Kim Kardashian’s ‘The System’ True Crime Podcast Debuts on Spotify
The first two episodes of Kim Kardashian’s The System: The Case of Kevin Keith premiered on Monday
Kim Kardashian is taking her passion for justice to the podcasting space.
Spotify announced on Monday, that Kardashian, 41, is narrating a new original podcast titled Kim Kardashian’s The System: The Case of Kevin Keith.
The series, which debuted its trailer and first two episodes on Monday, is based on the true story of Kevin Keith, an Ohio man who was arrested and charged with three murders in 1994.
“There is no physical evidence exclusively linking [Kevin] to the crime, yet he has spent 28 years of his life behind bars, with many of those on death row,” according to a series synopsis. “Kevin’s brother Charles has always been confident of his innocence and works tirelessly to clear Kevin’s name to this day.”
According to the series description, Kardashian “takes her jail reform work to the next level and continues exposing vulnerabilities in the criminal justice system” in the new season.
“Over 8 episodes, Kim and team will take a deep dive into the case, raise important questions, and try to shed light on a legal system that can often be deliberately puzzling,” the show’s description adds. “Though it’s said, ‘innocent until proven guilty,’ was Kevin Keith really given a fair shot? Draw your own conclusions in this twisted, heartbreaking, and sometimes unbelievable story.”
“Kevin Keith was never questioned by law enforcement, ever,” Kardashian says in the trailer for the series, which also offers audio of Keith asserting his own innocence and others who say they know for a fact he is guilty.
“There’s so much to explore here, and it’s my goal to take you with me on this path,” The Kardashians star adds. “I want you to make your own determination, but I think you’ll be surprised by what you hear.”
Keith was convicted and sentenced to death within three months of the triple homicide of five-year-old Marchae Chatman, her mother Marichell Chatman, and Marichell’s aunt, Linda Chatman, according to a website dedicated to Keith’s court case. Three additional people were injured in the incident inside an apartment complex.
According to the website, Keith’s legal counsel has unearthed “exculpatory evidence not given over by the State” five times in the nearly 30 years since his incarceration.
Police suspected Keith was the shooter at the time of the killing because one of the victims’ family members, Rudel Chatman, had been an informant for law enforcement during a cocaine narcotics investigation not long before, during which Keith was arrested and charged with selling less than three grams of cocaine, according to the website.
According to the website, Keith was apprehended less than two days after the shooting and convicted despite a surviving victim claiming the perpetrator was not Keith and a lack of forensic evidence linking him to the crime scene.
Keith’s brother’s efforts to prove Kevin’s innocence, including the discovery of evidence that resulted in Keith’s release from death row in 2010, are detailed on the Justice for Kevin Keith website.
According to a press release, the System is collaborating with Color of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. Activism organization Calling All Crows, which is currently running a campaign to raise awareness about the effects of mass incarceration across the country, “to bring criminal justice reform into the conversation around the podcast,” according to a release.
Kim Kardashian’s The System: The Case of Kevin Keith drops new episodes Mondays on Spotify.