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S03E08 - Henry McCollum & Leon Brown
Manage episode 332540757 series 2972317
In episode eight season three of the American Justice Podcast, Scott and C. Derick break down the chilling rape and murder of Sabrina Bui, an 11-year-old girl found dead in a field - underwear stuffed down her throat, bloodied and raped in 1983. They discuss how two brothers, Henry McCollum and Leon Brown, were coerced into a confession, wrongfully convicted of murder, and sent to prison for more than 30 years for a crime that DNA evidence would later prove they didn't commit.
Time Stamps
01:40 The case of Sabrina Bui
03:00 Why Henry McCollum and Leon Brown Became the Prime Suspects in Sabrina's Murder
05:45 Sabrina Disappears and Her Parents File a Missing Person's Report
08:37 Sabrina's Body is Discovered Naked in a Soybean Field
11:07 Police Start Investigations Into the Murder of Sabrina Bui
14:05 Henry and Leon Get Interrogated For Hours Without a Lawyer
16:46 How Henry and Leon Were Coerced Into Signing False Confessions
22:25 Henry and Leon are Found Guilty and Recieve the Death Penalty
23:28 Leon Contacts the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission
25:15 September 2014, a Judge Declares Leon and Henry Were Wrongfully Convicted
29:28 Leon's Struggles With Mental Health Issues
32:20 Henry and Leon Pursue Litigation Against Robeson County Law Enforcement
34:47 How Sabrina's Family Reacted to the News of Henry and Leon's Release
36:52 Roscoe Artis is Linked to Sabrina's Murder
38:06 Sabrina's Sister, Tenita, Shares Her Memory of the Day Her Sister Disappeared
40:15 Critical Information From the Case That Detectives Ignored
45:01 Roscoe's Troubling Criminal Past
47:20 How Roscoe Became a Suspect in Sabrina's Murder Case
50:34 District Attorney Joe Freeman's Reign of Terror
54:58 Joe Control Over the Courts in Robeson and Scotland Counties
58:30 Interesting Facts About Sabrina's Murder Case
01:07:20 The Main Causes Behind Wrongful Convictions in the US
01:08:17 Parting Thoughts
YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/AmericanJusticePodcast
Where to Listen:
Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-justice-podcast/id1442874178
Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/american-justice/s1e1-brandon-woodruff-case-overview
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5y7UVzvchLxJYbrceVTbvX
Online - www.AmericanJusticePodcast.com
If you would like to get in touch with us, you can do so in any of the following ways:
https://www.facebook.com/americanjusticepodcast
https://www.instagram.com/americanjusticepodcast/
https://www.twitter.com/ajusticepodcast
https://www.americanjusticepodcast.com
Voicemail: (972) 942-0444 Email: info@americanjusticepodcast.com
You can reach the hosts here -
Scott Poggensee Email - Scott@AtuAProductions.com
www.facebook.com/scott.poggensee
C. Derick Miller www.cderickmiller.com
https://www.facebook.com/howlgrowlsnarl
https://twitter.com/howlgrowlsnarl
https://www.instagram.com/howlgrowlsn/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCylWekMVEiop3uAPi1MAQ_w
https://howlgrowlsnarl.podbean.com/
https://open.spotify.com/user/chadandnez?si=BICZNwedTBCSsdtz90PTNg
Links to research and videos
- https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/state-and-federal-info/state-by-state/north-carolina
- https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/former-death-row-prisoners-freed-in-north-carolina
- https://www.ncdps.gov/our-organization/adult-correction/prisons/death-penalty/list-removed-death-row
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_executed_in_North_Carolina
- https://www.ncadp.org/pages/innocence
- https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/crime/2014/09/04/sabrina-buie-s-family-stunned/22155787007/
- https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Sabrina-Buie-A-Girl-s-Father-P3CSAG3TU5ZW
- https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/nc/fayetteville/KFAY/date/1983-9-24
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/joe-freeman-britt-prosecutor-who-sent-dozens-to-death-row-dies-at-80/2016/04/15/b246f27e-025b-11e6-b823-707c79ce3504_story.html
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/05/18/north-carolina-henry-mcollum-leon-brown-death-row-damages/5146225001/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/us/north-carolina-brothers-death-row-settlement.html
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/16/north-carolina-brothers-exonerated-75million/
- https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/04/07/the-price-of-innocence
- https://goodblacknews.org/tag/sabrina-buie/
- https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/crime/2014/09/04/sabrina-buie-s-family-stunned/22155787007/
- https://nationalpost.com/news/free-at-last-dna-evidence-clears-brothers-of-rape-and-murder-of-north-carolina-girl-after-30-years-in-prison
- https://nccadp.org/stories/henry-mccollum-leon-brown/
- https://wcsj.law.duke.edu/2021/10/event-recap-henry-mccollum-leon-brown-attorneys-talk-wrongful-convictions/
- https://www.robesonian.com/archive/13240/news-breaking_news-home_top-news-50207657-motion-says-roscoe-artis-killed-buie
- https://abc11.com/child-rape-murder-red-springs-1983-killed/293662/
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/joe-freeman-britt-prosecutor-who-sent-dozens-to-death-row-dies-at-80/2016/04/15/b246f27e-025b-11e6-b823-707c79ce3504_story.html
- https://www.wral.com/robeson-da-weighing-charges-against-new-suspect-in-1983-murder/13947964/
- http://www.cdpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/SAVED-FROM-EXECUTION-web-final1.pdf
- https://www.legalscoops.com/6-most-common-causes-of-wrongful-convictions/
Videos
Short clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L0IVy2mKa4
Sound bite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyjIg_pKa3w
Sound bite: Death row interview with Henry McCollum
95 episodes
Manage episode 332540757 series 2972317
In episode eight season three of the American Justice Podcast, Scott and C. Derick break down the chilling rape and murder of Sabrina Bui, an 11-year-old girl found dead in a field - underwear stuffed down her throat, bloodied and raped in 1983. They discuss how two brothers, Henry McCollum and Leon Brown, were coerced into a confession, wrongfully convicted of murder, and sent to prison for more than 30 years for a crime that DNA evidence would later prove they didn't commit.
