E9 Harlem Park Three

In this case, DeWitt Duckett was shot and murdered for his jacket. But in this case, DeWitt wasn't the only victim. This episode is about Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins, and Andrew Stewart, who are sometimes referred to as the "Harlem Park Three." 

A lot of the details in this episode are from the State’s Attorney’s Conviction Integrity Unit Report, which can be found here: https://www.stattorney.org/images/CIU%20Final%20Report%20-%20Chestnut%20et%20al.pdf

To read about student-wtiness Bishop’s account of this case, check out this article in the New Yorker referenced during the show: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/01/when-a-witness-recants

Read about the case at the National Registry of Exonerations:

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5641

See Baltimore City’s January 2023 Significant Litigation Report: https://law.baltimorecity.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01-31%20Significant%20Litigation%20Report.pdf

Check out the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project’s page on this case (they assisted on the case): https://exonerate.org/all-project-list/harlem-park-three-alfred-chestnut-andrew-stewart-ransom-watkins/

For more news coverage:

https://www.npr.org/2019/11/26/782941770/after-36-years-in-prison-for-georgetown-jacket-murder-3-men-are-exonerated-at-la

https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2019/11/25/arrested-teens-three-men-are-expected-be-exonerated-after-years-behind-bars-wrongful-murder-conviction/?itid=lk_interstitial_manual_6

https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2020/03/02/three-men-wrongly-imprisoned-36-years-receive-29-million-each-maryland/

https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/even-though-they-are-free-harlem-park-three-struggle-to-adjust-to-life-after-prison/

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-cr-harlem-park-three-sue-20200813-xmz2nl265fastgglxixc5mm7wa-story.html

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/attorney-andrew-freeman-for-man-of-harlem-park-3-discusses-details-of-lawsuit/33608522

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEBmr1GF9O0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba0iRzYuCxU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg9NztW_u8M&pp=ygUbSGFybGVtIFBhcmsgdGhyZWUgYmFsdGltb3Jl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMQ7088EsHE&pp=ygUbSGFybGVtIFBhcmsgdGhyZWUgYmFsdGltb3Jl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NoPikVr2Zc&pp=ygUbSGFybGVtIFBhcmsgdGhyZWUgYmFsdGltb3Jl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiRwrCXDZJE&pp=ygUbSGFybGVtIFBhcmsgdGhyZWUgYmFsdGltb3Jl

 

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