Wrongfully Convicted of a Violent Crime: My 3-Year Nightmare in NY State Prison | Edgar Asencio

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🗓️ 16 December 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Edgar Asencio shares his experience of being wrongfully convicted of a violent crime and serving three years in a New York State prison. Edgar discusses the events that led to his conviction, the challenges he faced while incarcerated, and the impact this experience had on his life. This conversation sheds light on the flaws in the justice system and the resilience required to navigate such an ordeal. #WrongfulConviction #InnocentBehindBars #NYStatePrison #ViolentCrime #TrueCrimeStories #JusticeSystemFailure #PrisonSurvival #lifebehindbars Thank you to AURA FRAMES for sponsoring today’s episode: Exclusive $35-off Carver Mat at https://auraframes.com/. Use code LOCKEDIN at checkout to save! Connect with Edgar Asencio: Email: d2daizzo26@yahoo.com Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Presented by Tyson 2.0 & Wooooo Energy: https://tyson20.com/ https://woooooenergy.com/ Buy Merch: https://www.ianbick.com/shop Use code lockedin at checkout to get 20% off your order Timestamps: 00:00:00 Life Growing Up in Bushwick, Brooklyn 00:04:25 Navigating GED and Vocational Training Challenges 00:08:26 Navigating School Challenges and Skipping Strategies 00:12:46 Reflecting on Youthful Mischief and Environment 00:17:12 Growing Up with Mischief 00:21:10 Unjust Accusation and Arrest Encounter 00:25:10 Co-Charged Encounter and Trial Strategy 00:29:33 Accusations and Misunderstandings in Court 00:33:42 The Challenges of Proving Innocence in Court 00:38:06 Verdict Day: Mixed Emotions in Court 00:42:45 Wrongful Conviction in the Pre-Digital Age 00:46:31 Navigating the Prison System: From Arrest to Incarceration 00:50:54 Life Inside Prison: Stories and Lessons 00:54:37 Lessons from Past Mistakes: Guidance for the Next Generation 00:59:02 From Assistant to District Manager: A 12-Year Retail Journey 01:03:12 Impact of Felony Records on Employment and Housing 01:07:28 Clearing My Name and Preventing Future Accusations Powered by: Just Media House : https://www.justmediahouse.com/ Creative direction, design, assets, support by FWRD: https://www.fwrd.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Edgar, welcome to Locked In Man from Brooklyn, right? Yes, sir.
0:04.0	Bronx? Brooklyn. Okay, Brooklyn. And Small World, we were just talking. You knew Alpha Mel.
0:09.0	Yes, sir. He was your bunkmate? He was on the cube next to mine. Okay. And he was on the show last year. Great dude. Really good story. That was at Rikers.
0:20.5	That was in green, green correctional. Okay, gotcha. And your story is kind of very interesting of how you got there. I remember when I think you emailed me and I was reading about that. And you kind of rolled the dice at trial, I think, or something like that. Yes, I did. Awesome. Yeah, we'll get into it all in the story. Did you grow up in New York?
0:39.5	Born and raised. In Brooklyn, too? Yeah. So I live in the Bushwick part of Brooklyn and on the
0:48.5	border of Ridgewood. So I spent my time back and forth. Right now I'm in the Brooklyn side in Bushwick.
0:53.5	What was that like growing up there?
0:55.3	So growing up in Bushwick back in the 80s was kind of like when you see those movies like
1:02.0	New Jack City with the abandoned buildings and stuff and like that and, you know, a lot of drugs
1:07.0	and poverty and stuff like that.
1:09.4	And not much to do back then.
1:13.3	And now it's beautiful.
1:15.3	It's gentified and there's a lot to do.
1:17.8	I had a friend that got stuck out here from Florida because Milton just hit and she
1:23.1	wasn't able to fly back out.
1:25.0	And she was like, wow, the neighborhood is different.
1:28.0	It's amazing.
1:29.2	Who'd you grow up with?
1:30.1	Did you have your mom and dad, any siblings?
1:31.8	So I was raised by my grandmother.
1:34.6	My father, he was kind of a young father,
1:36.2	had me when he was 16.
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