Ben The Innocent
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Dasgupta, Sunil, host. Interview with Barbara Bradley Hagerty. "Ben The Innocent." I Hate Politics podcast. August 2, 2024. https://open.spotify.com/episode/1FaCymtmGVuOmDbzfvoIJI
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Episode · I Hate Politics Podcast · In 1988, Benjamine Spencer, a young black man in Dallas, TX, was wrongfully convicted of the murder of Jeffrey young, a young white man, the son of a prominent Ross Perot supporter, by prosecutors trained by Henry Wade, the Wade in Roe v Wade. Washington DC journalist and author Barbara Bradley Hagerty, whose 2018 reporting led to Spencer’s release has now written a book, Bringing Ben Home, (https://a.co/d/6w5uHll) and talks with Sunil Dasgupta about the case and its implications. Music by Alexandria alt-rock band Jackie and the Treehorns.