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Aug 2023
41m 20s

#384 Jason Flom with Stephanie Spurgeon

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About this episode

Stephanie Spurgeon was a married mother of two who had been running a daycare facility from her home for 15 years. On August 21, 2008, Stephanie took care of 1 year old Maria Harris for the first time. Maria’s grandmother picked her up that day, but soon noticed Maria was unresponsive. After 8 days in the hospital, Maria passed away. Because Stephanie was the last supervisor of the child, she was accused of murder and convicted of manslaughter based on the prosecution’s argument of Abusive Head Trauma. After 9 years in the Florida prison system, numerous Innocence Projects helped Stephanie assert her innocence, and in 2021, she accepted an Alford Plea and was finally freed. 

In this updated episode, Jason Flom catches up with Stephanie to discuss the great advocacy work she is doing today to pay it forward to others who are wrongfully convicted. 

To learn more and get involved, visit:

https://gofund.me/06c1b747

Tre Clay: https://www.instagram.com/justice_for_tre_clay/?hl=en

Stephanie's podcast, Freedom Fighters: https://open.spotify.com/show/6BR03ECj2NitXptajTtkmH

https://millerforstateattorney.com/

https://www.facebook.com/MillerForStateAttorney

https://www.instagram.com/millerforstateattorney/?hl=en

https://twitter.com/afmiller2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmwdSfek2aM

https://lavaforgood.com/with-jason-flom

Wrongful Conviction is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.

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