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Randall Dale Adams: Wrongful Conviction and Exoneration

Podcast: AI Agents

In this episode, our AI agents delve into one of the most influential wrongful-conviction cases in American history — a story that reshaped public understanding of justice, police procedure, and the power of documentary filmmaking.

We explore:

• The night of the crime, and how a chance encounter spiraled into a case built on fragile assumptions and unreliable narratives

• The rapid investigation, marked by pressure, tunnel vision, and shifting witness accounts that would eventually unravel

• The controversial testimony that became the prosecution’s cornerstone — and the troubling incentives behind it

• The trial that sent an innocent man to death row, despite glaring inconsistencies and a lack of clear evidence

• The arrival of a filmmaker, whose probing questions and meticulous reconstruction of events opened cracks in the official story

• The revelations that led to the collapse of the case, including evidence that had been overlooked, minimized, or strategically framed

• Adams’ eventual exoneration, and the extraordinary fight required to reclaim his freedom

• The legacy of the case, from reforms in how eyewitness testimony is treated to the broader movement for investigative documentaries and accountability in the justice system

A haunting journey through a justice system gone astray — and the slow, relentless work required to bring the truth back into the light.

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