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In 1995, a man named Barry Jones was sentenced to death for a terrible crime: the sexual assault and murder of a four year-old girl named Rachel Gray. But, over the next nearly two decades, the legs holding up the case against Barry Jones started to wobble. In the final episode of our two-part series, a team of federal public defenders fights to prove that Barry Jones should never have been convicted in the first place.This episode draws from Liliana Segura’s reporting for The Intercept.The stock image in our show art is courtesy of Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The story of Barry Jones starts the way a lot of crime stories do: with an alleged murder off a dusty highway in Tucson, Arizona. And for years, the story of this crime seemed familiar. A terrible tragedy followed by an investigation, a trial and then a conviction. But all of that changed earlier this year, when the United States Supreme Court took up Barry’s case, and came out with a decision that many experts say will have frightening impact on the nation’s justice system.This episode draws from Liliana Segura’s reporting for The Intercept.The stock image in our show art is courtesy of Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Max B is a famous rapper in Harlem. Until one night changes his life.You can find the rest of the story on the Conviction feed right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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When the grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan needed legal representation, he found an ally in the most unlikely of places — a volunteer attorney from the NAACP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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A family in suburban Ohio finds themselves the target of one of the strangest crimes in the state's history.Credit to Nexstar for exclusive archival footage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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When John Quinney was ten years old, he helped get his father convicted and sentenced to twenty years in prison. But a lot has happened in the three decades since he got on the witness stand. In this update episode, we take you inside the courtroom as John recants his testimony and tries to get his dad exonerated.This is Chapter 9 of American Panic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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After 22 years, John comes face to face with his father Melvin.This is Chapter 8 of American Panic, originally broadcast on Conviction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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More than a decade after the first allegations of satanic ritual abuse in California, the Satanic Panic was mostly snuffed out. The nation began to move on. But the children at the heart of it were just beginning to reckon with their past.This is Chapter 7 of American Panic, originally broadcast on Conviction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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In the summer of 1991, Melvin Quinney was put on trial. The prime witness against him: his own son, John.This is Chapter 6 of American Panic, originally broadcast on Conviction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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How nine-year-old John Quinney became a believer.This is Chapter 5 of American Panic, originally broadcast on Conviction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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In California, you can run but you can’t hide.This is Chapter 4 of American Panic, originally broadcast on Conviction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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A movement meant to protect children goes catastrophically wrong.This is Chapter 3 of American Panic, originally broadcast on Conviction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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We trace the roots of the Satanic Panic back to a strange Canadian memoir, Michelle Remembers.This is Chapter 2 of American Panic, originally broadcast on Conviction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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In 1989, nine-year-old John Quinney accused his father Melvin of being a satanic cult leader and abusing him in satanic rituals. His father vehemently denied the charges. It was a case that tore their family apart. But what none of them knew was that they were just one of dozens of families going through the same nightmare.This is Chapter 1 of American Panic, originally broadcast on Conviction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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In pre-Roe America, a movement for necessary healthcare was born in the underground.This episode was produced by the Science Vs. team and originally broadcast on April 7th, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Journalist Connie Walker has spent the past decade investigating the impact of crimes committed against Indigenous people. This year, Connie’s investigation brought her closer to home: to a trauma that has been rippling through her family for decades. This is the first chapter of that investigation. To hear the rest of the series, listen to Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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A police sketch artist reveals how she turns your fuzzy memory into a sharp drawing. Sketch artist Kelly Lawson from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation walks us through the process. Thanks to Gary Wells, Gil Zamora, and caller Lex.This episode was produced by the Every Little Thing team. Check out Kelly's sketch of Dan @eltshow on Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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In the 1970s, the Supreme Court decided that failing to provide prisoners with necessary medical care could rise to the level of cruel and unusual punishment. But, as one Texas prison reporter discovered in 2017, what constitutes “necessary medical care” is open to interpretation.This episode draws from Keri Blakinger’s reporting for the Houston Chronicle and her memoir, Corrections in Ink. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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A small mystery in a small community leads us into a world of online sleuths and vigilante justice.Read Rachel Monroe's article in The New Yorker here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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All around the world, museums are filled with stolen artifacts. A man named Mwazulu Diyabanza is doing something about it.This episode was produced by the Resistance team and originally broadcast on February 17th, 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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