#277 Maggie Freleng with Karen Boes

Wrongful Conviction

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4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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On the morning of July 30, 2002, Karen Boes left her Zeeland, Michigan home to meet a friend and go shopping while her 14 year old daughter Robin was home in her bedroom. Less than an hour after leaving home, she received a call that her house was on fire. Robin was killed in the fire, and the fire was declared an arson homicide largely based on the junk science of fire damage patterns as determined by an arson Investigator. Michigan State Police charged Boes with Robin’s death after almost 10 hours of non-stop interrogation which ultimately ended with Boes apparently confessing despite stating her innocence throughout the interrogation. Boes was convicted and sentenced to life in prison where she has maintained her innocence. Maggie speaks to Karen Boes, Boes’ attorney David Moran, and Boes’ friend Judy. To learn more and get involved, visit: https://freekarenboes.com/ To learn more about the junk science of arson evidence, listen to: https://lavaforgood.com/podcast/149-wrongful-conviction-junk-science-arson-evidence/ To learn more about the junk science of coerced confession evidence, listen to: https://lavaforgood.com/podcast/165-wrongful-conviction-junk-science-coerced-confession-evidence/ Wrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.

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0:00.0	Jason, I have been coming across so many cases related to bunk fire science, people who
0:11.5	were convicted on what we thought was scientific evidence of arson.
0:18.4	Yeah, arson is one of those things that everyone should care about because it can literally
0:22.9	happen to anyone.
0:25.0	Electrical fires happen and it's unimaginable that someone could be wrongfully convicted
0:29.9	by somebody who doesn't know what they're talking about and end up in prison for the rest
0:35.0	of their life.
0:36.0	I would agree.
0:37.0	I think many, many arson cases where people have been convicted should be reloved
0:40.4	at.
0:41.4	I fell for him right and it was my son and he said to house the sunfire.
0:55.7	I couldn't believe it.
1:02.7	I just couldn't believe it.
1:05.7	I just don't know where his rob and that's the biggest thing.
1:09.7	Yeah, no, nobody could locate her.
1:11.2	From lava for good, this is wrongful conviction with Maggie Freeling.
1:12.2	Today, Karen Boes.
1:23.2	On the morning of July 30, 2002, Karen Boes was up early doing chores and preparing
1:28.6	for the day.
1:29.6	At about 8.30am, as she was getting ready to leave the house, she heard her 14-year-old
1:35.1	daughter Robin shuffling around upstairs.
1:38.2	Karen says she left about 10 minutes later to go shopping with her friend Judy.
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