Ozarks True Crime

On July 10th, Sandra Hemme’s murder conviction was overturned, but the Missouri Attorney General’s office has worked tirelessly to keep her in prison. In this episode, we have breaking news on the outcome.

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Sandra and her family finally have a ruling in the murder conviction that has cast a shadow over their lives for more than four decades. On June 14 2024, Judge Ryan Horsman overturned Sandra’s murder conviction, meaning she could be free in a matter of days. Anne gives an update on what this means for Sandy and what happens next.

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The difficult part about doing a season in real time is that you’re often waiting on answers. We’re taking a short break and will return as soon as we have a ruling from Sandy’s evidentiary hearing, which is expected this summer. We’ll be bringing you more episodes that feature key people who’ve not yet been able to speak on record. Stay tuned.

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This week we’re sharing another podcast that deals with similar subjects to this season of Ozarks True Crime, namely wrongful imprisonment and questionable police practices. Say Their Name focuses on the assault and killing of Black people by police throughout the United States. This episode focuses on the story of 34 year old Miriam Carey, who was shot and killed by Capitol Police after she accidentally made an incorrect turn into a White House security checkpoint. In Say Their Name, learn more about who these individuals were and how these devastating situations affect families and communities across the U.S. 

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We’re still waiting for the ruling from Sandy’s evidentiary hearing so this week we’re releasing our interview with Darryl Burton. Darryl spent a quarter-century in the Missouri State Penitentiary for a crime that he did not commit. After being released, he founded Miracle of Innocence, a charity that helps free innocent people and set them up for success after incarceration. In this interview, Darryl shares his experience of being wrongfully imprisoned and the challenges he faced when he finally got out.

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As we wait for the verdict from Sandy’s evidentiary hearing, we’re releasing a never-before-heard interview with lawyer and professor Sean O’Brien. In this episode Sean gives us first-hand information on the systems responsible for placing those struggling with mental illness in the prison system. We look at common issues— like police officers mistaking mental health symptoms for signs of guilt —  and ask Sean how we can reform these systems.

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As we wait for the verdict from Sandy’s evidentiary hearing, we’re releasing the first-ever podcast interview with the children of Melvin Lee Reynolds: the St. Joseph man who spent four years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. We hear about how their father’s wrongful conviction is still affecting their lives. Additionally, writer and journalist Terry Ganey explains the similarities in Melvin and Sandy’s case, starting with the involvement of the St. Joseph Police Department.

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As we wait for the verdict from Sandy’s evidentiary hearing, we’re releasing our never-heard-before interview with Rick Hartigan — a former St. Joseph, Missouri, journalist who received threats from police for his reporting on the Patricia Jeschke murder. At the time of Sandy’s original trial in 1981, Rick reported on evidence connecting an alternate suspect to the murder — a suspect now known as police officer Michael Holman.

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As she awaits the judge’s ruling, Sandra Hemme returns to the Chillicothe Correctional Center to continue serving her 50-year prison sentence. In this episode, we ask what will happen if Sandy is released. We talk to advocates, and hear first-hand from an exoneree, about what it’s like to return home after decades of wrongful imprisonment.

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The hearing concludes, and our team drives to St. Joseph to visit the site where Sandy was first interrogated by police: the St. Joseph State Hospital. Now the site of a prison and a museum, we work to understand the disturbing past of Missouri’s mental health facilities and investigate why so many people with mental illness are placed in Missouri prisons.

Links:

Innocent A Second Look - Darryl Burton

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

International Suicide Hotlines

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