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The SEAL Code That Cost Him 30 Years: Dustin "Dusty" Turner Tells All

SOFREP Radio

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News, History, Entertainment News, Government

4.31.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Dustin “Dusty” Turner is a former Navy SEAL trainee whose case has become one of the most controversial wrongful-conviction stories connected to the military community. Convicted in 1996 for the murder and abduction of Jennifer Evans, Turner maintained that his fellow SEAL trainee, Billy Joe Brown, acted alone — a claim Brown later confessed to under oath. Despite a Virginia court initially granting Turner a Writ of Actual Innocence in 2009, the decision was later overturned on appeal. After serving more than 30 years in prison, Turner was released on parole while continuing to fight for full exoneration. During his incarceration, he became known as a model prisoner, mentor, veterans’ support leader, and advocate for rehabilitation and second chances

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If it doesn't work, you're just not using enough. You're listening to Software Radio, And I have a very unique conversation to have with a very nice guest and we're going to get

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into that in just a moment but first I got to talk about the merch store that's right we have

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those and supporting the show it keeps the fireplace going because it's natural gas and today prices are going up and I got to keep that on. So keep buying that merch. Thank you so much. Appreciate you. Second, you know what I'm going to say? If you've been listening to the show, it's the book club. So soft rep.com forward slash book hyphen club now my man callum my producer will probably put

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it somewhere here or maybe along here but that is where you can click and check out the book club

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at soft rep.com so go check out the softwrep.com book club and what's funny is I was just thinking about my guy guy the

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editor who is in charge of all of that and he's just a great dude so this is this book club

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is curated by all the special forces guys behind the scenes and all the everybody

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that works here at soft rep to put it into your brain so go read a book okay

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because reading a book is knowledge knowledge grows your brain your brain is a muscle so go to the it into your brain. So go read a book, okay? Because reading a book is knowledge. Knowledge grows your brain. Your brain is a muscle. So go to the gym for your brain, the book club. Now, I'm just going to introduce my next guest, Dusty Turner. Welcome to the show, Dusty. It's nice to have you here. Thank you. Welcome. I'm going to read your bio real quick, and we'll get into Dusty Turner. Stand by. Here we go. Dusty Turner. Dusty Turner. Born, Dustin Allen Turner was born

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on February 7, 1975 in the Midwest. He grew up in a loving family with a close-knit extended

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family. Turner's life took a dramatic turn when he was convicted of first-degree murder and abduction with the intent to defile in 1996 for the killing of 21-year-old Jennifer Evans.

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Despite his conviction, Turner's actions in 1995 were not his fault as he helped a fellow Navy SEAL, Billy Joe Brown, hide the murder.

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Turner's long fight for justice culminated in his parole in 2026 after spending 30 years in

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prison. His cases garnered attention for the wrongful conviction and the ongoing advocacy for his

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release. And you have now been released. So welcome to being released. It feels great. I'm sure it does.

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And welcome to soft rep radio. like to be I appreciate being here

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and welcome to the internet

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