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Traveontaye Berry: The Guilty Verdict | 52 Years in Just 2 Hours P10

The jury deliberated for less than two hours.

When they returned, the verdict was guilty on Count 4: First-Degree Murder. Traveontaye Berry, sixteen years old, was facing fifty-two years in prison. The rest of his life, behind bars.

In this final episode of our series, Tray talks about that moment. What it felt like to hear the words. The reality of his sentence hitting him. The years ahead stretching out with no clear end.

But this is not where his story ends.

After more than a decade in prison, new evidence emerged. Two people came forward with sworn affidavits claiming that Myleka Avery, the state's only eyewitness, admitted to them that she lied. That she knew Traveontaye Berry was innocent. That she identified him anyway.

Based on these new affidavits, Tray was granted a post-conviction evidentiary hearing. For the first time in more than eleven years, his conviction could be challenged. New testimony could be heard. The truth could finally emerge.

This is Part Ten of Traveontaye Berry's story, and the beginning of his fight for freedom: 52 Years in Just 2 Hours.

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Traveontaye Berry: The Deal He Refused | 52 Years in Just 2 Hours P9

By the time Traveontaye Berry's case reached trial in February 2015, he had already faced a choice most teenagers should never have to make: accept a plea deal or roll the dice in a courtroom.He chose...

14 Okt 31min

Traveontaye Berry: What a Murder Detective hears | 52 Years in Just 2 Hours P8

Over the past seven episodes, we’ve examined the physical evidence gaps, the witness contamination, the unrecorded photo lineup, and the investigative decisions that led to Traveontaye Berry’s convict...

12 Okt 31min

Traveontaye Berry: The Other Name | 52 Years in Just 2 Hours P7

Over the course of this investigation, a name keeps surfacing. Multiple times. Multiple witnesses. In interviews with police, in statements given in the hours and days after Carl Green Jr. was shot, t...

7 Okt 31min

Traveontaye Berry: The Unrecorded Lineup | 52 Years in Just 2 Hours P6

In Episode Five, we heard how police brought two eyewitnesses into the same room and had them confront each other about conflicting accounts. Now, in Part Six, we examine something equally troubling.M...

5 Okt 30min

Traveontaye Berry: Police Bring the Two Witnesses Together | 52 Years in Just 2 Hours P5

In 2013, 16-year-old Traveontaye Berry was arrested for the murder of Carl Green Jr. in Freeport, Illinois — a crime Trae has always maintained he did not commit.In Part Five of 52 Years in Just 2 Hou...

30 Sep 29min

Traveontaye Berry: The Witness Changes Her Story | 52 Years in Just 2 Hours P4

The police interview with Myleka Avery continues — and by the end of it, her account of the night Carl Green Jr. was murdered has changed significantly.In Part 4 of 52 Years in Just 2 Hours, Myleka no...

28 Sep 30min

Traveontaye Berry: The Witness Who Hid Key Evidence | 52 Years in Just 2 Hours P3

As police investigated the murder of Carl Green Jr., they interviewed Myleka Avery, one of the women inside the Freeport apartment that 16-year-old Traveontaye Berry ran from shortly before his arrest...

23 Sep 31min