Special Preview of Episode 6 of Letters from Sing Sing

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🗓️ 20 March 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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As a special preview for Dateline listeners, here’s a sneak peek from the sixth episode of Letters from Sing Sing, a new original podcast from NBC News Studios hosted by longtime investigative reporter Dan Slepian. In this clip, we hear about the tragic impact that being wrongfully imprisoned for nearly two decades has had on JJ’s life. Follow the podcast and listen to the first six episodes now: https://link.chtbl.com/lfss_fdsi

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Dan Sleppian, a Dateline investigative producer for more than 25 years.
0:05.6	I hope you are already following my new podcast, Letters From Singsing.
0:10.1	The following clip is from this 6th episode.
0:12.5	It's a powerful look at the impact that being incarcerated for nearly 2 decades has had
0:18.0	on JJ's life.
0:20.0	On the inside and also beyond the prison walls.
0:24.0	After the clip, you can hear the rest of this episode and other episodes.
0:28.0	Search for Letters From Singsing wherever you're listening and follow the podcast.
0:33.3	Today is my son's 40th birthday, which I didn't think I would be spending it in a visit
0:45.1	with him in jail, but I usually try to spend his birthday with him.
0:51.2	It's November 11th, 2015.
0:53.8	JJ's mom Maria is driving to see him at Singsing.
0:56.6	We're lucky this year he has a visit today, so I'm on my way to visit him and wish him
1:02.9	a happy birthday.
1:04.6	I just wish he was on the different circumstances, but we'll just keep pushing forth.
1:12.8	It's been one year since JJ sent me that devastating letter.
1:16.7	The one he'd written at 4 in the morning in despair after finding out a judge had denied
1:21.4	his request for a hearing.
1:24.5	That letter was a turning point for me.
1:26.8	I knew that something had changed in my relationship with JJ.
1:30.6	When I read it, I was afraid for him.
1:33.7	My date line story about JJ had already aired, and there wasn't another one planned, but
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