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The Arc Towards JusticeAuthor: Jack Pokorny
Alexander McClay Williams, 16, is the youngest person to be executed by the state of Pennsylvania. But he was sentenced to death for the gruesome stabbing of his sole protector, Vida Robare, at Glen Mills Reformatory Schoolthe oldest boys reformatory school in our nation. What really happened in 1930? This podcast traces the arc of race and politics in America through one boy, three families, and a reform school gone wrong. Language: en Genres: True Crime Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Episode 6: You'll Do
Episode 6
Thursday, 13 August, 2020
In the finale of the Arc Towards Justice series, Episode 6 brings the podcast into the present, with the 2017 attempt to get Alexander’s name cleared through an expungement trial. Titled “You’ll Do,” we end the series with what Alexander’s story means for today, especially given the closure of Glen Mills last year after decades and decades of chronic violence and abuse towards young boys in this community.
