{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwrongful-conviction.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F258-maggie-freleng-with-melvin-ortiz-dTu_6oQA","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"#258 Maggie Freleng with Melvin Ortiz","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/f3d46070-1409-4459-9ce0-1e4357793f5d/ef5cddc5-76b8-46bf-aad8-ca5b2a1dd849/wc-maggie-freleng-official-title-block.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/0e104703-987e-47b6-9bb8-ec6c6c3445f7\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"#258 Maggie Freleng with Melvin Ortiz\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"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.\n\nTo learn more and get involved, visit:\n\nIf anyone has any information on this case, please email freemelvinortiz@gmail.com\n\nhttps://www.freemelvinortiz.org/ \n\n@freemelvinortiz on instagram, twitter, facebook, tiktok\n\nhttps://www.change.org/MelvinOrtiz\n\nhttps://www.instagram.com/freemelvinortiz/\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNCpeXu5tURsdkRezBY2EVQ\n\nhttps://fundly.com/support-ortiz-family\n\nhttps://lavaforgood.com/with-maggie-freleng/\n\nWrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1."}