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Clarence Lee Brandley
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Apr 6, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
Today we are discussing the trial, conviction, and eventual exoneration of Clarence Lee Brandley. In 1980 he was working as a janitor at a high school in Texas. On the morning of August 23rd 1980, Cheryl Dee Fergeson was found murdered in a loft above the auditorium where Clarence worked. Some forensic evidence was recovered from the scene but was lost or destroyed before it was tested for trial.Eventually the evidence was tested and it was proven that it could not have come from Clarence. Even with all the issues with the evidence, Clarence, an African American, man was convicted in front of an all white jury in 1981. Eleven months later, he was sentenced to death. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Apr 6, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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