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S2-EP35: State's Response to Discovery Motion Sep 01, 2021

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McLean County turned over less than 900 pages before the trial, and again in 2007 when Jamie went pro se. Now we know there are nearly 8000 pages that have never been turned over to Jamie. Yet, the state continues to fight against Jamie and his attorneys having access to the very documents that the state has had access to all along. Join us as we discuss the state’s response to the motion for discovery that will be argued on September 8th.

Read the state’s response:

http://www.docs.snowfiles.net/filings/08-13-21_State-Response-to-Discovery-Motion.pdf

Please join us at the McLean County Law & Justice Center in Bloomington, Illinois on September 8th at 1:30 to show support for Jamie’s new attorney from the Exoneration Project, Lauren Myercough-Mueller, as well as for Jamie and his family. Join our Facebook Event page for updates.

S2-EP34: Andy the Juror Aug 25, 2021

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Andy, a juror from Susan Claycomb’s trial, joins Tam and Ray for an in-depth interview about deliberations from her trial. Jamie’s co-defendant, Susan Claycomb was found not guilty at her trial, which was held first, and 90% of the trial was focused on evidence against Jamie. They had to find Jamie guilty of murder in order to find Susan guilty of being the driver. Andy takes us behind the scenes of deliberations in Susan’s trial. What evidence was Susan’s jury focused on? Were there any sticking points? Andy also revealed they were questioned after the verdict by States Attorney Charles Reynard and Teena Griffin. What did they ask the jurors and why does it matter? You may be surprised at the effect the juror’s answers to these questions had on Jamie’s trial. You’ll learn all this and much more in this eye-opening interview.

Please join us at the McLean County Law & Justice Center in Bloomington, Illinois on September 8th at 1:30 Central time to show support for Jamie’s new attorney from the Exoneration Project, Lauren Myercough-Mueller, as well as for Jamie and his family. Keep up with updates on the Facebook Event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/255184552723871/

S2-EP33: Discovery Motion Break Down Aug 18, 2021

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During trial, Jamie was saddled with an attorney who had suffered a stroke, and his co-counsel who was apparently preparing for Jamie’s case at the local bar. In 2007 Jamie stood alone, once again, as he struggled with another appointed attorney who refused to raise issues that Jamie felt were critical to his defense. In Episode 33, we analyze the issues that led to the recent motion for discovery that will be held at the McLean County Law & Justice Center on September 8th at 1:30pm. We’ll take a deep dive into the hearing the 2007 hearing when Jamie went pro se, and was granted discovery. We’ll also go through the items that were withheld from Jamie that are claimed in the motion filed by the Exoneration Project. Please join us at the McLean County Law & Justice Center in Bloomington, Illinois on September 8th at 1:30 to show support for Jamie’s new attorney from the Exoneration Project, Lauren Myerscough-Mueller, as well as for Jamie and his family.

S2-EP32: FOIA Fight, Discovery and Why it Matters Aug 13, 2021

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In 2011, supporters of Jamie Snow's innocence unknowingly embarked on what would turn out to be a 10 year fight with the Bloomington Police Department for Jamie Snow's case file, ultimately resulting a law suit against the City of Bloomington. In this episode, we correlate the long fight to get the information that was withheld from Jamie prior to trial with the recent motion for discovery. It serves as a background of what led up to the quest for the missing documents and also includes a rewind of Season 1, Episode 20 - The Truth Never Changes - an extra long episode, but very relevant to the upcoming arguments. This episode also is a prelude to the next episode, which will focus on the motion for discovery and the hearing to be held on September 8, 2021, 1:30pm at the McLean County Justice Center.

Music Credits

YouTube Audio Library: https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music

Theme Song: Black Moons, The 126ers

Dreamlike, Kevin MacLeod

01/15/2001: Closing Arguments

S2-EP31-Ballistics PT1- The Gospel According to Gunnell - with Patrick Pursley Aug 04, 2021

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Patrick Pursley was convicted in 1994 of murder in Rockford, Illinois. He fought for 27 years behind the walls of Stateville to prove his innocence. He knew the linchpin in his case was the bullets retrieved from the crime scene. He also knew he didn’t commit the murder, so without a doubt the gun retrieved from his girlfriend’s home did not match the bullets and casings retrieved from the crime scene, even though Illinois State Police ballistics technician, Daniel Gunnell, testified definitively at trial that the gun was the weapon used in the crime “to the exclusion of all others.” Patrick went on to successfully initiate adding ballistics testing in the Illinois Post Conviction Act – which eventually led to his release.

Join us for a fascinating interview with Patrick Pursley as he navigates us through his first trial, post-conviction efforts, and eventual exoneration after nearly three decades of fighting for his innocence behind bars.

S2-Bonus - Nolite te bastardes carborundorum – Don’t Let the Bastards Grind You Down Jul 28, 2021

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Some straight talk and Jamie’s thoughts on the last hearing…

S2-EP30: Q&A: The Truth is at Our Fingertips Jul 21, 2021

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Join Bruce, Tam, Lesley and Ray as they vigorously unpack the glaring issues surrounding the fingerprint evidence from Episode 30 - The Truth is at Our Fingertips

S2-EP30 - The Truth is at Our Fingertips Jul 15, 2021

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Crimes, even cold cases, are solved every day with fingerprint matching technology. Multiple fingerprints were collected as evidence from the Clark Oil Station on the night of the crime, but only one print was suitable for the FBI Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) in 1991. When testing was requested in 2008, McLean County State’s Attorney Bill Workman stated in court that “fingerprints” from the crime scene have been running in AFIS since 1991, but according to the documents, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Can the prints be run through IAFIS now? Can DNA technologies play a role in exonerating Jamie? And why does McLean County continue to resist testing of evidence they themselves collected from the crime scene?

S2-EP29: Q&A: Bad Blood Jul 07, 2021

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Questions, answers and discussion from Episode 29 - Bad Blood

S2-EP29: Bad Blood Jul 01, 2021

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In 2008, the Exoneration Project filed a motion for DNA testing of the blood, clothes, bullets, and fingerprints gathered at the crime scene in 1991. That was finally whittled down to an agreement to test the blood sample that was collected from the floor. And that sample, incredibly, turned out to match the victim’s blood. We know from reports from the first officer on the scene, the paramedics, and the medical examiner that Bill Little did not bleed out, and had no lacerations or open wounds on his body at the time of his death. In this episode we explore the blood sample collected from the floor - Exhibit #2 - and its transformation into Exhibit #2A. What happened to the original blood sample, and how could it have matched the victim if he had no lacerations on his body?

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