In 1994, forensic botanist Miriam Achebe was called to testify in the trial of a farmhand accused of murdering his employer in rural Ohio — and she brought with her evidence that had never been used in an American courtroom: the growth patterns of weeds. What she found in the dirt didn't just challenge the prosecution's timeline; it unraveled an entirely different story about who was really in that field, and why local law enforcement had been so eager to close the case before the ground thawed. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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