Ep. 8 - Innocent or Guilty? Crosley Green

In 1989, Charles “Chip” Flynn was found dying in a Florida orange grove, his hands tied behind his back. The only witness, his ex-girlfriend Kim Halleck, said a random Black man ambushed them and pulled the trigger.

Her story set off a chain of events that would change a man’s life forever. Crosley Green was arrested, convicted, and sent to death row—despite no physical evidence tying him to the crime. For decades, appeals exposed shaky eyewitness testimony, suggestive police lineups, flawed dog tracking, and even suppressed notes doubting Kim’s story. And yet, every time Crosley came close to freedom, the system fought to keep him behind bars.

In this two-part episode, Jewel and Jeremy break down the twists and turns of Crosley Green’s case: the inconsistencies in Kim’s account, the role of race in 1980s Florida, the trial that sent him to death row, the appeals that pulled him back from execution, and the heartbreaking reality of his return to prison in 2023.

So here’s the question we ask: If the only real evidence against Crosley Green was a single eyewitness with a story full of holes… how did it lead to a death sentence?

Ref:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9198394/#:~:text=18,that%20he%20committed%20the%20crime”.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/48-hours/id965818306?i=1000471956939&r=1982

https://eji.org/news/study-shows-race-is-substantial-factor-in-wrongful-convictions/#:~:text=The%20report%2C%20Race%20and%20Wrongful,people%2C%20according%20to%20the%20report.

https://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/green-crosley.htm

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/48-hours-crosley-greens-last-chance-for-freedom/