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Jun 2022
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Regina Kelly

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About this episode

Ep 81: Young mother, victim of drug war

wrongly arrested, jailed, and indicted based on the word of a confidential informant…

After being involved in a drug sweep… with no prior drug record, no evidence or any drugs found on her, Regina had a choice: plead guilty and go home to her four children as a convicted felon or remain in prison for potentially decades for a crime she did not commit.

This is the Regina Kelly story


Sources for Today's Episode:

  • essence.com
  • pbs.org
  • Radley Balko of Reason magazine’s YouTube Channel
  • NPR
  • aclu.org
  • texasobserver.org


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  • Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks
  • Produced by James Varga
  • Edited by Jose Alfonso
  • Music by Dessert Media


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Keywords: wrongful conviction, drug crime, John Paschall, American Violet, Hearne, Texas, racism 

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