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Podcast: Wrongful Conviction Podcasts
Episode: #312 Guest Host Laura Nirider with Devontae Sanford
Description: On September 17, 2007, two men broke into a home in Detroit, MI and fatally shot four people. 14 year old Davontae Sanford, who lived nearby, went outside in his pajamas to see the commotion. Police approached Davontae and brought him back to the station where he was interrogated for two days without a parent or guardian present. The questioning ended when Davontae falsely confessed. Despite someone else taking responsibility for the crimes, Davontae was sentenced to 37 to 90 years in prison.
As Co-Director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, and co-host and writer of...