Alton Coleman and Debra Brown

Description

In 1984, Alton Coleman and Debra Brown went on a crime spree that left many injured and dead. In their trials and appeals, the same question kept being asked. Is an abusive childhood enough of a mitigating factor to keep Coleman and Brown out of the death chamber.

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Credits

Written and hosted by Charlie Worroll

Researched by Haley Gray

Edited by Gray Multimedia Music

Music by Scott Buckley

Cover art by Lars Hacking, host of Rusty Hinges podcast

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