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Rachael Geiser, a criminal defense investigator with 26 years of experience, shares insights from the West Memphis Three case, and reveals how scientific mistakes and overlooked evidence led to wrongful convictions that were eventually overturned.

• Updates on the Tyree Nichols case including new trials granted in federal court
• Update on Clarence Nesbit's death penalty case where the death notice was withdrawn after years of appeals
• Interviewing Terry Hobbs, the stepfather of victim Stevie Branch, who had never been interviewed by police
• Expert pathologists unanimously concluded victims' wounds were from animal predation, not knife wounds as originally claimed
• The importance of accurate forensic science and how getting it wrong "changes the whole landscape of the case"
• Reflection on how media coverage placed the West Memphis Three case alongside another major case on the same newspaper front page

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