Guilty Until Proven Innocent

McKinley discusses the murder of Laci Peterson and the conviction of her husband Scott Peterson for her murder and the murder of their unborn child.

Sources:

https://www.oxygen.com/dateline-secrets-uncovered/crime-news/scott-and-laci-peterson-story-explained-dateline

https://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/peterson-scott-lee.htm

https://www.nndb.com/people/738/000023669/

https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/how-did-laci-scott-peterson-meet-147213/

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=125170&page=1

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4877626/Scott-Peterson-car-cash-pills-arrest.html

https://people.com/celebrity/cop-scott-peterson-sped-through-bay-area/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scott-peterson-convicted-killer-new-trial-48-hours/

Laci’s Walk that I read from in the episode: https://pwc-sii.com/Research/sightings/Walk.htm

McKinley discusses the murder of Robert Dorotik and the exoneration on Jane Dorotik.

Sources:

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=6332

https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-time/jane-dorotik-kills-husband-avoid-alimony-blames-murder-daughter

https://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/dorotik-jane.htm

McKinley discusses the wrongful conviction of Daniel Villegas and the 1993 El Paso

Shooting.

Sources:

http://proclaimjustice.org/cases/daniel-villegas/

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5389

https://www.ktsm.com/local/youll-never-be-the-same-daniel-villegas-opens-up-on-life-after-2018-trial/amp/

McKinley discusses the wrongful conviction of Clarence Earl Gideon and the Supreme Court Case Gideon v. Wainwright.

Sources:

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=113

https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/facts-and-case-summary-gideon-v-wainwright

https://www.oyez.org/cases/1962/155

https://judicature.duke.edu/articles/better-by-the-dozen-bringing-back-the-twelve-person-civil-jury/

McKinley discusses the Thomas Szafranski Case and the wrongful conviction of Leo Jones.

Sources:

https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/supreme-court/1991/78907-0.html

https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr51/018/1998/en/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-001218deathp-story.html

https://www.odmp.org/officer/13066-officer-thomas-joseph-szafranski

McKinley discusses the Tardy Furniture Murders and the wrongful conviction of Curtis Flowers.

Sources:

https://features.apmreports.org/in-the-dark/tardy-victims/

https://friendsofjustice.blog/2018/06/27/so-if-it-curtis-flowers-isnt-guilty-who-is/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Flowers

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5808

McKinley discusses the Antique Shop Rape Case and the wrongful conviction of Malcolm Alexander.

Sources:

https://sites.psu.edu/rowercl/2020/09/24/the-wrongful-conviction-of-malcolm-alexander/

Joseph Tosh Disbarred Board Decision- https://www.lasc.org/opinions/99b1972.pc.pdf

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5274

https://innocenceproject.org/cases/malcolm-alexander/

https://www.bostoncriminaldefenselawyers.com/amp/rape-and-aggravated-rape.html

McKinley discusses the Francis McKinnon case and the wrongful conviction of Thomas James.

Sources:

https://www.gq.com/story/thomas-james-tragic-murder-case/amp

http://justicedenied.org/issue/issue_27/thomas_r_james.html

https://miami.cbslocal.com/2022/04/27/victims-family-left-with-mixed-feelings-after-man-exonerated-of-his-killing-30-years-later/

https://www.theroot.com/thomas-raynard-james-exonerated-after-32-years-in-priso-1848868681/amp

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=6243

McKinley discusses the Sabrina Buie and the wrongful conviction of Henry McCollum and Leon Brown.

Sources:

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/north-carolina-jury-awards-death-row-exonerees-henry-mccollum-and-leon-brown-75m-for-their-wrongful-capital-convictions

https://nccadp.org/stories/henry-mccollum-leon-brown/

https://abc11.com/child-rape-murder-red-springs-1983-killed/293662/

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/04/07/the-price-of-innocence

In this special bonus episode McKinley interviews Nick Sardina who is making a documentary on the Kimberly Simon case.