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Trying to get my penpal out of prison

Trying to get my penpal out of prison

FromLives Less Ordinary


Trying to get my penpal out of prison

FromLives Less Ordinary

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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
May 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

When filmmaker Ray Klonsky was a teenager he received a letter from David McCallum, an inmate at a New York prison who was already more than 10 years into his sentence for a murder he said he did not commit. The pair became penpals and after a while, Ray and his father Ken started searching for evidence that could prove their new friend's innocence. In a remarkable story of chance encounters, a decade-long fight for justice began, with the help of the world-famous boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter.

Ray has made a film about their story, it's called Fight for Justice: David and Me

Presented and produced by Saskia Edwards

Picture: David McCallum and Ray Klonsky at the beach
Credit: Ray Klonsky
Released:
May 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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