1/⚡️NEW on @reveal⚡️
We teamed up with our colleagues at @apmreports and @AP this week to tell the story of Myon Burrell, who was just 16 when he was charged with fatally shooting an 11-year-old girl in Minneapolis in 2002.
Listen⬇️revealnews.org/podcast/the-ja…
We teamed up with our colleagues at @apmreports and @AP this week to tell the story of Myon Burrell, who was just 16 when he was charged with fatally shooting an 11-year-old girl in Minneapolis in 2002.
Listen⬇️revealnews.org/podcast/the-ja…
2/ 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards was sitting at the dining room table at her home in Minneapolis doing homework when a bullet pierced the wall and struck her in the heart.
Authorities believed the stray bullet was intended for a rival gang member. (📷by @johnminchillo)
Authorities believed the stray bullet was intended for a rival gang member. (📷by @johnminchillo)
3/ There was immense pressure to solve the case, and within days Minneapolis police rounded up their suspects: 16-year-old Myon Burrell, and two men in their early 20s: Ike Tyson and Hans Williams.
The top prosecutor at the time? Amy Klobuchar, who ran for president in 2019.
The top prosecutor at the time? Amy Klobuchar, who ran for president in 2019.
4/ Ike and Hans pleaded guilty. Ike got 45 years and Hans, who drove the getaway car, got 30.
Myon said he was innocent and went to trial. He was convicted, despite there being no gun, DNA or fingerprints linking him to Tyesha's murder.
Myon said he was innocent and went to trial. He was convicted, despite there being no gun, DNA or fingerprints linking him to Tyesha's murder.
5/ @robinmcdowell interviewed Ike in prison where he’s serving a 45-year sentence for Tyesha’s murder. He pled guilty, and in his plea deal, he said Myon shot the gun.
He said the prosecutor & detectives told him he’d never see the outside of a prison unless he said it was Myon.
He said the prosecutor & detectives told him he’d never see the outside of a prison unless he said it was Myon.
6/ Myon challenged his conviction and was granted a new trial. But five years after his first trial, he was convicted again.
7/ Myon had been locked up for half his life when @robinmcdowell started looking into his case in 2018.
She wanted to do a story about the impact that the "get tough on crime era" had on teenagers. But the more she looked, the more she came to doubt the evidence against Myon.
She wanted to do a story about the impact that the "get tough on crime era" had on teenagers. But the more she looked, the more she came to doubt the evidence against Myon.
8/ In this episode of @reveal, @sashaaslanian tells us how an investigative reporter, an entanglement with a presidential campaign and a national tragedy brought Myon’s case a second look.
Listen here🗣️
revealnews.org/podcast/the-ja…
Listen here🗣️
revealnews.org/podcast/the-ja…
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