Sealed Cistern, Pink Sneaker, and the Paper That Freed Her
Sealed Cistern, Pink Sneaker, and the Paper That Freed Her
A pink sneaker sat upright six feet below ground inside a cistern mortared shut more than a year earlier, and when it was found there was no dust on it - a detail never explained at trial. But the conviction that stood for thirty-eight months collapsed after one misfiled document surfaced in a courthouse no one was searching; how did a single paper undo a unanimous verdict?
In this episode, we tell the story of the people, places, and evidence that shaped a conviction and its reversal, following missing persons, a sealed cistern, and…
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