IN ESTO - What really happened to Adrianna Hutto? Bonus content - Dr Kamala London's expert opinion.

Dr Kamala London gives her expert opinion on the interviews and testimony of AJ Hutto. Dr London is the Department of Psychology, Professor & Department Chair at the University of Toledo. She has a Postdoctoral Fellowship at John Hopkins University and is the authority on memory and suggestibility in children and adolescents especially during court testimony.

I have broken this episode into 4 chapters:

First, the interview by the sheriffs and influences beforehand.

Secondly, the direct impact on AJ and why the interviewers appear to have had little understanding of the potential burden being put on a six-year-old.

Thirdly, the lack of open questions and why the trial testimony was meaningless.

Lastly, what best practice should look like when interviewing a small child. Including “Narrative Practice” and “Hypothesis Testing” rather than a “Hypothesis Confirming” approach.

Written and Produced by N Leigh Hunt

Theme music by Bart Mendoza and Manual Scan

Additional info graciously provided by Georgetown University's Making An Exoneree Program and Investigator Kimberly Hunter

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IN ESTO - What really happened to Adrianna Hutto? Bonus Content - Grandma Brenda’s Recollections Part 2.

In this second part of the episode we speak futher with Amanda's mother, Brenda Burns.

If you have not listened to the full series, I suggest you do because there are heaps of spoilers in this conversation. Brenda and Paw Chuck took AJ to see the Sheriff – I explore this and many other topics relating to her daughters conviction. With the help from Alabama Investigator Kim Hunter.

Written and Produced by N Leigh Hunt

Theme music by Bart Mendoza and Manual Scan

Acoustic score by Dylan Lotter Music

Additional info graciously provided by Georgetown University's Making An Exoneree Program and Investigator Kimberly Hunter

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IN ESTO - What really happened to Adrianna Hutto? Bonus Content - Grandma Brenda’s Recollections Part 1.

In this episode we speak with Amanda's mother, Brenda Burns. She reflects on the tragedy and offers some new information that may surprise.

If you have not listened to the full series, I suggest you do because there are heaps of spoilers in this conversation. Brenda and Paw Chuck took AJ to see the Sheriff – I explore this and many other topics relating to her daughters conviction. With the help of Alabama Investigator Kimberly Hunter.

Written and Produced by N Leigh Hunt

Theme music by Bart Mendoza and Manual Scan

Acoustic score by Dylan Lotter Music

Additional info graciously provided by Georgetown University's Making An Exoneree Program and Investigator Kimberly Hunter

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IN ESTO - What really happened to Adrianna Hutto? Bonus Content: Interview with Public Defender Walter Smith.

The folks at Georgetown University's - Making An Exoneree Program caught up with Amanda Lewis's Public Defender, Walter Smith. Obviously, the trial was many years ago, but this is the one case he will remember for the rest of his life. 

Written and Produced by N Leigh Hunt

Theme music by Bart Mendoza and Manual Scan

Additional info graciously provided by Georgetown University's Making An Exoneree Program and Investigator Kimberly Hunter

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.