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In Episode 15, Arizona v. Jodi Ann Arias, Part 2, Lisa and Kyle continue their look at the 2008 murder of Travis Alexander, re-cap the five year pre-trial period after Arias' 2008 arrest and indictment and her trial, which began with jury selection in December, 2012. They then looked at her direct appeal, which was decided in March and April, 2020, the disbarment of Arias' first chair attorney L. Kirk Nurmi and prosecutor Juan Martinez. Finally, they looked at her pending state post-conviction claim currently making its way through state court in Arizona.
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In Episode 14, Kyle and Lisa looked at State of Arizona v. Jodi Ann Arias. On the evening of June 9, 2008, Travis Alexander was found murdered in the floor of the shower in his house in Mesa, AZ. He'd been stabbed multiple times, including a fatal wound in his chest, shot in the head and his throat had been slit. Fingers were immediately pointed at Jodi Arias, a former girlfriend and failed waitress/salesperson/photographer from Northern California. Travis and Arias had been engaged in a sexually charged on-off relationship since their first meeting in September, 2006. Forensic evidence found at the scene soon confirmed Arias' presence in the house at the time of Travis' murder and she was indicted and arrested in July, 2008. Initially, Arias denied being in Mesa, even in the face of date-stamped photographs of her in Travis' bed, naked on the day of the murder. When that story didn't work, Arias told a tall tale of a male and female intruder wearing ski masks that Arias called "beanies over their faces," who entered the house to kill Travis and threaten her. In Part 1, Lisa and Kyle talked about the brief relationship between Travis and Arias, Arias' odd and disturbing behaviors, including her extreme violations of Travis' privacy, Travis' murder and the pre-trial period between Travis' murder on June 4, 2008 and Arias' trial, which began in December, 2012 with jury selection.
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In Episode 13, Lisa is joined by Roberta Glass, of The Roberta Glass True Crime Report, for a look at the case of State of New York v. Ronald Joseph Defeo, Jr.. Defeo murdered his father, mother, two sisters and two brothers in the early morning hours of November 13, 1974. Defeo was arrested, tried and convicted in November, 1975. Lisa and Roberta talked about the murders, Defeo's trial, conviction and sentence and the claims made by George and Kathy Lutz, who bought the house in December, 1975. The Lutz family's claims of paranormal activity in the house during their 28 days there led to the book, "The Amityville Horror," by Jay Anson. They also talked about the controversy surrounding the Lutz' claims and the allegations made by William Weber, Defeo's trial attorney, who claimed that the haunted house story was hatched over multiple bottles of wine with the Lutzes.
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In Episode 12, Notable Supreme Court Cases, Part 3 Kyle and Lisa talked about cases decided between 1995 and 2010, including Schlup, Atkins, Roper, Crawford, House and Panetti. They looked at the background of each case, the issues raised by the Petitioners and the decisions of the Supreme Court. We are open to suggestions for any cases we missed and we will do this again next season.
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In Episode 11, Notable Supreme Court Cases, Part 2, Lisa and Kyle talked about cases decided between 1985 and 1994, including Ake v. Oklahoma, US v. Bagley, Coleman v. Thompson, Ford v. Wainwright, Murray v. Carrier, Sawyer v. Whitley, Herrera v. Collins and Tison v. Arizona. They briefly looked at the background of each case, the issues raised by the Petitioners and the decisions of the Supreme Court. Finally, they talked about the outcome of several notable cases.
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Lisa and Kyle return for Season 2, Episode 10, Notable Supreme Court Cases, Part 1, which includes some of the cases that have been mentioned in the context of state and federal post-conviction litigation for Rodney Reed, Richard Glossip and the West Memphis Three, among others. Today, they talked about cases decided between 1923 and 1984, including Napue, Brady, Gideon v. Wainwright, In Re: Winship, Giglio, Miranda, Furman, Gregg and Strickland. We’ll look briefly at the background of each case, the issues raised by the Petitioners and the decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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In Episode 9, Lisa and guest co-host Robb Chadwick took a look at Oklahoma v. Anthony Sanchez . In July, 2004, Sanchez was linked to the December 20, 1996 kidnapping, rape and murder of OU graduate Jewell "Juli" Busken via a cold case DNA hit. They discussed the evidence against Sanchez, his trial, direct appeal and state and federal post-conviction claims, including his recent actual innocence claim, pointing the finger at his deceased father, Thomas Glen Sanchez, who allegedly began confessing to the murder in July, 2020 and continued making inculpatory statement until his April, 2022 suicide.
