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Brooklyn North

By: Peter McDonnell, Josh Sanburn
Narrated by: Aaron Goodson
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  • Brooklyn North is the true story of how four black men were wrongfully convicted of murder —nearly all connected to a once-legendary NYPD homicide detective, Louis Scarcella. Jonathan Fleming, Sundhe Moses, Jabbar Washington and John Bunn were among dozens of innocent New Yorkers, who spent decades in prison —guilty until proven innocent. This Original documentary follows their relentless fight to unveil an insidious pattern of police and prosecutorial corruption in Brooklyn at the height of the war on drugs and a historic peak in violent crime in the 1980s and ‘90s.
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Episodes
  • Episode 1: They Gave Me a Murder

    Episode 1: They Gave Me a Murder
    Dec 3 2020
    In 1989, Jonathan Fleming is on a family vacation to Disney World when his friend is murdered in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
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    41 mins
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  • Episode 2: An American Kid

    Episode 2: An American Kid
    Dec 3 2020
    After a major homicide, star NYPD detective Louis Scarcella launches a citywide manhunt that leads him to a 14-year-old boy named John Bunn.
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    51 mins
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  • Episode 3: False Confessions

    Episode 3: False Confessions
    Dec 3 2020
    Sundhe Moses and Jabbar Washington are interrogated by the notorious Detective Scarcella, who pressures them to confess to crimes they know nothing about.
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    44 mins
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excellent storytelling

a real insight into some poor unfortunate souls lives. A humbling story with a clear message that it's time for change.

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Moving

Well put together and fascinating look into the failures of prosecutions. My heart goes out to the innocent who found themselves the targets of injustice.

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A true tragedy

These are appalling and true, and truly heartbreaking. The courage of the wrongly convicted is vast. I would hope this does not happen anymore, but I suspect this is false hope.

Not an easy listen but well narrated and worthwhile

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Fascinating and so disturbing

A brilliantly curated podcast that shows the utter scandal and wrongful punishment that so many people face due to crooked criminal justice, corrupt law enforcement, and systemic racism.

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As equally fascinating as it is appalling

Must listen for anyone who is interested in true crime and criminal investigations. It saddens me everytime I hear these stories.

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Excellent and Shocking Listen

This is truly a great listen that provides shocking revelation of the US criminal justice system regarding wrongful conviction of innocent individuals.

Highly recommend. Thoroughly enjoyed this series!

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very good listen

this is a very very sad story of what happened to those men it had me in tears quite a few times. when you listen to it you can't believe how someone could actually do that to another person it is horrifying what happened to those men and to find out that who did it still walks free and the police officer that convicted them still walked free also. and I hope that those men still alive are now mangeing to live there lives happy.

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Honesty at its core

Informative and honest look at investigative and judicial practices in one are of the USA from the 1980s onwards.

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Excellent

Loved it, still needs to be a big change in the future of justice system

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Unbelievable

Very sad thought provoking story. Well done for all that brought the injustice to light

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