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Writer Nadya Labi: A Detroit Hitman and A False Confession

Wednesday October 24, 2012

Craig speaks with Writer Nadya Labi about an article she recently wrote for The New Yorker which looks at the case of Vincent Smothers, a convicted hitman from Detroit who worked for local drug kingpins. Smothers confessed to nine murders in 2007 but by that time, another man, Davontae Sanfrod, had already confessed to them. Smothers has since worked to get Sanfrod out of jail for falsely taking credit for the murders.

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