Lava for Good co-founders Jason Flom and Jeff Kempler, along with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King, will partner with Oscar-winning film and television producer Cathy Schulman’s Welle Entertainment and Primary Wave Music to develop and produce a multi-season scripted television series inspired by Lava for Good’s award-winning podcast Bone Valley. Veteran screenwriter and TV producer Dana Stevens will adapt.
Written and hosted by King along with producer and researcher Kelsey Decker, the show chronicles the chilling story of Leo Schofield, the Central Florida man who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for killing his wife, Michelle. Schofield has spent over three decades in prison — even after another incarcerated man, Jeremy Scott, confessed in detail to the crime. The attention that King and the podcast have brought to the case was cited in Schofield’s most recent parole hearing in May of 2023, which resulted in Schofield being transferred to the Everglades Re-Entry Center.
Written and hosted by King along with producer and researcher Kelsey Decker, the show chronicles the chilling story of Leo Schofield, the Central Florida man who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for killing his wife, Michelle. Schofield has spent over three decades in prison — even after another incarcerated man, Jeremy Scott, confessed in detail to the crime. The attention that King and the podcast have brought to the case was cited in Schofield’s most recent parole hearing in May of 2023, which resulted in Schofield being transferred to the Everglades Re-Entry Center.
- 4/10/2024
- Podnews.net
Exclusive: Bone Valley, the podcast that explores the innocence of Leo Schofield, who has served nearly 35 years for the murder of his wife, despite another man confessing to the crime, is set to be turned into a scripted television series.
The podcast comes from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King and Lava for Good, the company founded by record executive-turned-activist Jason Flom and Jeff Kempler.
It is now being developed as a series with Cathy Schulman’s Welle Entertainment and Primary Wave Music. Dana Stevens (The Woman King) will adapt.
Written and hosted by King along with producer and researcher Kelsey Decker, the podcast chronicles the story of Schofield, the Central Florida man who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for killing his wife, Michelle. Schofield has spent over three decades in prison — even after another incarcerated man, Jeremy Scott, confessed in detail to the crime.
The attention that King and the...
The podcast comes from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King and Lava for Good, the company founded by record executive-turned-activist Jason Flom and Jeff Kempler.
It is now being developed as a series with Cathy Schulman’s Welle Entertainment and Primary Wave Music. Dana Stevens (The Woman King) will adapt.
Written and hosted by King along with producer and researcher Kelsey Decker, the podcast chronicles the story of Schofield, the Central Florida man who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for killing his wife, Michelle. Schofield has spent over three decades in prison — even after another incarcerated man, Jeremy Scott, confessed in detail to the crime.
The attention that King and the...
- 4/9/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Toforest Johnson has spent the last 25 years on Alabama’s death row for the murder of a Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy — a crime he and many others insist he did not commit. To shed light on this wrongful conviction, award-winning platform Lava for Good has launched Earwitness, an 8-episode podcast docuseries that documents investigative journalist Beth Shelburne’s multi-year investigation into the case.
In the Toforest Johnson case, over the course of four jury trials, the same prosecutors presented five different, conflicting accounts of who committed the murder of a Jefferson County sheriff's deputy. Johnson was the only person convicted of the murder, although the State presented no forensic evidence, no physical evidence, and no eyewitness testimony linking Johnson to the murder.
The case against Johnson focused on the testimony of a single ‘earwitness’ — a woman who claimed she overheard a confession on a jailhouse phone call. She was...
In the Toforest Johnson case, over the course of four jury trials, the same prosecutors presented five different, conflicting accounts of who committed the murder of a Jefferson County sheriff's deputy. Johnson was the only person convicted of the murder, although the State presented no forensic evidence, no physical evidence, and no eyewitness testimony linking Johnson to the murder.
The case against Johnson focused on the testimony of a single ‘earwitness’ — a woman who claimed she overheard a confession on a jailhouse phone call. She was...
- 9/19/2023
- Podnews.net
This week, the award-winning Lava for Good media platform and its co-founders, Jason Flom and Jeff Kempler, were honored with the Champion of Justice Award at this year’s Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project luncheon.
