On Our Watch Presents: Hush

About this episode

This episode features the first installment of 'Hush,' an investigative podcast exploring the case of Jesse Lee Johnson, a Black man wrongfully sentenced to death in Oregon.

Today we’re sharing the first episode of 'Hush,' an investigative podcast from Oregon Public Broadcasting focused on uncovering the buried truth about critical stories in the Pacific Northwest. This series looks at the case of Jesse Lee Johnson, a Black man who lived for 17 years on Oregon’s death row for a crime he says he didn’t commit, and tries to understand why the state tried for so long to kill him. Follow and listen to more episodes of “Hush” here: https://www.opb.org/show/hush/ If you’re in a mental health crisis, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: KQED

Topics covered

• investigative journalism
• death row
• wrongful conviction
• Pacific Northwest
• mental health

Keywords

• Hush
• Jesse Lee Johnson
• death row
• wrongful conviction
• Oregon Public Broadcasting
• investigative podcast
• Pacific Northwest

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Oregon Public Broadcasting

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