Melvin Ortiz's guest appearances

Melvin Ortiz

The Generation Why Podcast

Wrongful Conviction

Delete Your Account Podcast

OwlTail

Maggie Freleng

On December 23, 1997, a botched robbery at a popular pizza restaurant in Reading, PA resulted in the death of its beloved owner, George Clauser. A reward in the paper led police to 19 year old Melvin Ortiz, when two individuals with obvious agendas implicated him. Despite 19 alibi witnesses placing Melvin at a birthday party at the time of the crime, Melvin was sentenced to spend life in prison without parole. Maggie speaks to Melvin Ortiz at SCI - Dallas, PA., Marc Howard J.D., Melvin's advocate, and Victoria Blanco, Melvin's fiancee.To learn more and get involved, visit:If anyone has any information on this case, please email freemelvinortiz@gmail.comhttps://www.freemelvinortiz.org/ @freemelvinortiz on instagram, twitter, facebook, tiktokhttps://www.change.org/MelvinOrtizhttps://www.instagram.com/freemelvinortiz/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNCpeXu5tURsdkRezBY2EVQhttps://fundly.com/support-ortiz-familyhttps://lavaforgood.com/with-maggie-freleng/Wrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On December 23, 1997, a botched robbery at a popular pizza restaurant in Reading, PA resulted in the death of its beloved owner, George Clauser. A reward in the paper led police to 19 year old Melvin Ortiz, when two individuals with obvious agendas implicated him. Despite 19 alibi witnesses placing Melvin at a birthday party at the time of the crime, Melvin was sentenced to spend life in prison without parole. Maggie speaks to Melvin Ortiz at SCI - Dallas, PA., Marc Howard J.D., Melvin's advocate, and Victoria Blanco, Melvin's fiancee.To learn more and get involved, visit:If anyone has any information on this case, please email freemelvinortiz@gmail.com<a href="https://www.freemelvinortiz.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.freemelvinortiz.org/</a> @freemelvinortiz on instagram, twitter, facebook, tiktok<a href="https://www.change.org/p/pennsylvania-attorney-general-josh-shapiro-justice-for-melvin-ortiz-and-investigation-into-murder-of-george-clauser" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.change.org/MelvinOrtiz</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/freemelvinortiz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/freemelvinortiz/</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNCpeXu5tURsdkRezBY2EVQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNCpeXu5tURsdkRezBY2EVQ</a><a href="https://fundly.com/support-ortiz-family" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://fundly.com/support-ortiz-family</a><a href="https://lavaforgood.com/with-maggie-freleng/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lavaforgood.com/with-maggie-freleng/</a>Wrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

#258 Maggie Freleng with Melvin Ortiz

December 23rd, 1997. Reading, Pennsylvania. Just two days before Christmas, Melvin Ortiz was out with friends at a child’s birthday party. That same night, a fatal shooting took place at a local business, Effie’s Pizza Villa, causing the death of owner George Clauser. Two witnesses came forward to tell the police that Melvin committed the robbery. Despite having a very solid alibi and strong evidence in his favor, Melvin was sentenced to life in prison at age 19. Many people believe that politics and a poor investigation led to the wrongful conviction of Melvin Ortiz.Get bonus content from Generation Why at: www.patreon.com/generationwhyListen ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App.  https://wondery.app.link/generationwhy.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

December 23rd, 1997. Reading, Pennsylvania. Just two days before Christmas, Melvin Ortiz was out with friends at a child’s birthday party. That same night, a fatal shooting took place at a local business, Effie’s Pizza Villa, causing the death of owner George Clauser. Two witnesses came forward to tell the police that Melvin committed the robbery. Despite having a very solid alibi and strong evidence in his favor, Melvin was sentenced to life in prison at age 19. Many people believe that politics and a poor investigation led to the wrongful conviction of Melvin Ortiz.Get bonus content from Generation Why at: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/generationwhy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/generationwhy</a>Listen ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App. https://wondery.app.link/generationwhy. See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.