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Feb 4
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Chapter 5 | Anybody Will Do

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Earwitness: Chapter 5 | Anybody Will Do

Beth Shelburne digs into how Toforest Johnson was convicted without a shred of physical evidence, as prosecutors leap between ever-shifting theories of Deputy Hardy’s murder. Confronting the prosecutor who once sought a death sentence, she uncovers a case where the law bends into something dangerously personal.

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Earwitness is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.

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