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Undisclosed: Toward Justice

S2, The State v. Joey Watkins - Episode 18 – Standby Counsel

Undisclosed: Toward Justice

mital

News, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.210.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2016

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

November 21, 2016 / Changes in Joey’s legal representation in the weeks leading up to trial create complications in his case.

Episode scoring music by Alex Fitch, AnimalWeapon, Blue Dot Sessions, Chris Zabriskie, Julian Sartorius and Uncanny Valleys.

#undisclosed #justiceforjoey

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi undisclosed listeners. This is Claire from the Georgia Innocence Project. I need your help. I need you to pick up your phone and text Joey to 911-999.

0:13.0

Text Joey to 911-999, follow the link and donate $5 to the Georgia Innocence Project.

0:23.6

As outraged as you probably are by the events and practices that led to Joey being imprisoned

0:29.6

for life on a murder he did not commit, you'd be amazed and equally outraged by the dozens and dozens of other Georgia cases like Joey's in our office.

0:42.3

We are a nonprofit that provides free representation to Joey and all of our clients who are

0:48.0

trying to prove their innocence. You can help our clients by helping us. If those of you who listen to this episode donate just $5 after texting Joey to 9-1-999, you'd make an incredible difference.

1:05.3

This easy act of kindness, this simple $5 demonstration of support, would greatly help us fight to free Joey and

1:14.0

Georgia's other imprisoned innocent, and to push for legislative change in Georgia to compensate

1:20.6

exoneries and prevent these false convictions from occurring in the first place.

1:25.7

And for all of you who have already texted Joey to 911-999

1:30.4

and donated $5 or more to the Georgia Innocence Project, thank you, thank you, thank you.

1:38.3

Welcome everyone to Undisclosed Episode 18. We've got two great sponsors for you this week. They include Stamps.com and

1:46.4

Blue Apron. Make sure you listen in for those spots later in the show and support our sponsors

1:51.2

because they support us. Until then, enjoy the program. You have all often heard me say that for a wrongful conviction to take place, everything has to go wrong for a defendant.

2:21.7

The police had to have gotten it wrong. The prosecution presented a false story to the jury. And the defense counsel failed, well, in providing an actual defense.

2:31.4

Now, many of you have wondered about Joey's attorney, or in this case, attorneys.

2:35.5

So today, we explore the saga behind who represented him and how it all went down.

2:40.8

Hi and welcome to episode 18 of Undisclosed, the State v. Joey Watkins. My name is Rabia Jadri.

2:46.7

I'm an attorney and a fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace, and I'm joined, as always, with

2:50.3

my colleagues Susan Simpson and Colin Miller. I'm Susan Simpson. I'm an attorney and a fellow at the US Institute of Peace, and I'm joined as always with my colleagues,

2:51.0

Susan Simpson and Colin Miller.

2:52.8

I'm Susan Simpson.

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