Suave: Episode 2 'The Hustle'

Latino USA

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Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In this second episode of our new podcast series, Suave, Maria Hinojosa learns more about Suave’s early life in the South Bronx and the crime Suave was convicted of as a teenager in the Badlands of Philadelphia. We explore the "tough on crime" politics of the 80's and early 90's and the ruthless tactics of prosecutors that led to Pennsylvania becoming the state that sentenced the most minors in the country to life in prison without parole. Meanwhile, Suave anxiously awaits the decision from a judge that could grant him the opportunity to finally leave prison.

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0:00.0	From Futuromedia and PRX, it's Latino USA, I'm Marien Mojosa.
0:15.5	Today, Swave, the podcast, episode two.
0:18.8	A story about juveniles sentenced to dying prison told through one man's journey.
0:28.1	David Luis Swave Gonzales was sentenced to mandatory life in prison with
0:33.1	apparel for a crime committed when he was 17 years old.
0:37.3	He was found guilty of first degree homicide.
0:40.5	Today we bring you episode two of Futuro Studios newest podcast, A Story of
0:45.9	Incarceration, Redemption, and the very special, nearly three-decade-long
0:50.8	relationship between a man convicted of murder and a journalist, me.
0:56.5	More this story, producer Maggie Freeling, is coming along with me.
1:00.5	And just a warning that this episode contains some strong language that is not bleeped.
1:05.5	So Maria, over those years of phone calls when Swave was in prison, one thing you
1:10.1	spent a lot of time talking about was Swave's childhood.
1:14.1	Yeah, I mean, because look, he was a kid when he went into prison.
1:18.4	So those are the only memories he had was of his childhood.
1:23.1	But very specifically, he was doing a lot of thinking about his mom.
1:27.0	So what did you actually know about her?
1:30.3	So I remember thinking that Swave's mom was really complicated.
1:35.3	My mother grew up in the Bronx.
1:37.1	She grew up in the street.
1:38.2	She grew up hustling.
1:39.8	My mother was like, the black street with a family.
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