Wrongful Conviction podcast

Wrongful Conviction

Hosted by celebrated criminal justice reform advocate and founding board member of the Innocence Project Jason Flom, Pulitzer prize-winning podcast host and producer Maggie Freleng, and Emmy Award-winning writer, producer and podcast host Lauren Bright Pacheco, Wrongful Conviction features intimate conversations with men and women who have spent years in prison for crimes they maintain they did not commit. Some have been fully exonerated and reunited with family and friends while others continue to languish, with some even facing execution on death row. Each episode peels back the layers behind the stories of those who have found themselves caught in a legal system gone wrong, with illuminating insights from lawyers and leading experts sharing their in-depth knowledge about each case, from prison visits and courtroom battles to reexamined crime scenes and witness interviews. This gripping series reveals the tragedy of injustice…as well as the triumph that is possible when people step up and demand change.

Hosted by celebrated criminal justice reform advocate and founding board member of the Innocence Project Jason Flom, Pulitzer prize-winning podcast host and producer Maggie Freleng, and Emmy Award-winning writer, producer and podcast host Lauren Bright Pacheco, Wrongful Conviction features intimate conversations with men and women who have spent years in prison for crimes they maintain they did not commit. Some have been fully exonerated and reunited with family and friends while others continue to languish, with some even facing execution on death row. Each episode peels back the layers behind the stories of those who have found themselves caught in a legal system gone wrong, with illuminating insights from lawyers and leading experts sharing their in-depth knowledge about each case, from prison visits and courtroom battles to reexamined crime scenes and witness interviews. This gripping series reveals the tragedy of injustice…as well as the triumph that is possible when people step up and demand change.

 

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#554 Lauren Bright Pacheco with Pablo Velez

In the early morning hours of July 14, 2004, 19 year-old Adrian Payan and 18 year-old Emer... more

11 Dec 2025

37 MINS

37:41

11 Dec 2025


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#553 Lauren Bright Pacheco with Jeff Smith

On July 9, 2006, at Club Crystal in Waterloo, IA, an individual later identified as Tonye ... more

04 Dec 2025

45 MINS

45:34

04 Dec 2025


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Introducing - The Burden: Death & Deceit in Alliance - Preview

On April Fools Day 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Layne was found murdered in her Alliance, Ohio... more

02 Dec 2025

12 MINS

12:50

02 Dec 2025


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#552 Lauren Bright Pacheco with Robert Bintz

In August 1987, the body of 44-year-old single mother of two, Sandra Lison, was found in t... more

27 Nov 2025

28 MINS

28:54

27 Nov 2025


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#551 Lauren Bright Pacheco with Marvin Grimm Jr.

On November 22, 1975, a mother reported her three-year-old son missing after seeing him ro... more

20 Nov 2025

39 MINS

39:21

20 Nov 2025


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#550 Lauren Bright Pacheco with Oscar Eagle

On March 14, 1998, 16-year-old Benjamin Urias was shot in the Pico-Union neighborhood in L... more

13 Nov 2025

35 MINS

35:54

13 Nov 2025


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Introducing - Wrongful Conviction with Lauren Bright Pacheco | Season 2

Six new, inspiring episodes of Wrongful Conviction, hosted by Lauren Bright Pacheco, that ... more

07 Nov 2025

01 MINS

01:52

07 Nov 2025


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#549 Lauren Bright Pacheco with James Soto

Wrongful Conviction with Lauren Bright Pacheco is back November 13th with all new episodes... more

30 Oct 2025

48 MINS

48:47

30 Oct 2025


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#458 Jason Flom with Jeff Boppre

On September 19, 1988, drug dealer Richard Valdez and his pregnant girlfriend Sharon Condo... more

23 Oct 2025

41 MINS

41:46

23 Oct 2025


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#547 Jason Flom with John Restivo

On December 5th, 1984, the naked body of Theresa Fusco was pulled out of a wooded area in ... more

16 Oct 2025

43 MINS

43:46

16 Oct 2025


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#546 Jason Flom with David Smith

On October 15, 2015, Quortney Tolliver was attacked with a hammer in her home in Ravenna T... more

10 Oct 2025

50 MINS

50:49

10 Oct 2025


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#545 Jason Flom with Fredrico Lowe-Bey

On May 21, 1988, about 5:00 a.m., the victim, after an argument with her boyfriend, left h... more

02 Oct 2025

36 MINS

36:27

02 Oct 2025


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#544 Jason Flom with Maggie Freleng on Quincy Cross and Graves County

Jason Flom sits down for an interview with Maggie Freleng, the Pulitzer prize-winning prod... more

25 Sep 2025

20 MINS

20:21

25 Sep 2025


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#543 Jason Flom with Jonathan Parker

On April 9, 1997, shortly after midnight in Buffalo, NY, Officers Charles “Skip&rdqu... more

22 Sep 2025

43 MINS

43:00

22 Sep 2025


#545

Introducing Bone Valley Season 3 | Graves County - Preview

Maggie Freleng, along with Executive Producers Gilbert King and Jason Flom bring you the f... more

18 Sep 2025

40 MINS

40:58

18 Sep 2025


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#542 Jason Flom with Nicholas Allen

On the night of February 4, 2011, Avalisa Morris was shot and killed at a birthday party i... more

11 Sep 2025

39 MINS

39:03

11 Sep 2025


#543

Introducing - Bone Valley Season 3 | Graves County

In Season 1 of Bone Valley, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King tells a story of a ... more

10 Sep 2025

03 MINS

03:16

10 Sep 2025


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#541 Guest Host Maggie Freleng with Quincy Cross

18-year-old Jessica Currin’s burned and decomposing body was discovered on August 1,... more

04 Sep 2025

45 MINS

45:22

04 Sep 2025


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#540 Jason Flom with Joe Berlinger on the West Memphis 3

In the late 80’s and early 90’s, the US found itself wrapped up in the “... more

28 Aug 2025

1 HR 15 MINS

1:15:42

28 Aug 2025