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Well, it's that time again! We've just wrapped up what is arguably the case that has caused the most division among our jury members—the story of Mary Rice. Accomplice or Victim? That’s the question on everyone’s mind.
So, what does a professional think? Enter the man they call the Voice of Reason, Michael Leonard. With over 30 years of trial experience as a defence attorney, he's a man who's heard it all. Does Michael believe Mary was a victim? And how would he have handled her case differently? Let’s find out.
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On 31 January 2017, Mary Rice claimed that a man named William Boyette broke into her trailer and woke her at gunpoint. She said she had previously had little to do with Boyette, who was now, according to her, forcing her to leave with him in the middle of the night. Just hours earlier, Billy Boyette had murdered two women in a motel room, fatally shooting them both.
What followed was a week-long manhunt and killing spree that left four women dead, Billy Boyette committing suicide, and Mary Rice arrested as his accomplice. Mary has always maintained that she was just another of Billy's victims—kidnapped and forced to accompany him on his crime spree.
The police, however, told a different story. Authorities believed Mary was a willing participant in Boyette’s crimes and subsequently charged her with murder and accessory after the fact. She was tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years.
This is her story, as told by her from her prison cell.
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On 31 January 2017, Mary Rice claimed that a man named William Boyette broke into her trailer and woke her at gunpoint. She said she had previously had little to do with Boyette, who was now, according to her, forcing her to leave with him in the middle of the night. Just hours earlier, Billy Boyette had murdered two women in a motel room, fatally shooting them both.
What followed was a week-long manhunt and killing spree that left four women dead, Billy Boyette committing suicide, and Mary Rice arrested as his accomplice. Mary has always maintained that she was just another of Billy's victims—kidnapped and forced to accompany him on his crime spree.
The police, however, told a different story. Authorities believed Mary was a willing participant in Boyette’s crimes and subsequently charged her with murder and accessory after the fact. She was tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years.
This is her story, as told by her from her prison cell.
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On 31 January 2017, Mary Rice claimed that a man named William Boyette broke into her trailer and woke her at gunpoint. She said she had previously had little to do with Boyette, who was now, according to her, forcing her to leave with him in the middle of the night. Just hours earlier, Billy Boyette had murdered two women in a motel room, fatally shooting them both.
What followed was a week-long manhunt and killing spree that left four women dead, Billy Boyette committing suicide, and Mary Rice arrested as his accomplice. Mary has always maintained that she was just another of Billy's victims—kidnapped and forced to accompany him on his crime spree.
The police, however, told a different story. Authorities believed Mary was a willing participant in Boyette’s crimes and subsequently charged her with murder and accessory after the fact. She was tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years.
This is her story, as told by her from her prison cell.
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On 31 January 2017, Mary Rice claimed that a man named William Boyette broke into her trailer and woke her at gunpoint. She said she had previously had little to do with Boyette, who was now, according to her, forcing her to leave with him in the middle of the night. Just hours earlier, Billy Boyette had murdered two women in a motel room, fatally shooting them both.
What followed was a week-long manhunt and killing spree that left four women dead, Billy Boyette committing suicide, and Mary Rice arrested as his accomplice. Mary has always maintained that she was just another of Billy's victims—kidnapped and forced to accompany him on his crime spree.
The police, however, told a different story. Authorities believed Mary was a willing participant in Boyette’s crimes and subsequently charged her with murder and accessory after the fact. She was tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years.
This is her story, as told by her from her prison cell.
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On 31 January 2017, Mary Rice claimed that a man named William Boyette broke into her trailer and woke her at gunpoint. She said she had previously had little to do with Boyette, who was now, according to her, forcing her to leave with him in the middle of the night. Just hours earlier, Billy Boyette had murdered two women in a motel room, fatally shooting them both.
What followed was a week-long manhunt and killing spree that left four women dead, Billy Boyette committing suicide, and Mary Rice arrested as his accomplice. Mary has always maintained that she was just another of Billy's victims—kidnapped and forced to accompany him on his crime spree.
The police, however, told a different story. Authorities believed Mary was a willing participant in Boyette’s crimes and subsequently charged her with murder and accessory after the fact. She was tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years.
This is her story, as told by her from her prison cell.
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On 31 January 2017, Mary Rice claimed that a man named William Boyette broke into her trailer and woke her at gunpoint. She said she had previously had little to do with Boyette, who was now, according to her, forcing her to leave with him in the middle of the night. Just hours earlier, Billy Boyette had murdered two women in a motel room, fatally shooting them both.
What followed was a week-long manhunt and killing spree that left four women dead, Billy Boyette committing suicide, and Mary Rice arrested as his accomplice. Mary has always maintained that she was just another of Billy's victims—kidnapped and forced to accompany him on his crime spree.
The police, however, told a different story. Authorities believed Mary was a willing participant in Boyette’s crimes and subsequently charged her with murder and accessory after the fact. She was tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years.
This is her story, as told by her from her prison cell.
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Christopher Dunn has been fighting for his freedom for almost 34 years after a wrongful conviction. Recently, he finally obtained that freedom when a judge declared that no reasonable jury today, with the new evidence presented, would convict him.The judge moved to have Chris released from prison.
Unfortunately, the attorney general of Missouri had other plans. They filed a motion to block Chris's release, forcing him to spend another week behind bars before he was ultimately sent home to his wife and family.
However, it seems the fight is not yet over. Chris, his lovely wife Kira, and I sat down together to discuss the ongoing battle surrounding his case.
