#344 Maggie Freleng with Tami Vance

Wrongful Conviction

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True Crime

4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In March 2000, Tami Vance and Leigh Stubbs completed a 60-day drug rehab program. Once discharged, their friend Kim Williams joined them and they went to Kim’s boyfriend’s house. He had been in a car accident and always had an ample supply of Oxycontin to manage his pain. Kim had stolen his pain pills in the past and did so again that night. She and Tami took them while Leigh drove to a motel. Tami woke up the next morning violently ill. Kim remained asleep until Tami and Leigh found her overdosing. While Kim survived, doctors determined that she had suffered a severe sexual assault. Tami and Leigh, who identified as lesbians, were blamed. And with the help of junk bite mark science as well as a homophobic narrative, they were sentenced to 44 years in prison. Maggie talks to Tami Vance, Sandi Rabalais, Tami’s mother, and Valena Beety, Tami’s attorney.

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0:00.0	I'm Amber Reffett and I'm her gorgeous sister, Lacey Lamar.
0:03.2	If in fact Lacey is not that gorgeous.
0:05.2	Amber, get on with it.
0:06.2	Okay everybody, we have exciting news to share.
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0:19.8	with friends and take you along for the ride.
0:22.4	Listen to the Amber and Lacey, Lacey and Amber Show on Will Ferrell's Big Money
0:26.1	Players Network on the iHard Radio App Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:36.5	In early 2000 Tammy Vance checked herself into drug rehab in Columbus, Mississippi.
0:42.3	There she met Lee Stubbs and the two became close.
0:47.0	As they near the end of the program, excited for the future, they decided to leave and drive
0:51.6	back home together.
0:53.8	Along with their friend Kim, they headed out stopping for the night at a motel.
0:58.0	But when they awoke the next morning, something was terribly wrong with Kim.
1:04.3	She was snoring really loud and all of a sudden it stopped and I freaked out and I told
1:11.6	Lee she's not breathing.
1:14.5	She's not breathing.
1:15.6	They got on the phone with 911 and I administered CPR until the ambulance got there.
1:23.7	At the hospital, doctors found injuries that led them to believe Kim had experienced a
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