Join us this week as we talk about Florida police lying to jail a man for possession of laundry detergent, Missouri police lying to cover up the shooting death of a cop by another cop, North Carolina police lying to keep an innocent man in prison for 42 years, and much (much) more!
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Show Notes:
* 4th Circuit:
Charles Ray Finch, who’s spent 42 years of his life in prison for murder, is actually innocent (4th Circ COA)
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Vera Institute releases new tool to analyze arrest data, shows ~80% of all arrests are for minor offenses or non-criminal conduct (The Intercept)
* COLORADO:
Lakewood PD officer Randall Shaun Butler charged for *3rd* sexual assault (KRDO 13)
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Story on Butler’s first arrest (Denver Post)
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And on Butler’s second arrest (Denver Post)
* FLORIDA:
Martin County Sheriff’s Deputy Steven O’Leary fired for framing 11 people for drug possession (Miami Herald)
* GEORGIA:
Albany PD officer Matthew Brown on video crashing into parked car while trying to murder man in parking lot (WALB 10)
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The bystander video showing Brown’s crash (Twitter)
* KANSAS:
Taxpayers to pay $1,100,000.00 to Richard Jones, who served 17 years for robbery he didn’t commit (ABC News)
* LOUISIANA:
5 deputies indicated in rape and beating at Washington Parish jail (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
* MARYLAND:
Baltimore police declare they will continue arresting people for cases the DA won’t prosecute (WMAR 2)
* MASSACHUSETTS:
Fred Clay spent 37+ years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, taxpayers to pay $1,000,000.00 (WGBH 89.7)
* MISSOURI:
St. Louis Metro PD killer cop Nathaniel Hendren executes off-duty SLMPD cop Katlyn Alix (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
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After claiming it was an “accident,” police then say it was “Russian Roulette” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
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