I Spent 12 Years In Jail For A Murder I Did Not Commit! Raphael Rowe

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Released

November 10, 2022

Duration

2h 11m

Channel

The Diary of a CEO

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Raphael Rowe is the host of Inside The World's Toughest Prisons on Netflix, the worldwide-hit show that takes us inside the toughest penitentiaries on the planet. It’s a world he knows well, wrongfully convicted of murder, he spent twelve years in maximum security prisons before he proved his innocence and was released. Topics: 0:00 Intro 02:02 Early context 09:52 Getting kicked out of school 17:56 Getting kidnapped 19:37 Trying to fit into an environment 25:35 Having a child 32:44 Your relationship with your son now 35:47 The moment your life changed forever 46:55 Were you hopeful? 50:46 The moment you hear the verdict 54:16 This podcast this streamed in prison 59:39 Did you think you were going to spend your whole life in prison? 01:02:33 Seeing people taking their own lives 01:05:40 People being paid to make false statements 01:10:25 Story about a chaplain 01:17:16 The first domino that lead to your release 01:19:43 The moment you found out you were being released 01:26:23 Did they ever say you were innocent? 01:30:33 How much compensation did they give you? 01:32:16 Psychological scars 01:37:48 What have you learnt about the importance of hope 01:41:58 Your foundation 01:48:41 Have you forgiven anyone for what they did to you? 01:52:46 Would you erase those years? 02:01:19 Finding love 02:07:31 The last guest's question Raphael: Instagram - https://bit.ly/3UAADV1 Twitter - https://bit.ly/3zN84vK Website - https://bit.ly/3E4N9Xz The Dairy sign up link: https://bit.ly/3fUcF8q Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGq-a57w-aPwyi3pW7XLiHw/join Listen on: Apple podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-diary-of-a-ceo-by-steven-bartlett/id1291423644 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7iQXmUT7XGuZSzAMjoNWlX Follow: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steven/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveBartlettSC Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-bartlett-56986834/ Telegram: https://g2ul0.app.link/SBExclusiveCommunity Sponsors: Huel - https://g2ul0.app.link/G4RjcdKNKsb Craftd - https://g2ul0.app.link/gZ8in6Dsvsb

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Raphael Rowe

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• Steven Bartlett

  host

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, featuring Raphael Rowe and Steven Bartlett, I Spent 12 Years In Jail For A Murder I Did Not Commit! Raphael Rowe explores from Wrongful Life Sentence To Global Prison Reformer And Storyteller Raphael Rowe recounts growing up on a deprived South London estate, drifting into low‑level crime, and becoming a teenage father before being wrongly convicted of murder and aggravated robberies along the M25 in 1988. He describes the terror of his armed arrest, a trial that ignored clear identification evidence, and receiving a life sentence plus 56 years for crimes committed by two white men and one black man. Inside prison he was beaten, isolated, and witnessed suicides, but he cultivated hope, educated himself, learned journalism, and fought a 12‑year legal campaign that led to his conviction being quashed by the Court of Appeal. Now a BBC journalist, Netflix host, and prison‑reform advocate, he reflects on trauma, love, forgiveness, fatherhood, and his mission to humanize prisoners and transform prison systems through his foundation.

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