It began with a crime that shattered a community: five women and girls, taken from their home in Irwin, Jamaica, and assaulted in a nearby field. The island was horrified. The police promised swift justice. Days later, two young brothers—Kieran and Sheldon Brissett—were arrested and paraded as the face of evil. But there was one problem: they didn’t do it.
In this premiere episode of Stuck, host Andrew Wildes unpacks how a justice system designed to protect the innocent turned its back on science, due process, and truth. Despite volunteering their DNA, and despite that DNA ruling them out as a matter of scientific fact, the Brissett brothers were dragged through the courts while the real perpetrator, Patrick Green, continued raping—again and again.
Green would later confess to over 20 rapes. But for over a year, while his spree continued, the system focused its full weight on two innocent men—ignoring warnings, evidence, and history.
With exclusive insight from renowned Jamaican attorney Bert Samuels, this episode exposes the hidden cost of prosecutorial overreach, systemic failure, and public pressure. It’s a case study in how wrongful convictions happen—not just through error, but through willful neglect.
This is the story of what happens when the cry for punishment drowns out the demand for justice. And why, in the words of Martin Luther King Jr., “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
Key Themes:
Wrongful convictions in Jamaica
The limits of DNA evidence
Prosecutorial misconduct and systemic failure
The case of Patrick Green, a serial rapist
Public pressure, media, and justice
The culture of “put it up and see what happens” in courtrooms
The voices of victims, families, and communities in fear
Timestamps & Chapters:
00:00 – Content warning & introduction
01:45 – The Irwin incident: what happened on September 24, 2012
06:50 – Public outrage and calls for extreme punishment
09:12 – Arrest of the Brissett brothers and their voluntary DNA
12:45 – Prosecutors push forward despite exonerating evidence
16:40 – Patrick Green’s crime spree begins
20:20 – July 22, 2013: A trial that ends in a single day
23:00 – Green strikes again—while the state looks the other way
26:15 – Green’s eventual capture by community intervention
29:00 – The system's failure: Who else paid the price?
32:30 – Interview with Bert Samuels on prosecutorial culture
36:40 – The Winston Hamilton case: déjà vu in court
41:10 – From punishment to prevention: What real justice looks like
44:00 – Final reflection: justice for one, justice for all
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