Chapter 5: The (Supposed) Confession

Accused

Cincinnati Enquirer

True Crime, Documentary, Exhibit C, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 1 March 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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More than a decade after Elwood Jones was convicted of killing Rhoda Nathan, he learned that a woman had stepped forward saying she knew who the real killer was. Tracking down this mysterious figure became something of an obsession for Elwood’s current defense team. And for us.

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0:00.0	Join Wendry Plus and Apple Podcasts or the Wendry app to binge all seven episodes of
0:06.4	Accused Season 4, the impending execution of Elwood Jones, Early and Add Free.
0:13.1	Since Nadie and Quire in USA Today's subscribers can also listen early and add free by going
0:18.4	to AccusedPodcast.com.
0:22.9	Previously Unaccused.
0:28.1	I was surprised how many people like Elwood hate criminal records.
0:32.3	They got a lot of Nair duels working for them.
0:34.4	He came in my world and he was like, she was so concerned.
0:37.7	She was like, here I'm watching you show.
0:40.9	And I remember this man, he's on his name, with Elwood Jones.
0:46.3	Like why didn't you call the cops?
0:48.3	And she said, I can't because he's like friends with the bluish police.
0:52.7	They have coffee together every morning or at ever.
0:59.1	If you've ever watched a legal drama, you know lawyers object to hearsay evidence all
1:04.2	the time.
1:11.7	As someone who has sat through many trials, I can confirm that this is one of the things
1:16.2	Hollywood gets right.
1:17.9	Your say evidence is an out of court statement offered to prove the truth of whatever it
1:23.4	asserts.
1:24.4	If that sounds smarty pants, that's because I cribbed it from Cornell Law School.
1:29.1	And simpler terms, what it means is that you can't play telephone on the stand.
1:34.6	People who make statements are supposed to be available for cross examination.
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