The Purse That Proved a Wrongful Conviction: Why the Creek Lied
The Purse That Proved a Wrongful Conviction: Why the Creek Lied
A leather purse pulled four feet up from Cutter Creek on January 9, 2011 was completely dry inside, a detail an evidence technician recorded but nobody followed up on - a single physical object that helped send Rhonda Armstrong to prison for two years and five months. How did a dry purse, a swiped transit pass, and mismatched access logs become the foundation for a conviction that ignored basic timelines?
In this episode, we tell the story of Rhonda Armstrong and the sequence of evidence and records that placed her near the scene…
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