{"id":4712,"date":"2021-08-09T11:47:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T15:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=4712"},"modified":"2021-08-09T11:47:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T15:47:55","slug":"friday-dateline-nbc-lester-holt-reports-on-philadelphia-murder-that-revealed-decades-of-secrets-corruption-in-the-citys-criminal-justice-system-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2021\/08\/09\/friday-dateline-nbc-lester-holt-reports-on-philadelphia-murder-that-revealed-decades-of-secrets-corruption-in-the-citys-criminal-justice-system-0\/","title":{"rendered":"FRIDAY DATELINE NBC: LESTER HOLT REPORTS ON PHILADELPHIA MURDER THAT REVEALED DECADES OF SECRETS &amp; CORRUPTION IN THE CITY\u2019S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>Special Features Exclusive Network Interviews With Key Insiders, Including Man Who Served Nearly 30 Years on Death Row<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>&nbsp;\u2018The Investigation\u2019 Premieres Friday, August 13 at 10 p.m. ET\/9 p.m. CT<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Airs During NBC News and MSNBC\u2019s Week-Long \u2018Justice for All\u2019 Series<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 9, 2021 &#8211; In Friday\u2019s all-new <em>Dateline NBC, <\/em>NBC News\u2019 Lester Holt will report on the murder of four-year-old Barbara Jean Horn, and how the investigation into her death revealed decades of misconduct across Philadelphia\u2019s criminal justice system and raised questions of whether police had caught the right man. <em>The Investigation <\/em>airs Friday, August 13 at 10pm ET\/9pm CT.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the one-hour <em>Dateline<\/em>, the man once convicted and sentenced to death for Barbara Jean\u2019s murder, Walter Ogrod, speaks out in his first network television interview about being wrongfully convicted. The special also features an exclusive national broadcast interview with Barbara Jean\u2019s parents and an interview with journalist Tom Lowenstein, who investigated Barbara Jean\u2019s murder for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Holt speaks with Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner about plans to restore trust in the city\u2019s criminal justice system and correct decades of misconduct.\u00a0\u00a0<em>The Investigation\u00a0<\/em>is produced by\u00a0<em>Dateline<\/em>\u2019s supervising producer Dan Slepian\u00a0and senior producer Paul Ryan. David Corvo is the senior executive producer and Liz Cole is the executive producer.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The special is part of NBC News\u2019 week-long <em>Justice for All<\/em> series featuring in-depth and exclusive coverage on wrongful convictions and the state of the criminal justice system in the U.S. Reports will air across <em>TODAY<\/em>, <em>NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt<\/em>, NBC News NOW, NBCNews.com and MSNBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The series will include a special edition of MSNBC\u2019s <em>Into America<\/em> podcast, featuring host <strong>Trymaine Lee\u2019s<\/strong> interview with a Brooklyn man wrongfully convicted of murder who is now mentoring kids through the power of boxing. NBC News Senior National Correspondent <strong>Kate Snow <\/strong>will also<strong> <\/strong>spotlight a Michigan conviction integrity unit and NBC News Senior Washington Correspondent <strong>Hallie Jackson <\/strong>will report<strong> <\/strong>on how Missouri politics may be standing in the way of overturning convictions. 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