33: Emilia Carr: Did Florida Sentence the Right Person to Death?
About this episode
This episode explores the controversial case of Emilia Carr, the youngest woman on death row in America, examining the evidence and legal questions surrounding her conviction.
Why was Emilia Carr the youngest woman on death row in America? When I first received a letter from Emilia Carr in 2010, she was awaiting execution on Florida's death row. Years later, I traveled to Ocala, Florida, reviewed the original case files at the Marion County Sheriff's Office, visited the trailer where Heather Strong was murdered, and listened to hours of unedited interrogation recordings that helped convict Carr. In this episode, I examine one of the most controversial capital murder cases in recent American history. Using police interviews, undercover recordings, trial records, appellate briefs, and my own reporting from Florida, I explore how detectives built their case, the role of the Reid Technique, the reliability of confessions, prosecutorial discretion, and why Emilia Carr—not Joshua Fulgham—became the youngest woman on death row in the United States. Along the way, we examine the evidence, the competing accounts of what happened inside the trailer, and the legal questions that ultimately led Florida's courts to vacate Carr's death sentence. If you enjoy deeply researched true crime that goes beyond the headlines and examines how investigations actually work…
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