FUTURTA.

This is Latino USA, the Radio Journal of News and Cultura.

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We bring you stories that are underreported but that matter to you overlooked by the rest of the media.

And while the country is struggling to deal with these problems.

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organizing at the forefront of the movement. I'm Maria Ino Hosa, no se Bayan.

Hey Latino USA listener, Comoestas,

we have a treat for you today, especially if you're a fan of true crime.

Our colleagues over at Orbit Media just released a new series.

It's called The Burden, and it tells the story of NYPD detective Lewis and Scarcella who was

legendary for cracking the toughest cases and putting away the worst criminals

back in the 1990s so much so that this guy had a nickname, The Hulk.

But underneath Scarcella's success, something obscure apparently lurked.

Something, a group of convicted murderers turned jailhouse lawyers, would uncover with the help

of a relentless New York Times reporter.

On episode one of the burden, we meet that journalist.

Her name is Francis or Frenchy Drobliss,

who acts on a tip about this group of men in jail who happened to share something.

They were all arrested by the same detective.

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