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Lisa and Kyle continue their review of the case against Richard Glossip, who was convicted of the 1997 murder-for-hire of his boss, Barry Van Treese. In Part 2, they talked about the 2022 propaganda campaign being waged by his advocates in the media and his 2022 state post-conviction claims. They continued their discussion of the two writs currently pending at the U.S. Supreme Court, the result of the Oklahoma Attorney General’s “independent” investigation that we learned was directed by Reed Smith and, by extension, Don Knight and the disposition of Glossip’s 2023 state post-conviction application, the shenanigans involved in that process, Glossip’s clemency hearing and his challenge to those proceedings in the Oklahoma County district court. Finally, they talked about Glossip’s 2nd writ pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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In Episode 7, Oklahoma v. Richard Glossip: Update, Part 1, Kyle and Lisa talked about Glossip’s state post-conviction claims, including his 2015 claims and the 1st and 2nd claims filed in 2022, including the supplemental findings of Reed Smith.
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In Episode 6, Lisa and Kyle talk about State of Texas v. Rodney Reed, including Reed's state court litigation seeking DNA testing, the agreed DNA testing outside Chapter 64 and the results and Reed's federal challenge to the state court DNA procedures, which included U.S. Supreme Court opinion that returned Reed’s challenge to Texas’ DNA testing statute to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. They also talked about what that development really means and the DNA evidence underlying Reed's conviction for the murder of Stacey Stites.
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In Episode 5, Lisa and Kyle look at the case of State of North Carolina v. Molly Martens Corbett and Thomas Michael Martens. Martens, a former FBI agent, and his daughter are awaiting re-trial for murder in North Carolina. In the early morning hours of August 2, 2015, Molly's husband, Jason Corbett was beaten to death with a paver wielded by his wife and a child's bat wielded by his father-in-law, Martens. Their self-defense claims were quickly rejected by investigators, who presented the case to a grand jury that indicted the pair for 2nd Degree Murder and Voluntary Manslaughter. Kyle and Lisa talk about the evidence against Molly and Martens, their initial trial and state appellate claims and the appellate court decisions that granted their new trial requests.
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In Part 3, Lisa and Kyle conclude their discussion of the 1994 murder-for-hire of Farah Baquer Fratta, a mother of three gunned down in her garage in Humble, Harris County, Texas. In Parts 1 and 2, they talked about the case against Farah’s estranged husband, Robert Fratta, who was executed on January 10, 2023 and Joseph Prystash, a felon and gym rat who acted as Fratta’s middleman. In this episode, they talk about the case against Howard Paul Guidry, the trigger man. They talk about the case against Guidry, his first trial and conviction, which was vacated by a federal judge in September 2003, his re-trial, direct appeal and state and federal post-conviction claims, which concluded with the denial of Guidry’s petition to the United States Supreme Court in 2022.
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In Part 2, Lisa and Kyle continue discussing the 1994 murder-for-hire of Farah Baquer Fratta, a mother of three gunned down in her garage in Humble, Harris County, Texas. In Part 1, they talked about the the case against Farah’s estranged husband, Robert Fratta, who was executed on January 10, 2023. In Part 2, they look at the case against the middleman, Joseph Prystash, a felon and gym rat with Fratta at the President and First Lady Health Club in Harris County. They talk about the evidence against Prystash, his capital murder conviction, direct appeals and state and federal post-conviction claims.
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In Part 2, Lisa and Kyle continue discussing the 1994 murder-for-hire of Farah Baquer Fratta, a mother of three gunned down in her garage in Humble, Harris County, Texas. In Part 1, they talked about the the case against Farah’s estranged husband, Robert Fratta, who was executed on January 10, 2023. In Part 2, they look at the case against the middleman, Joseph Prystash, a felon and gym rat with Fratta at the President and First Lady Health Club in Harris County. They talk about the evidence against Prystash, his capital murder conviction, direct appeals and state and federal post-conviction claims.
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In Part 1, Lisa and Kyle talked about the 1994 murder-for-hire of Farah Baquer Fratta, a mother of three gunned down in her garage in Humble, Harris County, Texas. In Part 1, State of Texas v. Robert Alan Fratta, they examined the case against Farah’s estranged husband. They talked about the evidence against Fratta and his initial conviction, as well as his 2009 re-trial, direct appeals and state and federal post-conviction claims. Finally, they talked about the last-minute claims made in an unsuccessful effort to stop his execution on January 10, 2023.
