Regina Kelly - a podcast by Meghan Sacks and Amy Shlosberg
from 2022-06-28T04:00
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 storySources for Today's Episode:
essence.compbs.org
Radley Balko of Reason magazine’s YouTube ChannelNPR
aclu.orgtexasobserver.org
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