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Episode 6: Can Anybody Help?

Episode 6: Can Anybody Help?

Released Wednesday, 28th February 2024
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Episode 6: Can Anybody Help?

Episode 6: Can Anybody Help?

Episode 6: Can Anybody Help?

Episode 6: Can Anybody Help?

Wednesday, 28th February 2024
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What happens in a small Southern town after a lynching? Will Willie’s killers be held accountable? The man accused of leading the lynch mob actually faces charges, but another Lexington trial has a very different focus and a different outcome than Willie Leaphart’s.More than 130 years after Willie Leaphart’s murder, a new legal case will take up the challenge of getting his initial rape conviction overturned. But even today, the challenges that come with correcting the injustice are steep. Can Willie ever get justice?*****Bristow Marchant is the reporter on this podcast. It is a a production of The State and McClatchy, and produced by Loumay Alesali, Jennifer Molina, Kata Stevens, Hrisanthi Pickett and Joshua Boucher. Special thanks to Don Blount.

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