Ken Klonsky's guest appearances

Ken Klonsky

House of Mystery Radio on NBC

The Dark Room

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH with Blake Melnick

Voices of True Crime 

David McCallum

Butch Cassidy

Nick Redfern

Carl Abrahamsson

Scott Wolter

Susan Shumsky

James Van Praagh

Rosemary Ellen Guiley

Jim Jones

Amelia Earhart

Kim Goldman

Paul Williams

Lee Goldberg

Michael Caputo

Juan Martinez

OwlTail

Atif Rafy

Sebastian Burns

What Shocks the Conscience of the CourtA broken justice system is one in which interrogators pull confessions like rabbits out of hats, rather than seeking truth, yet it does not “shock the conscience of the court”.  A broken justice system is one in which excessively confident interrogators believe they are experts on legitimate expressions of grief and conflate theatrics of sorrow with actual innocence.  (Never mind that  crocodile tears are the very thing an actually guilty criminal mastermind would perform for the public.)  When suspects are reserved about showing emotions following a traumatic loss, “we call it a very flat affect,” says polygraph witch doctor John Palmatier in an interview with #theconfessiontapes director Kelly Loudenberg. By this assessment, innocent suspects ought to publicly broadcast remorse for what they DID NOT DO according to an accepted formula of expressing sorrow.  There is no allowance for silent shock or attempts to distract oneself from profound emotional pain by engaging in some familiar mundane activity.  The bookend episodes of The Confession Tapes feature innocent defendants who were condemned by the media and public for not performing formulaic theatrics of sorrow.  Rafay, Burns, and DeLisle grieved over tragic losses in their own way, but the public did not view their form of grief as legitimate.   This emboldened interrogators to pull rabbits out of hats and secure groundless convictions. How many media witch-hunts and coerced confession tapes will it take to shock the conscience of the North American courts?Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/houseofmysteryradio.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What Shocks the Conscience of the CourtA broken justice system is one in which interrogators pull confessions like rabbits out of hats, rather than seeking truth, yet it does not “shock the conscience of the court”. A broken justice system is one in which excessively confident interrogators believe they are experts on legitimate expressions of grief and conflate theatrics of sorrow with actual innocence. (Never mind that crocodile tears are the very thing an actually guilty criminal mastermind would perform for the public.) When suspects are reserved about showing emotions following a traumatic loss, “we call it a very flat affect,” says polygraph witch doctor John Palmatier in an interview with #theconfessiontapes director Kelly Loudenberg. By this assessment, innocent suspects ought to publicly broadcast remorse for what they DID NOT DO according to an accepted formula of expressing sorrow. There is no allowance for silent shock or attempts to distract oneself from profound emotional pain by engaging in some familiar mundane activity. The bookend episodes of The Confession Tapes feature innocent defendants who were condemned by the media and public for not performing formulaic theatrics of sorrow. Rafay, Burns, and DeLisle grieved over tragic losses in their own way, but the public did not view their form of grief as legitimate. This emboldened interrogators to pull rabbits out of hats and secure groundless convictions. How many media witch-hunts and coerced confession tapes will it take to shock the conscience of the North American courts?Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio</a>. Become a member at <a href="https://plus.acast.com/s/houseofmysteryradio" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://plus.acast.com/s/houseofmysteryradio</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Atif Rafay & Sebastian Burns Murder case - Ken Klonsky

For ten years before Rubin “Hurricane” Carter’s death, he and his friend and coauthor Ken Klonsky had been working to help free another wrongfully convicted man, David McCallum. McCallum was eventually exonerated and freed after serving twenty-nine years in prison. This is the story of how Carter and Klonsky, along with a group of committed friends and professionals, managed to secure McCallum’s release. It details their many struggles, from founding an innocence project to take on the case, finding lawyers willing to work pro bono, and hiring a private detective to sift through old evidence and locate original witnesses, to the most difficult part: convincing members of a deeply flawed criminal justice system to reopen a case that would expose their own mistakes when all they wanted to do was ignore the conflicting evidence. A new district attorney willing to reexamine the case, a documentary film, and an op-ed piece in which Carter, on his deathbed, made a plea for McCallum’s release finally turned the tide of justice.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/houseofmysteryradio.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For ten years before Rubin “Hurricane” Carter’s death, he and his friend and coauthor Ken Klonsky had been working to help free another wrongfully convicted man, David McCallum. McCallum was eventually exonerated and freed after serving twenty-nine years in prison. This is the story of how Carter and Klonsky, along with a group of committed friends and professionals, managed to secure McCallum’s release. It details their many struggles, from founding an innocence project to take on the case, finding lawyers willing to work pro bono, and hiring a private detective to sift through old evidence and locate original witnesses, to the most difficult part: convincing members of a deeply flawed criminal justice system to reopen a case that would expose their own mistakes when all they wanted to do was ignore the conflicting evidence. A new district attorney willing to reexamine the case, a documentary film, and an op-ed piece in which Carter, on his deathbed, made a plea for McCallum’s release finally turned the tide of justice.Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio</a>. Become a member at <a href="https://plus.acast.com/s/houseofmysteryradio" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://plus.acast.com/s/houseofmysteryradio</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Freeing David McCallum - David McCallum & Ken Klonsky

Laws are in place to protect the innocent from being punished. But what happens when those entrusted to uphold them, do the opposite? Paul and Jordan talk to David McCallum, imprisoned 29 years for a crime he did not commit, and Ken Klonsky, pivotal to his eventual release, about the events surrounding David's wrongful conviction and the unfair justice system responsible for it. Exploring how much has changed since, the four delve into important issues of race, false confessions, and the right to a fair trial. As David and Ken reveal, though wrongful convictions still persist, we--as concerned citizens--can help end them by holding governments legally accountable.  Learn more about David and Ken here. 

Laws are in place to protect the innocent from being punished. But what happens when those entrusted to uphold them, do the opposite? Paul and Jordan talk to David McCallum, imprisoned 29 years for a crime he did not commit, and Ken Klonsky, pivotal to his eventual release, about the events surrounding David's wrongful conviction and the unfair justice system responsible for it. Exploring how much has changed since, the four delve into important issues of race, false confessions, and the right to a fair trial. As David and Ken reveal, though wrongful convictions still persist, we--as concerned citizens--can help end them by holding governments legally accountable. Learn more about David and Ken <a href="http://kenklonsky.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

Episode #94 - Imprisoned Innocence: Ken Klonsky & David McCallum