My name is Cynicam.

I was wrongfully convicted in 2008 for homicide.

And I served five years, four months.

I served five years, four months. Hi, I'm Brooke, and you're listening to Actual Innocence, a podcast bringing awareness to problems in the justice system.

I'm, I'm all alone today.

DeMarco and I have been struggling to get our schedules together, so we kind of divided and conquered

this week. You're going to hear me talk now, and at the end of the show, and during the

ads, and you're going to hear DeMarco do the interview. I hope you enjoy.

Thanks.

Well, um, I was born in Well, I was born in Chicago.

I was in Chicago, Illinois, and I got three other brothers by my mom.

So at the time we live with my mom, and all was young at the time. And my mom,

she moved from Chicago to Milwaukee. He said she wanted to change her life and she got into church.

I was about probably like five, six years old. Like I said, I got three other brothers,

two older ones than and the younger brothers.

But we all like two years apart.

So I moved from Chicago to Milwaukee, but at the same time I got,

I still have family in Chicago and all through Illinois because my dad,

side of the family too, which I grew up on my dad's side of the family. My mom moved away from everybody from Milwaukee that she got hurt.

So I had to go back and forth because it's here from Milwaukee to Chicago to do with my

mom and dad growing up. But I would say I mainly with a teenager in high school.

My high school years, I grew up from Milwaukee, Milwaukee Southside.

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