Episode 61 - The Story of Joe Giarratano, The Lawyer of Death Row

In this episode we tell the story of Joe Giarratano who became a legal scholar while on death row and fought for the rights of himself and his fellow inmates.

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Joe Giarratano behind bars

Joe Giarratano, free man

SOURCES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Giarratano

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/ex-virginia-death-row-prisoner-with-strong-claim-of-innocence-get-parole-after-38-years

https://richmond.com/news/local/government-politics/joseph-m-giarratano-controversial-former-death-row-inmate-granted-parole/article_2eb47e71-4a18-5122-87ad-61681185b17d.html

http://freejoeg.com/case-info/

https://www.aclu.org/issues/prisoners-rights/cruel-inhuman-and-degrading-conditions/joe-giarratano-stories-solitary

https://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/free-man-walking/Content?oid=8617759

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/06/13/a-long-legal-road-defers-the-death-penalty/95bb7a49-6efb-4f8f-a82e-8bff8e181f30/

https://richmond.com/news/local/crime/after-confessing-to-the-rape-and-murder-of-norfolk-girl-and-serving-decades-in-prison/article_e399d148-2840-5223-96f7-94330271ed1d.html