Admissible: Shreds of Evidence

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🗓️ 10 April 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Wrongful conviction lawyers looking for pre-DNA era evidence to test found a trove of samples where they shouldn’t have been: taped to a lab technician’s paperwork. That material would exonerate 13 men in Virginia. Advocates praised forensic scientist Mary Jane Burton for keeping the samples and foreseeing the arrival of DNA testing. But few were asking why Burton broke chain of custody rules or why so many of her cases resulted in wrongful convictions. Whistleblowers said Burton would skip scientific steps and record her blood test results in pencil, so she could change her findings to benefit the police. Virginia Public Radio and Story Mechanics present “Admissible: Shreds of Evidence.” Host Tessa Kramer examines Burton’s work to answer whether those smuggled samples revealed more than just the wrong guy did it. Were the scientist’s unconventional methods responsible for getting innocent men out of prison…or for putting them there in the first place?

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0:00.0	For exclusive podcasts and more, sign up at patreon.com slash partners and crime media.
0:06.3	I'm Rebecca LaVoy and this is Crime Raiders On.
0:23.6	Crime Raiders On is the original true crime review podcast that digs in a true crime,
0:27.9	pop culture, other podcasts.
0:30.0	And on this episode, years before DNA, a lab tech saved evidence later used to
0:36.1	exonerate 13 men.
0:38.3	Did our work habits help win their release or put them in prison in the first place?
0:43.9	We'll review the podcast admissible shreds of evidence.
0:47.8	Joining me to get that done and more is true crime author TV journalist,
0:51.5	host of these are their stories podcast.
0:54.2	My husband and a love of my life, Kevin Flynn.
0:56.2	Hello, Kevin.
0:56.9	Hello, Rebecca.
0:58.1	Also with us is private investigator, certified pet detective resident,
1:02.5	cat lady, and author of the final curtain a series of cozy mysteries,
1:06.9	Laura Bricker.
1:07.8	Hey, Laura.
1:08.8	Hey, Rebecca.
1:10.0	And finally, our captain of all things, cynical, the author of the city trilogy of novels,
1:15.6	host of the current season of stranger rivals, a podcast from I heart radio and our
1:22.6	very own Patreon deep dive book club podcast, Toby ball.
1:26.8	Hello, Toby.
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