He was a victim. Jamaican police saw a killer.
A young Jamaican mechanic—“R.C.”—is caught in the crossfire of a nighttime gunfight.
Shot and near death, he’s rescued by a Good Samaritan, taken to the hospital, and wakes up to learn his right leg has been amputated. Instead of care and due process, he’s handcuffed to a bed, charged with multiple gun offences, and held for weeks before seeing a judge.
What follows: years of grueling bail conditions, over a thousand mandatory police check-ins, and a six-day trial that collapses under a “no case” submission. He’s acquitted—then inexplicably processed again—before suing the state and winning exemplary damages years later.
Host Andrew Wildes explores how tunnel vision, bail conditions, and prosecutorial discretion can turn a victim into a defendant—and what “justice” looks like when it arrives too late.
Key Themes
Tunnel vision and wrongful prosecution
Bail conditions that function like punishment
The human cost of slow trials and administrative delay
Exemplary damages as a signal to the state
Systems accountability vs. individual rights
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