive' Season 1 Podcast Trailer

Motive

WBEZ Chicago

Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2019

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

It’s a cruel sociological experiment. Lock up a 13-year-old boy for a murder that he swore he didn’t commit. Release him as a 30-year-old man. Then, give him $25 million. New from WBEZ Chicago, Motive is a true crime podcast hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Frank Main, with original reporting from the Chicago Sun-Times.

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0:00.0	A man is murdered.
0:06.0	That's a horrible way to die, man.
0:08.0	Again, murder?
0:09.0	That's the worst way to die.
0:11.0	A 13-year-old is arrested and sentenced to prison.
0:13.0	I was kicking the wall.
0:15.0	He didn't do it.
0:16.0	He didn't do it.
0:17.0	Released at 30, he's awarded $25 million in compensation.
0:21.0	Oh, my story will give hope to others.
0:23.0	That when wrongful convictions occur, those injustices can be corrected.
0:27.0	He spends his money on a gang.
0:29.0	He would literally take 10 guys to the auction and buy them a porch and buy them a range
0:36.4	roll.
0:37.4	And he would tell me, 15 years.
0:39.4	Ultimately, he shoots a guy.
0:41.4	I'm from brotherhood, man.
0:42.4	I ain't just not you get shoot, man.
0:44.4	I'm a little bit so bitch.
0:46.4	So bitch.
0:47.4	It's almost like a cruel sociological experiment.
0:54.6	What do you do?
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