Ear Hustle Podcast Host Rahsaan Thomas Sentence Commuted By Governor Gavin Newsom
While serving his prison sentence since 2000, according to the Associated Press, 51-year-old Thomas has contributed to several news outlets and in 2019 became a co-producer and co-host of Ear Hustle, which its website says is the first podcast created and produced in prison. The show tells the stories of those inside California’s San Quentin State Prison. Thomas was incarcerated after being convicted of second-degree murder. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that while Thomas said he was being robbed and shot the man in self-defense, the Los Angeles County jury rejected that claim, sentencing him to 55 years and six months to life....