HeyJaredWrong Ride Home: Beyond the Book
Wrong Ride Home: Beyond the Book is where the story continues—beyond what could be written, and into what still lingers.In this podcast, Donna Waters revisits the real-life story behind Wrong Ride Home, sharing the moments that didn't make it onto the page, the emotions that…
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Chapter Fifteen: Defense Mistakes? Part Two (opens the original)
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In Part One, I corrected something I wrote in my own book: Austin's defense did challenge the State's case. Part Two asks a harder question: What did they investigate for themselves? We look at Brandon's Malibu, his final phone activity, the video evidence witnesses claimed supported their stories, the experts Austin's defense did—and didn't—have, and physical evidence that was lost, destroyed, untested, or inconclusive. Then we reach one of the biggest decisions of the trial: Austin did not tes
Chapter Fifteen: Defense Mistakes? Part One (opens the original)
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When I wrote Chapter Fifteen of Wrong Ride Home , I believed Austin Burke's defense attorneys failed to challenge the State's case. After spending thousands of hours going back through the trial transcripts, exhibits, testimony, phone evidence, and court records... I need to correct my own chapter. Because Bradley Olson did challenge the case. He pushed Detective Greaver on what investigators failed to verify. He exposed weaknesses in the cellphone evidence. He challenged witnesses whose stories
Chapter Fourteen: Injustice Downloading, Part 2 (opens the original)
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One question should have been easy to answer: Was Preston Whitacre confined on June 12, 2017... or wasn't he? There should have been records. Admission dates. Release dates. Facility records. Something created at the time that could tell us where Preston actually was. Instead, that question opened another door. In Episode 26 of Wrong Ride Home: Beyond the Book , we continue Chapter Fourteen and follow Jamie deeper into the post-conviction fight. By this point, Cassandra Boyes and Lisa Cope had s
Chapter Fourteen: Injustice Downloading... (opens the original)
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The trial was over. Austin Burke had been convicted, sentenced to 47 years to life, and transferred into the Ohio prison system. But for Jamie, the fight was only beginning. In this episode of Wrong Ride Home: Beyond the Book , we enter Chapter Fourteen and a completely different part of the justice system. Appeals. Deadlines. Attorneys. Post-conviction relief. And eventually... eleven affidavits containing information Austin's jury never heard. Some challenged witnesses who had testified at tri
Chapter Thirteen: 12 Minutes (opens the original)
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A guilty verdict ended the trial. But it didn't end the questions. In Episode 24 of Wrong Ride Home: Beyond the Book , we move into Chapter 13 and the day Austin Burke learned just how much of his life the State of Ohio intended to take. Before sentencing, his attorneys made one last attempt to challenge the conviction. They asked for an acquittal. They asked for a new trial. They pointed to conflicting witnesses, questions surrounding the evidence, and issues they believed had affected Austin's
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