S03 Episode 2: Lex Talionis (Pt. 2 of 2)
Unexplained
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4.4 • 9.7K Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2018
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
A 2014 study concluded that over 4% of people sentenced to death in the United States of America, have been convicted for crimes they did not commit; Some might consider this little more than an unfortunate consequence of en essential system. Others however, might think twice given how often support for capital punishment stems largely from that old maxim of an eye for an eye.
After all, as some might say, just because those innocent people are now dead, it doesn’t mean they won’t still be seeking retribution... Lex Talionis tells the strange and tragic story of Johnny Frank Garrett, who some believe was sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit. Others, think he may have had his revenge too.
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| 0:40.0 | You're listening to Unexplained with me Richard McLean Smith. |
| 0:46.0 | Lex Talionus, part two. |
| 0:49.0 | With the announcement of Johnny's arrest on Monday, November 9th. |
| 0:57.0 | A great tension in the community has been released. |
| 1:00.0 | And although Bishop Matheson advises some caution since it remains to be seen if Johnny is the perpetrator. |
| 1:07.0 | There is palpable relief at the St Francis Convent. |
| 1:11.0 | Back at the city jail later that evening. |
| 1:14.0 | Local attorney Bill Polius offers his services as a court appointed attorney to Johnny. |
| 1:21.0 | The family has little money and little choice but to take him on. |
| 1:25.0 | But even at this point his attitude causes great concern for Johnny's mother Charlotte. |
| 1:31.0 | From the moment he introduces himself she can tell his mind is already made up. |
| 1:37.0 | It was a lost cause. |
| 1:41.0 | That night Johnny sits alone in his cell while his mother returns home haunted by what he had told her. |
| 1:49.0 | According to Johnny after his arrest he had been taken into an interview room where two detectives had immediately started telling him what he was supposed to have done. |
| 1:59.0 | When they offered a version of events he had just nodded along and told them to put it down. |
| 2:07.0 | But they weren't his words he kept telling his mother. He never did any of it. |
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