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Actual Innocence

S3 Ep20: Christopher Turner

Actual Innocence

Brooke Gittings

Government, News, Society & Culture

4.4574 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2018

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Chris Turner was paroled in 2010 after being transferred between institutions and ultimately serving more than 27 years in prison. This is part 1 of his unbelievable story of wrongful conviction.

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0:00.0

All right. Hello, everyone. My name is Christopher Turner. I served 26 years. I spent 26 years in prison for a crime that I did not commit, have any knowledge of or anything to do with. I've been, I was released on parole in 2010.

0:23.6

I actually won my release through a new parole criteria

0:29.6

that they had introduced

0:31.6

where you could introduce actual innocence at the parole board.

0:34.6

And I actually won my release that way.

0:41.5

Hi, I'm Brooke, and you're listening to Actual Innocence, a podcast bringing awareness to wrongful

0:47.6

conviction and problems in the justice system.

0:50.3

I'm here with DeMarco.

0:51.4

How are you doing this week, sir?

0:53.6

Well, I have no complaints. I'm healthy. You know, I have my times where I'm here with DeMarco. How are you doing this week, sir? Well, I have no complaints.

0:55.0

I'm healthy.

0:56.0

You know, I have my times where I'm, you know, PTSD affects me and I go through stuff and I don't want to be bothered.

1:03.0

I think I've been on that her lady.

1:06.0

So that's got to be hard for my wife.

1:09.0

But other than that, you know, I'm all right. Are you feeling okay today? Yeah, yeah, I'm feeling good. I'm feeling good right now at this moment here. I had a migraine all last week, so I left you alone. So maybe it was meant to be that I was meant to be sick at the same time. You weren't feeling so great. How are you feeling now? I feel amazing today. Yesterday,

1:30.1

I couldn't think straight, but today I'm like, oh, let's do some podcasting. I'm always with that.

1:36.5

And I know that one of our favorite things is coming up. Do you want to tell the folks?

1:43.5

Innocence conference in Memphis.

1:46.2

I am so excited.

1:49.7

I've been waiting for the end.

1:51.0

And it got here so quick.

1:52.4

We was just in San Diego together.

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