Gossip Without Prejudice

S1E3: Double Prosecution & the Gun Trace Task Force


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What if we told you that the government can convict multiple people for the same single crime? Can prosecutors oppose your defense, and then turn around and hold your story as true in another trial to convict another man?

This week, we learn about the Baltimore Gun Trace Task Force’s corruption, and how Keyon Paylor’s case exposed a pattern of alarming prosecutor misconduct prevalent in the U.S. justice system since the 70’s.


What do you do when the system insists innocence isn't enough?


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Sources:

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=6769 

https://www.propublica.org/article/what-happens-when-prosecutors-offer-opposing-versions-of-truth


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