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Benjamine Spencer is serving a life sentence for a violent crime he insists he didn’t commit. But he lacks biological evidence—and old-fashioned detective work may not be enough to clear his name.
January/February 2018 | The Atlantic
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Benjamine Spencer is the luckiest of the unlucky.
January 2021 | The Atlantic
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My reporting forced me to confront some bigger lessons about life, truth, and faith.
August 6, 2024 | The Atlantic
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Listen to the 90 minute, three-part Radio Atlantic series, which explores Spencer’s story.
Part 1: No Way Out
Part 2:Who Killed Jeffrey Young?
Part 3: How Innocence Becomes Irrelevant
February 2018 | Radio Atlantic
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