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Rick Walker spent 12 years in California?s toughest prisons, serving a sentence for murder. Last June, he was released when DNA evidence proved another man had committed the crime. This mini-documentary examines how a wrongful conviction takes place. We hear from Walker, from the District Attorney?s office, from the attorney who reinvestigated Walker?s case, and from Walker?s mom.
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RICK WALKER--ANATOMY OF WRONGFUL CONVICTION/EXONERATION PART ONE: THE TRIAL
LEDE: MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RELEASED AFTER SPENDING YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR CRIMES THEY DIDN?T COMMIT. THE REVOLUTION OF DNA EVIDENCE HAS ALLOWED INNOCENCE PROJECTS AROUND THE COUNTRY TO REOPEN CRIMINAL CASES AND PROVE THE WRONG PERSON ENDED UP IN PRISON. UP FRONT?S HOLLY KERNAN TAKES US INSIDE AN EXONERATION....
YOU?VE PROBABLY SEEN MEDIA STORIES ABOUT JOYFUL PRISONERS BEING RELEASED AFTER YEARS OF UNJUST INCARCERATION. THE CAMERAS BLAZE FOR A DAY OR TWO, THERE ARE TEARFUL REUNIONS OF FAMILIES SEPARATED FOR A DECADE OR MORE, AND THEN THE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT SUBSIDES. (music begins?) BUT, HOW DOES A WRONGFUL CONVICTION HAPPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE? THE STORY OF EAST PALO ALTO RESIDENT RICK WALKER PROMPTED US TO ASK THAT QUESTION AND PUT TOGETHER THIS ANATOMY OF A WRONGFUL CONVICTION AND THE...
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Posted on September 26, 2003 at 09:06 AM | Permalink
Review of Anatomy of a Wrongful Conviction
This is a compelling investigation of a man who spent 10 years in prison for a homicide that he didn't commit . It's investigative, it's dramatic, it's full of great interviews, unsettling realities and it's beautifully edited.
This could be aired on All things Considered, This American Life (although the aesthetics aren't exactly TALish--it shares their sensibilities) Weekend edition or it could be broadcast as part of any series or special that addresses the maladies of the US justice system, socio economic injustices and/or racism.
(Apparently this has a PART II, "Exoneration," so let's hope it is also uploaded to PRX.)