22 years after he is convicted, someone finally tries to defend him. So in 20 17, there is this evidentiary hearing in tuson where barry jones's federal defend s are able to present critical evidence that casts doubt on his case. And i was at this evidence o your hearing i in two thousand 17, and it was almost sereal to see the way in which the state really had no case any more.
The Supreme Court is going to let Arizona kill Barry Jones, a man whose rape and murder convictions were vacated in 2018.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Tori Dominguez, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and edited by Matt Collette and Sean Rameswaram, who also hosted.
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