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Suspect Convictions

17: Smokescreen

Suspect Convictions

Kast Media

Society & Culture, Government, News

4.2802 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2018

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Kristine Bunch served 17 years in prison for a crime that never happened. On June 30, 1995, the Indiana trailer where she lived erupted into flames. Her 3-year-old son, Tony, was found dead in his bedroom. Police immediately accused Bunch of arson, which she denied. A laboratory report was altered and based on this altered report she was convicted. Bunch tells the story of how she overcame the false conviction.

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1:17.6

I didn't understand how it got foggy inside the house. And so I sat up and I'm looking for him and I don't see him anywhere.

1:23.6

And I look off into his bedroom and I see that it's even foggyer in there and I start to go in there

1:33.1

and that's when I see flames. They brought in somebody who sprinkled berry dust over the crime

1:40.7

scene and said this is an arson. Everything that they said, everything was wrong.

1:52.0

Well, if I were to speculate, I would speculate that he sent the accurate report to the local investigators,

1:58.0

they said, I can't have that because we know that she's guilty.

2:03.0

We promise you she's guilty. We need you to report a positive report because we need two sources

2:10.2

of origin. And he said, okay. These hired experts and they were paid quite a bit of money,

2:15.6

came in and gave their opinions on evidence

2:20.1

that they'd never seen.

2:22.6

I don't know what you see on those machines, but no, I did not do this.

2:28.1

And he said, obviously he said, you are a sick and twisted bitch.

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