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Court Junkie

Ep 10 Part 2: Kristine Bunch’s Struggle For Freedom

Court Junkie

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True Crime, News, Talk Radio, Government

4.88.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2016

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In Part 2 of this episode, Kristine and her newly-formed defense team fight to win back her freedom. Armed with advances in fire science, a potential Brady violation, and some shocking revelations about the State's evidence at trial, Kristine and her team fight till the very end. A special thank you to Kristine Bunch for helping me tell her story. Please consider supporting Court Junkie with as little as $3 a month via Patreon.com/CourtJunkie. Help support Court Junkie with $6 a month and get access to bonus monthly episodes. Follow me on Twitter @CourtJunkiePod or Instagram at CourtJunkie. Music featured in this episode: Like Music (cdk Mix) by cdk (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/48915 Ft: Phasenwandler Homesick (Keymix) by keytronic (c) copyright 2014 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Keytronic/47457 Ft: Kizzylotus Paper Planes - Durden ft. Airtone by DURDEN (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/DURDEN/55041 Ft: Airtone

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Jillian and you are listening to Episode 10 Part 2 of the Court Junkie Podcast.

0:28.3

A special thank you to all of you for listening, subscribing, and sharing this podcast.

0:34.3

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0:40.4

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0:42.9

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0:49.6

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0:54.8

group on Facebook.

0:57.4

In the last episode, I told you about a woman named Christine Bunch.

1:02.3

In the early morning hours of June 30th, 1995, 21-year-old Christine was abruptly awoken

1:09.3

to smoke, filling her mobile home in Decatur County, Indiana.

1:14.6

Her house was on fire.

1:18.3

Christine was able to escape, but she was unable to get to her three-year-old son, Tony, who

1:24.0

was on the other end of the mobile home.

1:27.7

Tony didn't survive, and within hours of the tragedy, investigators were telling Christine

1:33.0

that the fire had been intentionally set, and that she was their main suspect.

1:39.8

She was arrested, and after a short trial, she was convicted of arson and murder.

1:47.1

Christine, who had gotten pregnant while out on bail, gave birth to her son Trent while

1:51.9

incarcerated.

1:53.8

She was desperate to get out and give Trent a normal life, but after her appeal was denied,

1:59.2

things weren't looking good.

2:01.3

She reached out to numerous attorneys to try and get them to handle her post-conviction

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