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I Killed Someone in Self Defense — Then Spent 10 Years in Prison Proving It | Erico Montalvo
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Erico Montalvo grew up in Rhode Island without a father in the picture and a mother too consumed by the streets to be present — and by the time the system found him he had already cycled through juvenile detention multiple times and built an identity that the streets had shaped long before he was old enough to understand where that path was going. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares what happened just days after he turned 18 — an accidental altercation with a veteran that turned into a self-defense situation that ended in the veteran's death — and what being charged with murder instead of recognized as a victim of circumstance actually produced over the ten years he spent fighting his case from inside a Rhode Island county jail before finally taking a manslaughter plea deal and accepting a 13 year sentence.
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#prison #selfdefense #truecrimestories
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Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick:
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Timestamps: 00:00
Guest Introduction
00:22 Early Life in Providence
02:00 Mother's Mental Health & Upbringing
03:13 Father's Deportation
05:00 Feeling Like an Outsider as a Kid
07:36 First Wrong Turns & Finding Identity
10:31 Gang Culture in Providence
16:00 Homelessness & Juvenile Detention
19:27 Getting His GED in Juvenile
21:00 Sponsor Segment: Factor Meals
23:07 Turning 18 & a Spiritual Warning
28:00 Close Calls on the Streets
30:40 The Night of the Incident
37:22 Fight, Stabbing, and Escape
43:03 Learning the Victim Died
43:50 Realizing the Victim Was a Veteran
47:00 Hiding Out and Seeking Help
50:03 Getting Arrested
52:54 Interrogation & Initially Charged with Murder
01:00:00 First Lawyer & a Broken System
01:05:59 Meeting Dawn Huntley, a New Lawyer
01:09:32 Adapting to Prison Life
01:13:00 Finding Faith in Prison
01:21:00 Starting to Turn His Life Around
01:30:00 Facing a 60-Year Offer
01:37:00 COVID Stalls the Case
01:41:00 Considering Trial
01:49:00 A Shocking Plea Deal: 25 Years with 3 to Serve
01:55:50 Walking Through the Sentence
02:03:11 Release and Adjusting to Freedom
02:08:00 Finding Purpose and New Community
02:14:20 No Regrets and a Mission
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