Time Stamps
01:40 The case of Sabrina Bui
03:00 Why Henry McCollum and Leon Brown Became the Prime Suspects in Sabrina's Murder
05:45 Sabrina Disappears and Her Parents File a Missing Person's Report
08:37 Sabrina's Body is Discovered Naked in a Soybean Field
11:07 Police Start Investigations Into the Murder of Sabrina Bui
14:05 Henry and Leon Get Interrogated For Hours Without a Lawyer
16:46 How Henry and Leon Were Coerced Into Signing False Confessions
22:25 Henry and Leon are Found Guilty and Recieve the Death Penalty
23:28 Leon Contacts the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission
25:15 September 2014, a Judge Declares Leon and Henry Were Wrongfully Convicted
29:28 Leon's Struggles With Mental Health Issues
32:20 Henry and Leon Pursue Litigation Against Robeson County Law Enforcement
34:47 How Sabrina's Family Reacted to the News of Henry and Leon's Release
36:52 Roscoe Artis is Linked to Sabrina's Murder
38:06 Sabrina's Sister, Tenita, Shares Her Memory of the Day Her Sister Disappeared
40:15 Critical Information From the Case That Detectives Ignored
45:01 Roscoe's Troubling Criminal Past
47:20 How Roscoe Became a Suspect in Sabrina's Murder Case
50:34 District Attorney Joe Freeman's Reign of Terror
54:58 Joe Control Over the Courts in Robeson and Scotland Counties
58:30 Interesting Facts About Sabrina's Murder Case
01:07:20 The Main Causes Behind Wrongful Convictions in the US
01:08:17 Parting Thoughts
YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/AmericanJusticePodcast
Where to Listen:
Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-justice-podcast/id1442874178
Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/american-justice/s1e1-brandon-woodruff-case-overview
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5y7UVzvchLxJYbrceVTbvX
Online - www.AmericanJusticePodcast.com
If you would like to get in touch with us, you can do so in any of the following ways:
https://www.facebook.com/americanjusticepodcast
https://www.instagram.com/americanjusticepodcast/
https://www.twitter.com/ajusticepodcast
https://www.americanjusticepodcast.com
Voicemail: (972) 942-0444 Email: info@americanjusticepodcast.com
You can reach the hosts here -
Scott Poggensee Email - Scott@AtuAProductions.com
www.facebook.com/scott.poggensee
C. Derick Miller www.cderickmiller.com
https://www.facebook.com/howlgrowlsnarl
https://twitter.com/howlgrowlsnarl
https://www.instagram.com/howlgrowlsn/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCylWekMVEiop3uAPi1MAQ_w
https://howlgrowlsnarl.podbean.com/
https://open.spotify.com/user/chadandnez?si=BICZNwedTBCSsdtz90PTNg
Links to research and videos
- https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/state-and-federal-info/state-by-state/north-carolina
- https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/former-death-row-prisoners-freed-in-north-carolina
- https://www.ncdps.gov/our-organization/adult-correction/prisons/death-penalty/list-removed-death-row
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_executed_in_North_Carolina
- https://www.ncadp.org/pages/innocence
- https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/crime/2014/09/04/sabrina-buie-s-family-stunned/22155787007/
- https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Sabrina-Buie-A-Girl-s-Father-P3CSAG3TU5ZW
- https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/nc/fayetteville/KFAY/date/1983-9-24
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/joe-freeman-britt-prosecutor-who-sent-dozens-to-death-row-dies-at-80/2016/04/15/b246f27e-025b-11e6-b823-707c79ce3504_story.html
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/05/18/north-carolina-henry-mcollum-leon-brown-death-row-damages/5146225001/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/us/north-carolina-brothers-death-row-settlement.html
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/16/north-carolina-brothers-exonerated-75million/
- https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/04/07/the-price-of-innocence
- https://goodblacknews.org/tag/sabrina-buie/
- https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/crime/2014/09/04/sabrina-buie-s-family-stunned/22155787007/
- https://nationalpost.com/news/free-at-last-dna-evidence-clears-brothers-of-rape-and-murder-of-north-carolina-girl-after-30-years-in-prison
- https://nccadp.org/stories/henry-mccollum-leon-brown/
- https://wcsj.law.duke.edu/2021/10/event-recap-henry-mccollum-leon-brown-attorneys-talk-wrongful-convictions/
- https://www.robesonian.com/archive/13240/news-breaking_news-home_top-news-50207657-motion-says-roscoe-artis-killed-buie
- https://abc11.com/child-rape-murder-red-springs-1983-killed/293662/
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/joe-freeman-britt-prosecutor-who-sent-dozens-to-death-row-dies-at-80/2016/04/15/b246f27e-025b-11e6-b823-707c79ce3504_story.html
- https://www.wral.com/robeson-da-weighing-charges-against-new-suspect-in-1983-murder/13947964/
- http://www.cdpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/SAVED-FROM-EXECUTION-web-final1.pdf
- https://www.legalscoops.com/6-most-common-causes-of-wrongful-convictions/
Videos
Short clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L0IVy2mKa4
Sound bite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyjIg_pKa3w
Sound bite: Death row interview with Henry McCollum
95 episodes
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