Season One: Shreds of Evidence
01. The Holy Cow Moment
One man’s exoneration, thanks to the discovery of preserved DNA evidence, leads to an astounding series of events.
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02. Oil and Water
Mary Jane Burton is hailed as a forensic science visionary, but a trainee starts to notice troubling patterns with her work.
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03. Pandora’s Box
Tessa tracks down the box of documents the whistleblower claims hold proof of Mary Jane Burton’s malfeasance.
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04. The Show and Tell Girl
To make sense of Gina’s allegations, we need to understand more about who Mary Jane Burton was beyond the lab.
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05. Politics and Science
When there aren’t any consequences for Mary Jane despite the allegations, Gina takes her battle to court.
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06. “Bad Documentation”
Mary Jane’s former coworkers chalk up her issues to incomplete note-taking, but are they covering up a bigger issue?
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07. Too Little Too Late
It took 18 years for the DFS to complete its review of Mary Jane Burton’s case files. Why didn’t they act more quickly?
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08. Lights and Sirens
The DNA review led to 13 exonerations, but should the question be how these men were convicted in the first place?
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09. The Burden
A tangled web of assaults serves as an example of just how many lives can be affected by a single wrongful conviction.
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10. The Ultimate Form of Gaslighting
Nearly 50 years after she first blew the whistle on the lab’s issues, Gina shares her reaction to her story finally being told.
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11. Repress It, Suppress It
The DFS says they’ll investigate Gina’s claims, but can they be trusted to? We examine their history of internal audits to see how they’ve handled past issues.
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12. Something of this Magnitude?
The scope of the issues we’ve uncovered through our reporting reach far beyond one crime lab. Can the system be fixed?
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