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In Season 2, Episode 1, Kyle and Lisa update the cases and topics covered during Season 1, including recent events and developments in Texas v. Reed, Echols v. Arkansas, Oklahoma v. Glossip and Texas v. Skinner. They talked about the executions of James Coddington, Benjamin Cole and Richard Fairchild and Oklahoma's challenge to the federal Bureau of Prison's interference in the execution of John Fitzgerald Hanson. Finally, they talked about some of the cases they'll talk about during Season 2.
Intro: Roberta Glass
Artwork: Ati Abdo MacDonald
Audio Editor: Emily Walker
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In Episode 20, Kyle and Lisa conclude their discussion of State of Texas v. Henry Watkins Skinner. Skinner was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in 1995 for the New Year’s Eve 1993 murders of his girlfriend, Twila Busby and her sons, Randy Busby and Elwin Caler in Pampa, Texas. Skinner, the only member of the household to walk away that New Year’s morning, initially admitted that he fought with Twila, but blamed her for the deaths of her sons. Early DNA testing linked Twila and Elwin to the blood soaked pants Skinner was wearing when he was arrested and testing done by the DA in 2000 further linked him to the murders. In 2001, Skinner began pursuing DNA testing in the Texas courts. In Part 2, we’ll recap the evidence against Skinner, his direct appeal and post-conviction claims in state and federal court and wrap up our look at the case with a discussion of the DNA testing proceedings, agreed DNA testing conducted in 2012 and the courts’ resolution of Skinner’s actual innocence claims based on those results.
Intro: Roberta Glass
Cover Art: Ati Abdo MacDonald
Audio Editing: Emily Walker
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In Episode 19, Kyle and Lisa talked about State of Texas v. Henry Watkins "Hank" Skinner. In 1995, Skinner was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the December 31, 1993 murders of his girlfriend, Twila Busby and her sons, Randy Busby and Elwin Caler in Pampa, Gray County, Texas. Skinner has admitted that he was in the house when the murders occurred and he was the only member of the household to walk away that New Year’s morning. Early DNA testing linked Twila and Elwin to the blood soaked clothing Skinner was wearing when arrested. In 2001, he began pursuing DNA testing in the Texas courts. After his second request was denied in 2009, he sought relief under 42 U.S.C. §1983 in federal court, pursuing his claim all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. In Part 1, Lyle and Lisa talk about the evidence against Skinner, his direct appeal and post-conviction claims in state and federal court. Finally, they talked about the impact of Skinner v. Switzer on Skinner’s case and his pursuit of DNA testing in state court.
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Kyle and Lisa look at State of Oklahoma v. John Fitzgerald Hanson. Hanson was facing execution on December 15, 2022 for the 1999 murder of Mary Bowles. Hanson and his partner, Victor Miller, kidnapped Mary from a Tulsa mall on August 31, 1999. They brought her to a dirt pit in Owasso, where they encountered the owner, Jerald Thurman. Miller shot Mr. Thurman, then Hanson took Mary from the car and shot her to death as she lay in a ditch. We’ll talk about the case against Hanson, his trial, direct appeal, resentencing trial, 2nd direct appeal, post-conviction claims and the life sentence in federal prison. In keeping with the current administration’s stance against the death penalty, Bureau of Prison officials denied Oklahoma’s transfer request. The federal officials’ decision to act outside their legal authority has prevented the State of Oklahoma from carrying out Hanson’s lawfully imposed sentence.
Audio Editor: Emily Walker
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In Episode 17, Kyle and Lisa looked at the case against Richard Fairchild, who was convicted of the November 14, 1993 murder of his girlfriend's son, Adam Scott Broomhall. In a drunken rage, Fairchild struck, beat and burned the 3-year old, then threw him into a table, inflicting a fatal head injury. While advocates for Fairchild have never claimed he is actually innocent, they have challenged the OK Court of Criminal Appeal's holding that child abuse murder is a crime of general intent and have challenged Fairchild's culpability due to his alcohol and drug use and claims that he suffered from organic brain damage caused by multiple head injuries sustained during falls, fights and amateur boxing. They looked at the details of the crime, Fairchild's trial, direct appeal and state and federal post-conviction claims, along with his application for clemency ahead of his execution, currently scheduled for November 17, 2022.
Audio Editor: Emily Walker
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