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You Didn't See Nothin
USG Audio
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Will Johnnie Veal, convicted of the murder of two police officers in 1970, be granted parole after fifty years in prison? How can he convince the parole board he’s reformed when he insists he’s innocent? What is prison time even supposed to accomplish? These are the questions that propel The Parole Room forward as it builds toward Johnnie’s twentieth parole hearing after nineteen rejections.
The Parole Room is an intimate journey with Johnnie, a deep dive into the criminal legal system, and a parole room drama—taking listeners behind the curtain to hear tense deliberations as they unfold. The docuseries is vivid, emotional, and complex, bringing new questions and insights about the U.S. justice system and the country as a whole. The producer of You Didn’t See Nothin, Bill Healy, produced this project, and You Didn’t See Nothin’s host, Yohance Lacour consulted. This is episode 1. Listen to the full series on Audible.com/Parole.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up y'all? It's yohons. I really appreciate |
| 0:03.1 | y'all listening to this podcast man. It means the world to me. I got another one |
| 0:06.6 | I want you to check out. It's called the Parole Room. And it's about the |
| 0:10.3 | story of Johnny Ville, who was locked up at 17 for the murder of two police officers, |
| 0:16.6 | and for the umpteenth time he's up for parole at damn near the age of 70. |
| 0:21.7 | He's been in jail for 50 years. I was fortunate enough to do some |
| 0:26.1 | consulting and some story editing on this piece and it's only available on |
| 0:30.7 | audible. Search for the parole room it's available at audible. Search for the parole room. It's available at audible.com |
| 0:35.8 | slash parole and here goes episode one of the parole room. |
| 0:40.0 | Johnny Ville sitting beneath an American flag, stares at a computer monitor. |
| 0:47.4 | He sees his lawyer pop up on the screen. |
| 0:50.3 | When the monitor first comes on, I get a chance to see my attorney, Sarah Garber, |
| 0:55.6 | short and statute of powerful in words, and she come on demanding attention. |
| 1:01.8 | She comes on demanding to be heard. |
| 1:04.3 | They're in a video conference that could change Johnny's life, |
| 1:08.8 | but the connection is terrible. |
| 1:11.5 | You hear me? |
| 1:13.0 | I just started being able to hear you. |
| 1:16.0 | It's November 2020, |
| 1:18.0 | deep inside the pandemic. |
| 1:20.0 | For eight straight months, |
| 1:22.0 | Johnny's prison has been on lockdown. |
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