Earwitness: Episode 1 | Behind the Crown

09/19/23 • 42 min

From the production team that brought you Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom, Bone Valley, The War on Drugs, and the Wrongful Conviction series, here is Episode 1 of our new podcast: Earwitness. If you like what you hear, you can listen to episode 2 right now wherever you get your podcasts or by clicking this link:

http://lavaforgood.com/earlanding

Journalist Beth Shelburne meets with former Alabama Attorney General Bill Baxley, who explains why he is deeply disturbed by the wrongful conviction of Toforest Johnson for the murder of Deputy Bill Hardy. Through her reporting on the case, Beth, like Baxley, is convinced that Toforest has no connection to the murder. She sets out to conduct an in-depth investigation into why detectives targeted him in the first place, how he was convicted, and why the State of Alabama is still seeking his execution today.

Earwitness will be available every Tuesday wherever you get your podcasts. To hear episodes a week early and ad free, subscribe to Lava for Good+ on Apple Podcasts.

Earwitness is a production of Lava for GoodTM Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.

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09/19/23 • 42 min

Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom - Earwitness: Episode 1 | Behind the Crown

Transcript

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This is quite a wall here. Oh, these are some great photos. That's Jimmy Carter enough for me. Uh huh, as Leon Larenna Lynn. How did this come about? She was given a concert and Brown Allen uh huh carried me backstage to lead. Look at this suit that you have on. Maybe you've never heard of Bill Baxley, but here in Alabama he's a big deal. Oh wow. Baxley is eighty two, slightly balding, with silver hair and eyebrows.

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