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#145: He Was Shot Then He Fought To Save His Attacker’s Life (Terrorist Mark Stroman)

Rotten Mango

Stephanie Soo

True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.825.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2022

⏱️ 97 minutes

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The public was split. Most wanted him dead. He didn’t deserve to live, he killed 2 people, and shot another in the face. Another group of people, a smaller group, fought to save his life. Activists, professors, and lawyers fought hard. They knew he was guilty but they fought. One man fought the hardest. He traveled the world campaigning for his release. The world was shocked. They asked him: are you sure you want him to be free? Are you out of your mind? Do you need psychiatric help? “But… but didn’t he shoot you in the face?” Book: “True American” - by Anand Giridharadas (this is one of the best books I’ve read all year… it’s incredibly emotional and I highly recommend it) Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome to this week's main episode of Rotten Mango. I'm your host Stephanie Sue. And let's

0:38.0

talk about a well-known case. People were kind of divided. They were split. Most people

0:43.0

wanted him dead. He didn't deserve to live. Texas made the right choice by sentencing

0:48.0

him to death. That's what they should have done. Some people, a smaller group of people,

0:52.0

they wanted to fight for his life. They wanted to fight for his right to live. Some activists,

0:57.0

professors, lawyers, they all got involved. They all knew that the killer behind bars had

1:01.7

killed two people, attempted to kill another, and had thought about committing a massacre.

1:07.3

But they wanted this guy to not be executed by the state. They fought for him.

1:12.6

Now the one person that stood out in particular though, he fought the hardest for the release

1:17.0

of the killer. He traveled the world trying to get this man out of prison. And people were

1:22.2

confused. They were shocked. They were looking at him like, are you sure you want this guy

1:25.7

to be free? You know he killed two people, right? Are you sure you don't want him to die?

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I mean, are you out of your mind? Do you need a psych evaluation? It just doesn't make

1:34.3

sense to us. How could you? After he shot you in the face. He's the victim? Yes. Once

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killer to be free? Yes. Wow. As always, full source notes are available at

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rottonmangopodcast.com. And I just want to do a little, little update. I'm sorry, and

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