<p>In today’s episode, I catch up with John Merritt, who’s been navigating a very serious health crisis. John talks me through how a growth on his head was left untreated for so long that he was rushed to hospital and diagnosed with cancer. He underwent surgery, but the doctor who operated on him failed to recognise just how severe the situation really was.</p><br><p>John explains what the last few months have been like and the conditions he faced inside a facility for sick prisoners — conditions that sound like something straight out of a horror film. This story genuinely gave me nightmares.</p><br><p><br></p><p>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>John Merritt has been behind bars for longer than I’ve been alive. Like many of the men and women we speak to, John’s early life was marked by encounters with the law—mostly for petty, non-violent offences. He became trapped in a cycle, moving in and out of the system, until one day, while serving time for burglary, his life took an even darker turn.</p><br><p>A visit from a sheriff's investigator would change the course of his life forever, propelling him down an unexpected and terrifying path toward the death penalty for a crime he says he didn’t commit.</p><br><p>In the end, John faced a grim choice: life in prison or the electric chair.</p><p>EARLY AND AD FREE ACCESS: for as little as $1.69 a week!</p><br><p>Apple + <a href="http://apple.co/oneminuteremaining" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">HERE</a></p><br><p>Patreon and find us on Facebook <a href="https://open.acast.com/networks/62bcfb41e312cf00138852c3/shows/631e6bf63690500012c3edd1/linktr.ee/one_minute_remaining" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
