The Blue Asparagus Band That Nearly Sent An Innocent Man Away
The Blue Asparagus Band That Nearly Sent An Innocent Man AwayA single blue asparagus rubber band found around three fingers turned an ordinary produce receipt into the centerpiece of a murder case and nearly sent a 61-year-old man to prison. How did a commonplace band and one mistaken phrase in an interrogation become the hinge of a trial that ignored evidence standing forty feet away?In this episode, we lay out the timeline from the morning a fishing line hauled up a human hand to the arrest and interview of George O'Connor, and the translation error that shaped the prosecution's case. How…
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