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Locked Up: The Wrongful Conviction Files

Rogelio Guerra

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This is Locked Up: The Wrongful Conviction Files. A podcast where one man’s fight for freedom begins with a single question: Was justice served… or just buried? I’m a former Military Police Officer with 20 years of service. Not here to spin stories. Not here to defend the guilty. I’m here because I read the files. All of them. Discovery. Transcripts. Appeals. And when something doesn’t add up — I say it out loud. This season, I’ll take you inside one case: A man known only as ‘The Client.’ Convicted on testimony — No gun. No DNA. No forensic link. Just...

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Season 1: Episode 9: The Final Appeal

A wrongful conviction story that finds its tension in the appeals process.

The final episode moves away from investigation and into appeal, tracing the case from the Pennsylvania Superior Court to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

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Episodes

  1. 1

    Season 1: Episode 9: The Final Appeal

    Hidden gem

    The final episode of a series investigating a wrongful conviction follows the case's appeal through state courts to the U.S.

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  2. 2

    Season 1: Episode 8: The Witness Locked Up

    Hidden gem

    The investigator concludes his work on a wrongful conviction case by tracking down and interviewing the victim of the crime, who is now himself imprisoned.

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  3. 3

    Episode 10: The Laws of Physics vs. The Laws of Men

    Hidden gem

    Host Roger Warstone details how a Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed a new trial grant for his wrongfully convicted client, despite overwhelming forensic evidence of innocence.

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  4. 4

    Season 1: Episode 7: "A Meeting of Disbelief and Destiny"

    The host details a pivotal meeting where a detective presents new forensic evidence and witness contradictions to a pastor and lawyer, aiming to overturn a wrongful murder conviction.

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  5. 5

    Season 1: Episode 6: The Verdict

    Hidden gem

    This episode examines a wrongful conviction case where a man was found guilty of murder despite overwhelming exculpatory evidence.

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  6. 6

    Season 1: Episode 5: The Experts Who Broke The Case

    Sep 2, 2025·14m
  7. 7

    Season1 Episode 4: The Autopsy Report - The Bullet's Final Word

    Aug 25, 2025·15m
  8. 8

    Season 1, Episode 3: A Gun, a Lie, and a Timeline

    Aug 20, 2025·15m
  9. 9

    Season 1 Episode 2 The Story That Didn’t Add Up

    Aug 16, 2025·16m
  10. 10

    Season 1, Episode 1: The Truth is in the File

    Aug 11, 2025·14m