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Podcast: Wrongful Conviction Podcasts
Episode: #306 Guest Host Beth Shelburne with Jeffrey Holemon
Description: In March of 1987, a female University of Alabama student was returning to her apartment in Tuscaloosa, AL, when she was attacked by a masked man who raped her and stole her car keys and bank card. The woman’s abandoned car was later located, and a witness reported seeing a man emerge from it some time earlier. This witness’s singular identification of 23 year old Jeffrey Holemon, who had been in jail on an unrelated, nonviolent charge, led to Jeffrey’s conviction and life sentence.Â
Beth is an award-winning journalist and writer based in Birmingham, AL. Her work ha...