I'm Rebecca LaVoy and welcome to the Undisclosed Addendum.

Today we're talking about episodes 1 and 2 of the team's latest series on Jonathan

Irons, a Missouri man who was arrested in 1997 when he was just 16 years old.

If you haven't listened to those episodes yet, this conversation may not make a

whole lot of sense to you, so make sure to go back, listen to them, and then come

back to the Addendum we will be here when you get here. Joining me to talk

about these two episodes is Taylor Rickard and Kent Gibson. They are criminal

defense and appeals attorneys in Kansas City, Missouri. The bulk of their law

practice is focused on post-conviction litigation and they specialize in

wrongful convictions. Taylor and Kent thank you so much for joining us. We

really appreciate it. Also with us is Colin Miller. He is our legal

series of course and an associate dean and professor at the University of

South Carolina School of Law and one of the hosts of the Undisclosed podcast.

Hey Colin. Hey Rebecca, how are you? Good, good. So this is a great series. I just

want to tell you I'm really glad that you decided to put this story on the

podcast as usual. I am amazed when I'm producing the episodes at how bananas

it is. We'll talk about that. First I'll just orient our listeners with a quick

recap. In episode one, the Undisclosed team started telling the story of Jonathan

Irons, a 16 year old accused of a burglary and shooting at the house of Stanley

Stottler in Ophalon, Missouri shortly before 642 pm on January 14th, 1997. The

Undisclosed team noted that the jury did not hear from at least three key

witnesses at trial. Marge Zvara who saw Irons at about 625 pm. Amber Beckman

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