S03E08 - Henry McCollum & Leon Brown

In episode eight season three of the American Justice Podcast, Scott and C. Derick break down the chilling rape and murder of Sabrina Bui, an 11-year-old girl found dead in a field - underwear stuffed down her throat, bloodied and raped in 1983. They discuss how two brothers, Henry McCollum and Leon Brown, were coerced into a confession, wrongfully convicted of murder, and sent to prison for more than 30 years for a crime that DNA evidence would later prove they didn't commit.

Time Stamps

01:40 The case of Sabrina Bui

03:00 Why Henry McCollum and Leon Brown Became the Prime Suspects in Sabrina's Murder

05:45 Sabrina Disappears and Her Parents File a Missing Person's Report

08:37 Sabrina's Body is Discovered Naked in a Soybean Field

11:07 Police Start Investigations Into the Murder of Sabrina Bui

14:05 Henry and Leon Get Interrogated For Hours Without a Lawyer

16:46 How Henry and Leon Were Coerced Into Signing False Confessions

22:25 Henry and Leon are Found Guilty and Recieve the Death Penalty

23:28 Leon Contacts the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission

25:15 September 2014, a Judge Declares Leon and Henry Were Wrongfully Convicted

29:28 Leon's Struggles With Mental Health Issues

32:20 Henry and Leon Pursue Litigation Against Robeson County Law Enforcement

34:47 How Sabrina's Family Reacted to the News of Henry and Leon's Release

36:52 Roscoe Artis is Linked to Sabrina's Murder

38:06 Sabrina's Sister, Tenita, Shares Her Memory of the Day Her Sister Disappeared

40:15 Critical Information From the Case That Detectives Ignored

45:01 Roscoe's Troubling Criminal Past

47:20 How Roscoe Became a Suspect in Sabrina's Murder Case

50:34 District Attorney Joe Freeman's Reign of Terror

54:58 Joe Control Over the Courts in Robeson and Scotland Counties

58:30 Interesting Facts About Sabrina's Murder Case

01:07:20 The Main Causes Behind Wrongful Convictions in the US

01:08:17 Parting Thoughts

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Links to research and videos

• https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/state-and-federal-info/state-by-state/north-carolina
• https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/former-death-row-prisoners-freed-in-north-carolina
• https://www.ncdps.gov/our-organization/adult-correction/prisons/death-penalty/list-removed-death-row
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_executed_in_North_Carolina
• https://www.ncadp.org/pages/innocence
• https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/crime/2014/09/04/sabrina-buie-s-family-stunned/22155787007/
• https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Sabrina-Buie-A-Girl-s-Father-P3CSAG3TU5ZW
• https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/nc/fayetteville/KFAY/date/1983-9-24
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/joe-freeman-britt-prosecutor-who-sent-dozens-to-death-row-dies-at-80/2016/04/15/b246f27e-025b-11e6-b823-707c79ce3504_story.html
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/05/18/north-carolina-henry-mcollum-leon-brown-death-row-damages/5146225001/
• https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/us/north-carolina-brothers-death-row-settlement.html
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/16/north-carolina-brothers-exonerated-75million/
• https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/04/07/the-price-of-innocence
• https://goodblacknews.org/tag/sabrina-buie/
• https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/crime/2014/09/04/sabrina-buie-s-family-stunned/22155787007/
• https://nationalpost.com/news/free-at-last-dna-evidence-clears-brothers-of-rape-and-murder-of-north-carolina-girl-after-30-years-in-prison
• https://nccadp.org/stories/henry-mccollum-leon-brown/
• https://wcsj.law.duke.edu/2021/10/event-recap-henry-mccollum-leon-brown-attorneys-talk-wrongful-convictions/
• https://www.robesonian.com/archive/13240/news-breaking_news-home_top-news-50207657-motion-says-roscoe-artis-killed-buie
• https://abc11.com/child-rape-murder-red-springs-1983-killed/293662/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/joe-freeman-britt-prosecutor-who-sent-dozens-to-death-row-dies-at-80/2016/04/15/b246f27e-025b-11e6-b823-707c79ce3504_story.html
• https://www.wral.com/robeson-da-weighing-charges-against-new-suspect-in-1983-murder/13947964/
• http://www.cdpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/SAVED-FROM-EXECUTION-web-final1.pdf
• https://www.legalscoops.com/6-most-common-causes-of-wrongful-convictions/

Videos

Short clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L0IVy2mKa4

Sound bite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyjIg_pKa3w

Sound bite: Death row interview with Henry McCollum