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Episode 158: Pack it Up, Grandma! | Hiram Monserrate and Florida vs. Pitts / Lee


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Tina and Hillary cover the former NY senator Hiram Monserrate and Florida vs Pitts/Lee.

Tina’s Story

Hiram Monserrate moved quickly from the New York City Council to the New York State Senate. BUT it was his quick temper that led to his political demise.

Hillary’s Story

In 1963, two black men in Florida were wrongfully convicted of murder. BUT even when evidence clears them of the deed, racism and bigotry delayed commuting their sentence.

Sources

Tina's Story
Associated Press
NY Senate votes to expel convicted lawmaker

Daily Politics

Monserrate convicted of misdemeanor--by Bill Hammond

Gotham Gazette

Hiram Monserrate Has No Place in Elected Office--by Nydia Velazquez

New York Daily News

Bloomberg: Monserrate's Actions 'Disgraceful, Despicable, Deplorable'

The New York Observor (Politicker NY)

Mad-Dog Councilman Champions No Man's Land--by Katharine Jose

The New York Post

Dems say ex-con Monserrate has real shot to win old Council seat--by Michael Gartland and Carl Campanile

The New York State Senate

Hiram Monserrate

The New York Times

Monserrate Is Cleared of Felonies--by Ralph Blumenthal
Monserrate Gets 2 Years in Prison for Misusing City Funds--by Colin Moynihan
New York Senate Expels Monserrate Over Assault--by Jeremy W. Peters
Rallying Around a Politician Charged With Assault--by Anne Barnard

People Pill

Hiram Monserrate

Syracuse

State Sen. Hiram Monserrate partly acquitted in domestic abuse case--by The Associated Press

Vote Hiram Monserrate

About Page

Photos

Hiram Monserrate--New York State Senate (Public Domain)
Hiram Monserrate announcing return to Democratic caucus in NY Senate--by Austin512 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Hillary's Story

Death Penalty Information Center
The 13 other survivors and their stories--by Sydney P. Freedberg

Local 10 News

Black Florida man wrongly convicted of murder in 1960s dies at age 83--by Sanela Sabovic

The National Registry of Exonerations

Wilbert Lee

The New York Times

‘It's Over’ for 2 Wrongly Held 12 Years--by James T. Wooten

Orlando Sentinel

Pitts and Lee: For 25 years, denial of compensation shamed Florida

Sun Sentinel

Wilbert Lee, wrongly convicted of murder, dies at 83--by Howard Cohen

Wikipedia

Pitts and Lee v. Florida

Witness to Innocence

Freddie Lee Pitts (1937-2020)
Photos
Pitts (L) and Lee leaving a court hearing in 1969--from AP via The Sun Sentinel
Lee and Pitts leaving their second murder trial--via Florida Memory
Lee and Pitts at FL Legislature in 1998--Photo by Don Edgar/AP via The Sun Sentinel

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