The Underclass: Episode 4 - The Courtroom Spectacle

Black Girl Gone: A True Crime Podcast

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True Crime

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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This week, Amara covers the confessions of the victims. One wasn’t sober and his words were used against him, whereas two new suspects stepped forward. Sources: Book: “Equal Verdicts” Written By Antonne Jones https://www.amazon.com/Equal-Verdicts-Story-Street-Massacre/dp/098259626X Articles: “Drug Terf Rivalry End In GunFire” Philadelphia Inquirer- July 2001 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/198283305/ “Massacre Was Over Car Not Drugs” Philadelphia Daily News -July 2002 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/198287327/ “Case Smelled Like Ghetto Style Justice” Philadelphia Daily News- July 2002 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/198283305/ Videos: Mek46st Speaks on the Lex Street Massacre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-pzrE9T0uc The Lex Street Massacre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSwhJ1p8R34c WAR IN PHILLY: THE LEX STREET MASSACRE STORY (MINI DOCUMENTARY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD3-VrKSrHU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:17.5	Hi, I'm Omar Khofur. Some of you may know me as the creator, host, and executive producer of Black Girl Gone, a true crime podcast. The show centered on stories about missing and murdered black women and women of
0:23.6	color in America. Thank you for joining me on my new show. This season I will dive
0:28.7	into the horrific events of what is known in Philadelphia is the Lex Street Massacre, an event that rocked the city of
0:35.7	Philadelphia and forever changed the lives of everyone involved.
0:41.3	This is the underclass, a podcast that dives into one story over several weekly
0:46.8	episodes. And this season we're covering one of the deadliest mass murders in
0:51.5	Philadelphia history,
0:53.4	the Lex Street Massacre.
0:55.7	In last week's episode, we talked about the boys' treatment in jail
0:59.5	and the lead up to their court date.
1:02.1	During their stay in prison, the foursome received the illegal tampering of their mail. Plus, just days before the trial commenced,
1:15.9	two of them had to change their attorneys.
1:19.1	With all of this stress, mistreatment, and abuse, what was to happen at their upcoming trial?
1:25.0	This is episode 4, the courtroom spectacle. practical.
1:37.0	May 13th was the day that the jury was selected to judge one of the most talked about cases in the state.
1:49.0	Of the prospective jurors interviewed that day, only two were chosen.
1:53.7	Their names were kept secret to protect their privacy and safety.
1:58.2	But during the questioning, a lot of the potential jurors
2:02.3	didn't agree with the possibility of the death
2:04.9	penalty for the four boys and others mentioned that they wouldn't be able to make a
2:11.0	two or three week trial.
2:13.4	The foursome remained calm and quiet behind their attorneys,
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