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Actual Innocence

S1 Ep17: David McCallum

Actual Innocence

Brooke Gittings

Government, News, Society & Culture

4.4574 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2016

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

David McCallum was arrested and convicted of murder when he was only 16 and exonerated almost 30 years later... this is David's story...

Meetup Information: http://www.actualinpod.com/new-events/

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Contact Information: Host: Brooke Gittings Website: www.actualinpod.com Email: actualinnocencepod@gmail.com Twitter: @actualinpod or @brookegittings

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Music: “Through The Lens” by Andy G. Cohen Released under a Creative Commons Attribution International License https://andyg.co/hen/songs/lens

Transcript

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0:00.0

Oh, sure.

0:00.8

Well, so my name is David McAllep.

0:03.3

I'm an extremely, extremely humble person.

0:06.7

I like to think that I am humble to the point where I get along with people and I'm a people's person.

0:14.5

And I like to have dialogue, particularly dialogue that's very important to the overall conversation about society.

0:21.6

And, you know, I think that works for me and I'm going to continue to do the same exact

0:25.6

things that I promised myself that I would do, you know, prior to white generations.

0:30.6

So here I am.

0:31.6

Hi, this is Brooke.

0:33.6

Thanks for joining me for episode 22 of actual innocence.

0:39.0

22. I can't believe it's been that many episodes.

0:43.7

Before we get started, I have a couple of announcements. There's still time to sign up for the

0:49.6

listener meetups. You just need to go to actual I-N-P-O-D.com. Click on support and then events. The events are

1:00.4

totally free, but we need you to register to make sure we have enough space. Also, Actual

1:07.4

Innocence is looking for a couple of volunteers, one who would be able to manage a section of the website, and others who might be able to do some transcripts of the episodes.

1:18.3

I've gotten several requests from family members of those who are currently incarcerated for transcripts to send to their innocent loved ones.

1:27.3

If you think that you would be available to do either one of these jobs,

1:32.2

please email me and I'll send you a little more information.

1:41.7

Actual Innocence is a podcast that tells the stories of people who serve time for crimes they did not commit.

1:48.6

Listen to the heartbreaking true accounts of wrongfully convicted people and their journey to exoneration.

1:54.9

Thanks so much for listening.

1:59.2

And now we're going to talk about one of our most relevant sponsors before we get on to the episode.

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