Mara Leveritt

Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff

Bob Ruff

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.5 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Bob interviews the well-known author, Mara Leveritt. Mara wrote the groundbreaking book “The Devil’s Knot”. The book represents several years of investigative work done by Mara, as she takes an extremely deep dive into the West Memphis Three case. Her book was later turned into a movie starring Reese Witherspoon. Mara continues to work on the case even to this day. Most recently she has filed FOIA requests with the WMPD asking for the location of evidence. Last week, she received a production finally that tells us what evidence is still available for testing and where it’s located.

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0:00.0	Boss.
0:25.5	Hello everybody and welcome back to another bonus edition of Truth and Justice.
0:44.6	I gotta tell you that I am really excited to be speaking with my guest today.
0:49.6	Most of you know Mara Lebritt because of a groundbreaking book The Devil's Not which
0:53.9	was later turned into a scripted movie starring Reese Riddler Spoon playing Pam Hobbs.
0:58.9	But Mara has been a powerhouse of an investigative journalist in the criminal justice space for
1:03.3	decades.
1:04.3	And what I really love about Mara is how genuine she is.
1:08.7	I think back to Sarah Canick, the creator of the serial podcast.
1:12.9	She convinces all that she genuinely cared about finding justice for Haiman Lee in a non-Syed.
1:18.9	But after the podcast concluded, Canick disappeared and has nothing to do with a non-scribbling
1:23.9	current legal battle.
1:25.7	The same cannot be said about Mara Lebritt.
1:29.0	She published a Devil's Not nearly 20 years ago and today she's still in the fight, firing
1:35.0	off open records requests and still insisting on answers from the West Memphis Police Department.
1:41.0	She is the best of the best and she joins me today to update all of you on her progress
1:46.0	and her continued fight for justice for not only the West Memphis 3 but also for the victims
1:52.0	that we have referred to as the Forgotten West Memphis 3.
1:55.8	Right for a short break we'll jump right into my conversation with Mara Lebritt.
2:09.6	Obsessed with True Crime.
2:11.6	So away.
2:12.6	CBS reality is the television channel taking views to the hearts of the most compelling
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