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Stuck: Wrongful Convictions in Jamaica with Andrew Wildes

Stuck: Wrongful Convictions in Jamaica with Andrew Wildes

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 What happens when the justice system gets it wrong? Every week on Stuck, Jamaican lawyer and journalist Andrew Wildes tackles the problem of wrongful convictions in Jamaica. Hear about the innocent, imprisoned and ignored, the lawyers battling to free them, and the experts demanding change. Brought to you by The Wave on the Frequency Network. Politique Sciences sociales True Crime
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  • Bonus: Krista Mason-Smith on the Privy Council Reversal and Custody Reform in the Bahamas

    Bonus: Krista Mason-Smith on the Privy Council Reversal and Custody Reform in the Bahamas
    Nov 25 2025
    Bonus episode today: Bahamian defense lawyer Krista Mason-Smith breaks down a landmark Privy Council wrongful-conviction reversal. She explains how custody abuse and inconsistent confession evidence derailed justice, why prosecutors dropped related charges, and how recordings and early access to counsel are shifting Caribbean policing. A must-listen on reform and accountability. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 min
  • He Confessed to a Murder He Didn’t Commit | The Vincent Ariste Case

    He Confessed to a Murder He Didn’t Commit | The Vincent Ariste Case
    Oct 30 2025
    When veteran Jamaican journalist Lloyd B. Smith admitted he once pled guilty to a traffic offense he didn’t commit, it sparked a deeper question: why would anyone confess to something they didn’t do? That question sits at the heart of a shocking case from the Bahamas—one that exposed how false confessions can destroy lives. In July 2010, 20-year-old Vincent Ariste was arrested—not because he was a suspect, but because police couldn’t find his brother. Days later, without a lawyer and while in custody, he confessed to multiple serious crimes, including robbery and murder. There was no evidence against him except his own words. Those “confessions” led to 12 lost years behind bars—until Bahamian attorney Krista Mason-Smith fought to have his conviction overturned before the UK’s Privy Council. In this episode, host Andrew Wildes unpacks how a system built to protect can instead coerce, how the absence of legal counsel and recording safeguards can lead to devastating injustice, and how one lawyer’s persistence changed the trajectory of Caribbean jurisprudence on wrongful convictions. Content Note: References to police violence, coerced confessions, imprisonment, and wrongful conviction. Key Themes ➤ Why people confess to crimes they didn’t commit➤ How lack of legal representation enables false confessions➤ The significance of the Privy Council’s ruling in Ariste’s case➤ The shift in the Bahamas toward recording police interrogations➤ The role of defense counsel in protecting human rights Chapters (00:00) Would You Lie on Yourself? (02:00) The Arrest of Vincent Ariste (04:00) Confessions Without Evidence (06:00) The Voir Dire and Legal Oversight (09:00) The Court of Appeal’s Three-Paragraph Ruling (12:00) The Privy Council Steps In (16:00) Krista Mason-Smith Joins the Case (20:00) Police Culture and Reform in the Bahamas (24:00) The Fight for Representation and Accountability (28:00) What This Means for Justice in the Caribbean Brought to you by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Wave⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Frequency Network⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Connect with Krista Mason-Smith Krista Mason-Smith | Managing Partner, Murio Dusseel & Co More About Andrew Wildes Explore the work of⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Andrew Wildes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠—Jamaican lawyer, journalist, and host of Stuck: Wrongful Convictions in Jamaica. His mission is to expose systemic injustice, amplify the voices of the wrongfully imprisoned, and drive meaningful legal reform through storytelling and advocacy. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For updates, insights, and behind-the-scenes content, follow Andrew across platforms and join the conversation on justice in Jamaica. Production, Distribution, and Marketing Produced by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Massif Studio & Production⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Tallawah Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Massif Studio Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Massif on LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tallawah Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For inquiries/sponsoring: email ⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@MassifKroo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 16 min
  • Death Penalty on Trial: Trinidad’s Brent Winter on Wrongful Convictions

    Death Penalty on Trial: Trinidad’s Brent Winter on Wrongful Convictions
    Sep 29 2025
    A Trinidad attorney raised alarms after a simple conversation sparked a national question: what if innocent people are behind bars? Brent Winter began his career as a prison officer, spent a decade prosecuting cases, and now defends the accused. In 2020, after a friend in Jamaica asked him about Netflix’s The Innocence Files, he wrote to the Trinidad and Tobago Newsday warning that “police can kill a man in more ways than by placing a knee on his neck.” Winter’s experience revealed a troubling truth: wrongful convictions are almost invisible in the Caribbean. Existing legal avenues are narrow, reliant on recanted eyewitness testimony, and rarely successful. Without independent bodies like the UK’s Criminal Cases Review Commission, the system leaves innocent people with no real chance at justice—even as the death penalty remains on the books. Host Andrew Wildes examines how public indifference, political will, and systemic failures collide in Trinidad and the wider Caribbean, why wrongful convictions undermine true crime prevention, and why the debate on capital punishment cannot be separated from the risk of executing the innocent. Content note: References to wrongful conviction, imprisonment, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, and the death penalty. Key Themes ➤ Why wrongful convictions in the Caribbean remain invisible ➤ The dangers of eyewitness testimony and recanted evidence ➤ The political and cultural barriers to reform in Trinidad and beyond ➤ How wrongful convictions undermine crime prevention ➤ The death penalty debate when innocence is not guaranteed Chapters 00:00 — Letter That Sparked a Debate 03:00 — From Prison Guard to Prosecutor 05:00 — Public Pushback on Innocence 08:00 — Why Appeals Rarely Succeed 11:30 — Lessons from the UK Model 13:30 — Crime, Politics, and Injustice 16:00 — Death Penalty and Wrongful Convictions 19:30 — Police Pressure and False IDs 22:00 — Need for Independent Review 24:30 — Disclosure Failures and Bias 28:00 — Plea Deals and Long Remand Times 30:00 — Call to Action for Reform Brought to you by⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Wave⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Frequency Network⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Connect with Brent Winter Brent David Winter | LL.B, LEC, LLM Brent D. Winter - Attorney-at-Law in Private Practice More About Andrew Wildes Explore the work of⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Andrew Wildes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠—Jamaican lawyer, journalist, and host of Stuck: Wrongful Convictions in Jamaica. His mission is to expose systemic injustice, amplify the voices of the wrongfully imprisoned, and drive meaningful legal reform through storytelling and advocacy. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For updates, insights, and behind-the-scenes content, follow Andrew across platforms and join the conversation on justice in Jamaica. Production, Distribution, and Marketing Produced by⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Massif Studio & Production⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Tallawah Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Massif Studio Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Massif on LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tallawah Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For inquiries/sponsoring: email ⁠⁠⁠hello@MassifKroo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 min
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