Marilyn Rhett worked with her son's lawyers to get his death penalty changed. She lost her job, house and was forced to move in with her younger son. Ten years after the trial, Marilyn says she wants people to know that Paul is not a monster.
In 2008, Sven Berger was chosen to serve on the jury for a murder trial. He says the sentence that he and his fellow jurors handed down “felt like a mistake right away.”
Sven talked about what happened next on the podcast Heavyweight, and today, we’re sharing that episode with you. Maurice Chammah originally reported on Sven’s story for The Marshall Project.