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After more than a year of conversations that began while he was still incarcerated, Jason Vukovich—known as the Alaskan Avenger—sits down with me now free on parole and wearing an ankle monitor, opens up about his final few days incacerated, how it feels to be free and just what is next for him on the outside.
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Former British soldier Nick Dunn, one of the Chennai Six, joins me to recount his extraordinary ordeal of being wrongfully imprisoned in India. In this eye-opening interview, Nick takes us through the shocking events that led to his arrest, the relentless fight for justice, and the emotional rollercoaster of being separated from his family for years. This is a story of perseverance against all odds, shedding light on the human cost of legal battles abroad and the strength it takes to keep hope alive.
Get Nicks book here
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Former British soldier Nick Dunn, one of the Chennai Six, joins me to recount his extraordinary ordeal of being wrongfully imprisoned in India. In this eye-opening interview, Nick takes us through the shocking events that led to his arrest, the relentless fight for justice, and the emotional rollercoaster of being separated from his family for years. This is a story of perseverance against all odds, shedding light on the human cost of legal battles abroad and the strength it takes to keep hope alive.
Get Nicks book here
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Fmr Lieutenant John Kennedy was a police officer with the Detroit Police Force. A man who always wanted to help others, to protect the innocent and put the bad guys away. He's been shot at multiple times, hit by a car, arrested countless criminals and even worked close protection detail, ready to take a bullet for someone else.
However this officer with a spotless record is now facing the possibility of more than two years behind bars, for what the FBI say is his role in a Detroit Towing Company corruption scheme. Corruption that has seen multiple police officers and government officials face criminal charges for bribery.
Today I sit down with John who has just found out what his punishment will be.
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Fmr Lieutenant John Kennedy was a police officer with the Detroit Police Force. A man who always wanted to help others, to protect the innocent and put the bad guys away. He's been shot at multiple times, hit by a car, arrested countless criminals and even worked close protection detail, ready to take a bullet for someone else.
However this officer with a spotless record is now facing the possibility of more than two years behind bars, for what the FBI say is his role in a Detroit Towing Company corruption scheme. Corruption that has seen multiple police officers and government officials face criminal charges for bribery.
John and I sat down to talk about his career, these charges and the very real possibility of prison time
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So it is high time we answered some of your burning questions! and by we I mean myself and 'The Voice of Reason' Mr. Michael Leonard.
A few weeks ago I started collating some of the questions you had from our private Facebook group and today we answer them. So this is part 1 of an hours worth of questions from you!
Not in the group!? what are you waiting for, become a Juror now and join the jury deliberation room.
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So it is high time we answered some of your burning questions! and by we I mean myself and 'The Voice of Reason' Mr. Michael Leonard.
A few weeks ago I started collating some of the questions you had from our private Facebook group and today we answer them. So this is part 2 of an hours worth of questions from you!
Not in the group!? what are you waiting for, become a Juror now and join the jury deliberation room.
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"That shows the utter lack of concern and preparation for the case," says Michael Leonard, 'The Voice of Reason.'
He’s far from impressed with the defense attorney in the case of John Merritt, and he’s not holding back in today’s episode as we unpack the myriad issues surrounding this decades-old case.
John Merritt has been behind bars for longer than I’ve been alive. Like many of the men and women we speak to, John’s early life was marked by encounters with the law—mostly for petty, non-violent offences. He became trapped in a cycle, moving in and out of the system, until one day, while serving time for burglary, his life took an even darker turn.
A visit from a sheriff's investigator would change the course of his life forever, propelling him down an unexpected and terrifying path toward the death penalty for a crime he says he didn’t commit.
In the end, John faced a grim choice: life in prison or the electric chair.
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John Merritt has been behind bars for longer than I’ve been alive. Like many of the men and women we speak to, John’s early life was marked by run-ins with the law—mostly for petty, non-violent offences.
He became trapped in a cycle, moving in and out of the system. One day everything took an even darker turn while he was serving a sentence for burglary.
A visit from a sheriff's investigator would change the course of his life forever, setting him on an unexpected and terrifying path toward the death penalty for a crime, he says, he didn't commit.
Ultimately John would have to make a decision, a life of incarceration or the electric chair.
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John Merritt has been behind bars for longer than I’ve been alive. Like many of the men and women we speak to, John’s early life was marked by run-ins with the law—mostly for petty, non-violent offences.
He became trapped in a cycle, moving in and out of the system. One day everything took an even darker turn while he was serving a sentence for burglary.
A visit from a sheriff's investigator would change the course of his life forever, setting him on an unexpected and terrifying path toward the death penalty for a crime, he says, he didn't commit.
Ultimately John would have to make a decision, a life of incarceration or the electric chair.
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John Merritt has been behind bars for longer than I’ve been alive. Like many of the men and women we speak to, John’s early life was marked by run-ins with the law—mostly for petty, non-violent offences.
He became trapped in a cycle, moving in and out of the system. One day everything took an even darker turn while he was serving a sentence for burglary.
A visit from a sheriff's investigator would change the course of his life forever, setting him on an unexpected and terrifying path toward the death penalty for a crime, he says, he didn't commit.
Ultimately John would have to make a decision, a life of incarceration or the electric chair.
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John Merritt has been behind bars for longer than I’ve been alive. Like many of the men and women we speak to, John’s early life was marked by run-ins with the law—mostly for petty, non-violent offences.
He became trapped in a cycle, moving in and out of the system. One day everything took an even darker turn while he was serving a sentence for burglary.
A visit from a sheriff's investigator would change the course of his life forever, setting him on an unexpected and terrifying path toward the death penalty for a crime, he says, he didn't commit.
Ultimately John would have to make a decision, a life of incarceration or the electric chair.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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