A man in the wrong place at the wrong time, a man so right he’s wrong, and a boy becomes the wrong man.
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0:00.0 | From the Independent Producer Project of KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Bob Carlson, and this is UnFictional. |
0:08.0 | Unfictional is a program of True Stories and Personal Documentaries and |
0:14.8 | today on the program The Wrong Man. Three stories including one about a man |
0:20.3 | caught in the grinding wheels of the justice system after he's arrested for a federal |
0:24.6 | crime. |
0:25.6 | And there's tears coming down my face. |
0:29.0 | Not because it's cold in the middle of winter, not because I'm only in an orange jumper not because I don't have that much to eat |
0:37.0 | I'm crying because I'm not heard |
0:41.0 | plus a man so right he's wrong. |
0:44.6 | He was five-ball juggling, and then he would take a break from that |
0:48.9 | and unicycle, and then he would take a break from that and hula hoop. |
0:54.0 | And a boy becomes the wrong man. |
0:57.0 | I know you stole a roll of toilet paper from the restroom. |
1:00.0 | No, I didn't. |
1:01.0 | Your friend did, and that's the same as you stealing it. Why didn't you replace it? I didn't have an answer. I do have one now. |
1:09.0 | It was because I was a teenager. Teenagers don't replace things. |
1:18.5 | We begin with the story of Iranian-American Reza-Ban Ki. |
1:22.3 | Back in 2010, he was arrested and charged with violating US sanctions against Iran. |
1:28.2 | He maintained his innocence, but he was denied bail and imprisoned in maximum security facilities until he was sent to He was |
1:35.0 | sentenced and then began the arduous and unlikely process of clearing his name. |
1:40.0 | From KCRW and KCRW.com, it 7th 2010. |
1:55.0 | 630 a.m. a dozen agents, storm into my apartment in New York City, they slam me against the wall, they handcuff me, and they take me away. |
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