3: A Boy Enters And A Man Leaves

By Frank Main, Colin McNulty
T.J. Jimenez better crop
A police mugshot of a teenage T.J. Jimenez. Sun-Times via federal court exhibit
T.J. Jimenez better crop
A police mugshot of a teenage T.J. Jimenez. Sun-Times via federal court exhibit

3: A Boy Enters And A Man Leaves

By Frank Main, Colin McNulty
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It’s a cruel sociological experiment. Lock up a 13-year-old boy for a murder that he swore he didn’t commit. Release him as a 30-year-old man. Then, give him $25 million. New from WBEZ Chicago, Motive is a true crime podcast hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Frank Main, with original reporting from the Chicago Sun-Times.

T.J. Jimenez is charged with murder and prosecuted as an adult. We hear from Jimenez’ priest and a journalist who covered the 1994 trial.

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