Camouflage Bias: Part 1

Deep Cover

Pushkin Industries

True Crime, History

4.3 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

1978. A few months after the Aleman trial wraps up, the presiding judge, Frank Wilson, sentences a young man named Ronnie Carrasquillo to 200-600 years in prison for murder. But Ronnie’s lawyer claims there's much more to the story.

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0:00.0	Pushkin.
0:11.2	Hey, it's Jake.
0:12.6	I want to let you know, we are working right now on Season 3 for you,
0:16.5	and it's a totally different kind of story than you've heard before on this podcast.
0:20.6	I've actually been flying all over the country reporting it, and I can't wait to share it with you.
0:25.5	But first, Deep Cover is back, with two special episodes, which are kind of a spin-off of Season 2.
0:32.5	So, let's jump right in.
0:34.5	About a year ago, there was this pretty unusual hearing in Chicago.
0:40.5	It involved a guy named Ronnie Carasquillo, who was imprisoned for murder.
0:45.5	I've been following the facts of his case pretty closely.
0:48.5	We actually sent someone to record the proceedings that day.
0:52.5	I was interested in this hearing because it was, in a strange way, connected to the story of Bob Cooley.
0:59.5	Back in the 1990s, when Bob exposed the corruption that was going on in Chicago, there were ripple effects.
1:06.5	In these ripple effects, they played out for decades.
1:11.5	Ronnie's hearing in Chicago was a bit more than just a few days ago.
1:16.5	In these ripple effects, they played out for decades. Ronnie's hearing in Chicago, it was one of these ripples.
1:24.5	It all started back in the 1970s, with the trial of Harry Elaman, a mob hitman.
1:31.5	Remember him? This was the big case from Season 2.
1:35.5	Harry had stone-cold eyes. He just did. Harry looked pure evil.
1:41.5	Do you ever watch the movie's car face kind of remind you the guy walks up behind the car face with shotgun at the end?
1:48.5	Harry went on trial for murder, and the mob called in Bob Cooley to fix the case.
1:54.5	Bob claimed he bribed the judge, a guy named Frank Wilson, and the hitman, well he got off.
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