Podcasts by The Arc Towards Justice
Alexander McClay Williams, 16, is the youngest person to be executed by the state of Pennsylvania. But he was sentenced to death for the gruesome stabbing of his sole protector, Vida Robare, at Glen Mills Reformatory School—the oldest boys reformatory school in our nation. What really happened in 1930? This podcast traces the arc of race and politics in America through one boy, three families, and a reform school gone wrong.
Further podcasts by Jack Pokorny
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Episode 6: You'll Do from 2020-08-13T22:48:27
In the finale of the Arc Towards Justice series, Episode 6 brings the podcast into the present, with the 2017 attempt to get Alexander’s name cleared through an expungement trial. Titled
Episode 5: The Verdict from 2020-08-13T22:47:58
Episode five, titled The Verdict, deals with Alexander’s sentencing. In it, we also hear startling new information from Teresa Smithers, a descendant of Fred Robare. And the epi...
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Episode 4: The Confessions from 2020-08-13T22:46:11
Episode four, The Confessions, begins with Alexander’s great great nephew reading the most damning of his confessions to the murder. These confessions were the most compelling e...
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Episode 3: The Trial from 2020-08-13T22:45:48
Episode Three, The Trial, embarks on Alexander’s trial, including the voire dire or preliminary questioning of the jurors and the court testimony of Fred Robare, the slain woman...
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Episode 2: A Pleasure to Burn from 2020-08-13T22:40:37
Episode Two, titled “A Pleasure to Burn” tells how Alexander was first caught up in the Delaware County legal system as a twelve year old. The title evokes both Alexander’s yout...
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Episode 1: Mystery in a Murder from 2020-08-05T19:12:14
Episode One, Mystery in a Murder, introduces the listener to Alexander’s story and positions the case in Dr. King’s saying “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” ...
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