The Prosecutor's Story

The Prosecutor's Story

Frederick Freeman was sitting in St. Clair County Jail pending his April 1987 trial. He was facing first-degree murder charges in the death of St. Clair Community College student Scott Macklem, a member of a prominent Croswell, MI family. The motive for the killing seemed improbably thin; Port Huron police asserted that Freeman had shot the young man out of jealousy, based on his brief, two-month relationship with Macklem's fiancée, Crystal Merrill. The real hurdle was the fact that Freeman was seen 436 miles away right about the time of the shooting. Combined with the fact that no credible evidence of Fred's guilt could be found, the case should have been quite difficult to prove. However, the prosecution had a novel approach to presenting their case, and a truly imaginative theory of how a cash-strapped, 23-year-old who sometimes landed on the wrong side of the law could have accomplished what seemed to be impossible...

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Bonus Episode 4 with Jason Usry from Santa Maybe A Criminal

Bonus Episode 4 with Jason Usry from Santa Maybe A Criminal

Jason Usry joins me to discuss the commutation hearing from 2010 as well as the evidence that works against Temujin Kensu ever having his sentence commuted or his conviction reversed.  Website: Framed...

27 Elo 43min

Three Sides To Every Story

Three Sides To Every Story

The anguish over the lost habeas petition wasn't the only difficulty that Temujin Kensu and his supporters would face in the fall of 2010. A month before the decision, he stood before the Michigan Sta...

24 Elo 36min

Hope, Heartbreak, and Happiness

Hope, Heartbreak, and Happiness

As we learned in the last episode, Temujin Kensu – formerly Fred Freeman, was now serving life without the possibility of parole in the Michigan prison system. Having been convicted of the crime of fi...

17 Elo 30min

Bonus Episode 3 with Robin from The Trail Went Cold

Bonus Episode 3 with Robin from The Trail Went Cold

Robin from The Trail Went Cold joins me to discuss how the defense attacked the prosecution's theory, their witnesses as well as how the public perceives a defendant with skeletons in their closet.

13 Elo 55min

The Jury's Decision

The Jury's Decision

On May 15, 1987, twelve jurors were charged with determining the guilt or innocence of Frederick Freeman in the first-degree murder of Scott A. Macklem. The State's theory relied upon the jury believi...

10 Elo 37min

In Defense Of A Ninja

In Defense Of A Ninja

Over the last few weeks, a St. Clair jury had been introduced to a variety of alleged eyewitnesses to the crime, and listened to damaging - but sometimes conflicting - accounts of the events of the mo...

3 Elo 43min

Bonus Episode 2 with Brett from The Prosecutors

Bonus Episode 2 with Brett from The Prosecutors

Brett from The Prosecutors podcast discusses the prosecution of Frederick Freeman, conflicts of interest, admission of evidence, and witnesses. Web and Socials:      FramedPod.com    |   @FramedPod

30 Heinä 49min

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