S03E08 - Henry McCollum & Leon Brown

In episode eight season three of the American Justice Podcast, Scott and C. Derick break down the chilling rape and murder of Sabrina Bui, an 11-year-old girl found dead in a field - underwear stuffed down her throat, bloodied and raped in 1983. They discuss how two brothers, Henry McCollum and Leon Brown, were coerced into a confession, wrongfully convicted of murder, and sent to prison for more than 30 years for a crime that DNA evidence would later prove they didn't commit.

Time Stamps

01:40  The case of Sabrina Bui

03:00  Why Henry McCollum and Leon Brown Became the Prime Suspects in Sabrina's Murder

05:45  Sabrina Disappears and Her Parents File a Missing Person's Report

08:37  Sabrina's Body is Discovered Naked in a Soybean Field

11:07  Police Start Investigations Into the Murder of Sabrina Bui

14:05  Henry and Leon Get Interrogated For Hours Without a Lawyer

16:46  How Henry and Leon Were Coerced Into Signing False Confessions 

22:25  Henry and Leon are Found Guilty and Recieve the Death Penalty

23:28  Leon Contacts the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission

25:15  September 2014, a Judge Declares Leon and Henry Were Wrongfully Convicted

29:28  Leon's Struggles With Mental Health Issues

32:20  Henry and Leon Pursue Litigation Against Robeson County Law Enforcement

34:47  How Sabrina's Family Reacted to the News of Henry and Leon's Release

36:52  Roscoe Artis is Linked to Sabrina's Murder

38:06  Sabrina's Sister, Tenita, Shares Her Memory of the Day Her Sister Disappeared

40:15  Critical Information From the Case That Detectives Ignored

45:01  Roscoe's Troubling Criminal Past

47:20  How Roscoe Became a Suspect in Sabrina's Murder Case

50:34  District Attorney Joe Freeman's Reign of Terror 

54:58  Joe Control Over the Courts in Robeson and Scotland Counties

58:30  Interesting Facts About Sabrina's Murder Case

01:07:20  The Main Causes Behind Wrongful Convictions in the US

01:08:17  Parting Thoughts

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 Videos

Short clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L0IVy2mKa4

Sound bite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyjIg_pKa3w

Sound bite: Death row interview with Henry McCollum