Bill Rankin goes to Bremen in the dark of night, and with the help of an Army veteran, tests what you can see from "Stroupe's stoop." Could Gary Allen Stroupe have seen Justin Chapman from his front porch? Plus, Chapman experiences the appeal from hell.

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Follow the twists and turns of a case in rural Georgia that some say landed an innocent man in prison.

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Justin Ross Harris returns to Cobb County and is sentenced for the murder of his 22-month-old son Cooper. We delve into the contradictions in the jury's verdict. We also hear from some Breakdown listeners who seem to know as much about the case as anyone -- and have completely divergent views on the outcome.

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The prosecution and the defense give impassioned, powerful closing arguments, wrapping up the trial. Prosecutor Chuck Boring insists Ross Harris lived a double life and intentionally killed his little boy. Defense attorney Maddox Kilgore contends Cooper’s death was a horrible accident and that police rushed to judgment without looking at evidence contrary to their theory. The six-man, six-woman jury then gets the case and, over the next three days, sends a number of questions to Judge Mary Staley Clark.

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Ross Harris’ ex-wife, Leanna Taylor, took the witness stand on Monday and repeated her long-held belief that Harris never meant to leave their 22-month-old son Cooper to die in his overheated SUV. Taylor spent an emotional two days on the stand, ending her testimony with a dramatic flourish. Some of Harris’ relatives and closest friends then followed her and testified Harris loved his little boy. But in the end, Harris chose not to testify in his own defense, and both the defense and the state rest their cases. 

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After four days of deliberations, the jury in Brunswick returns with a verdict in The State of Georgia v. Justin Ross Harris. Cobb County's district attorney says this is no time for a celebration. Harris's lawyers, in an emotional interview, say they are stunned by the outcome. 

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Prosecutors open a new week of testimony by calling one woman after another to the witness

stand. Harris pursued all of them – including two teenagers – over sexually

explicit online chats. Finally, lead detective Phil Stoddard takes the stand

and prosecutors play the detective’s interview of Harris at the police station

the day of Cooper’s death. They also play the recording of Harris’ emotionally

charged meeting with his wife when she comes to see him at police headquarters.

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Lead Detective Phil Stoddard ended his testimony after four days on the witness stand. Under cross-examination, Stoddard took some punches, but also delivered some blows. On Friday, the state rested its case after calling 51 witnesses to the stand over the course of 16 days of testimony. They presented no eyewitnesses, no DNA on a murder weapon, no irrefutable video. Instead, prosecutors put into evidence a mountain of circumstantial evidence and a pile of filth – being Harris’ deviant sex life. The defense then started presenting its case, trying to show the jury that Ross Harris was thinking of a life with his son Cooper long after the day he was left in his father’s SUV to die. 

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The murder trial against Justin Ross Harris is finally underway. The prosecution opened with a

blistering opening statement, while Harris’ defense attorney countered with an

emotional and powerful opening of his own. After that, the first prosecution

witnesses took the stand, and some of them gave testimony prosecutors wanted to

hear, while some of them said things the defense wanted to hear. Then, three

days into the trial, Hurricane Matthew started its destructive path through

Florida and toward Georgia. That meant the trial of stops and starts stopped

once again.

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The judge, lawyers and jurors return to Brunswick after Hurricane Matthew. The

trial starts back up with the initial focus on little Cooper Harris. Prosecutors

introduce testimony about the “smell of death,” and the jury hears from a

hooker who said she had sex with Harris weeks before Cooper’s death.

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