Heart and Soul

The Right Thing: Framed by my brother


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In July 2000 Floyd Bledsoe was convicted of the murder of his 14-year-old sister-in-law in the small Kansas town of Oskaloosa. His older brother Tom had originally confessed to the killing, but later changed his story, accusing Floyd of the crime.

A committed Christian, Floyd spent the next 15 years fighting his conviction, and wrestling with the Bible’s teaching to forgive those who have done us wrong. Could he forgive Tom for what he had done? Or his parents, who had sided with one son over the other?

Mike Wooldridge speaks to Floyd about his ordeal and about his struggle to do the right thing by his faith. Mike also hears from a volunteer prison chaplain who helped Floyd resolve his dilemma, and from a family friend who stuck by Floyd when others in his own church turned their backs on him.

Producer: Mike Lanchin

A CTVC production for the BBC World Service
Archive material courtesy of the Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World

(Photo: ​Floyd Bledsoe, 2015. Credit: Midwest Innocence Project)

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