Maip’s 14th Annual Awards is an inspiring event that raises awareness and funds for its work to provide free, timely legal services to wrongfully convicted prisoners. This year’s luncheon, which took place in Washington DC on June 28, celebrated the storytellers who shine a light on the wrongfully imprisoned and often play a critical role in securing their freedom.
Maip’s mission is aligned with Lava for Good’s tireless efforts to elevate public awareness and activism around criminal legal reform and innocence advocacy by bringing deeply personal stories of the tragedies and triumphs of the wrongfully convicted to a global audience through its podcasts and live events. Lava for Good was presented with the Champion...
Maip’s 14th Annual Awards is an inspiring event that raises awareness and funds for its work to provide free, timely legal services to wrongfully convicted prisoners. This year’s luncheon, which took place in Washington DC on June 28, celebrated the storytellers who shine a light on the wrongfully imprisoned and often play a critical role in securing their freedom.
Maip’s mission is aligned with Lava for Good’s tireless efforts to elevate public awareness and activism around criminal legal reform and innocence advocacy by bringing deeply personal stories of the tragedies and triumphs of the wrongfully convicted to a global audience through its podcasts and live events. Lava for Good was presented with the Champion...
- 7/3/2023
- Podnews.net
On May 3, a long-awaited parole hearing will take place in Tallahassee, Florida, to determine if Leo Schofield will finally be released from prison after being wrongfully convicted of murder more than three decades ago.
In 1987, Leo, then 21 years old, was devastated when his teenage wife Michelle was found dead in a phosphate mining pit in Lakeland, Florida. Two years later, Leo was convicted and sentenced to life in prison, where he has remained despite overwhelming evidence of his innocence unearthed and revealed on the Lava for Good podcast Bone Valley by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Gilbert King and producer Kelsey Decker — evidence pointing to Michelle’s actual killer.
Fifteen years after Leo’s conviction, previously unidentified fingerprints from Michelle’s car matched Jeremy Scott — a troubled teen with an extensive history of violence who lived near the young couple at the time. Scott has since confessed to Michelle’s murder a number of times,...
In 1987, Leo, then 21 years old, was devastated when his teenage wife Michelle was found dead in a phosphate mining pit in Lakeland, Florida. Two years later, Leo was convicted and sentenced to life in prison, where he has remained despite overwhelming evidence of his innocence unearthed and revealed on the Lava for Good podcast Bone Valley by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Gilbert King and producer Kelsey Decker — evidence pointing to Michelle’s actual killer.
Fifteen years after Leo’s conviction, previously unidentified fingerprints from Michelle’s car matched Jeremy Scott — a troubled teen with an extensive history of violence who lived near the young couple at the time. Scott has since confessed to Michelle’s murder a number of times,...
- 4/11/2023
- Podnews.net
Today, Lava for Good Podcasts announced it has teamed up with iHeartMedia, the No. 1 global podcast publisher according to Podtrac. Under the new arrangement, Lava for Good Podcasts’ long-running hit series Wrongful Conviction and Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom and its upcoming slate of new true crime and social justice-focused podcasts will be distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and will be available on iHeartRadio and everywhere podcasts are heard.
Lava for Good CEO Jason Flom and iHeart COO Will Pearson kicked off the partnership with a visit to Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, New York in order to cement the two companies’ commitment to shining a light on the stories of social injustice and, as famed criminal justice advocate Bryan Stevenson (Just Mercy) famously advised, showing up to be proximate to the places where injustices prevail.
“The work Lava for Good has done to tell the stories of those...
Lava for Good CEO Jason Flom and iHeart COO Will Pearson kicked off the partnership with a visit to Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, New York in order to cement the two companies’ commitment to shining a light on the stories of social injustice and, as famed criminal justice advocate Bryan Stevenson (Just Mercy) famously advised, showing up to be proximate to the places where injustices prevail.
“The work Lava for Good has done to tell the stories of those...
- 9/8/2022
- Podnews.net
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