S1 Update: The Case for a New Trial
Murderville
The Intercept
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🗓️ 2 August 2021
⏱️ 46 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Saudi Arabia's economy is transforming. What's behind it? The Public Investment Fund, or PIF. |
| 0:07.1 | It's one of the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world, creating 13 new sectors, |
| 0:12.2 | 66 companies, and more than 500,000 direct and indirect jobs so far. PIF is also the first |
| 0:19.5 | sovereign wealth fund to issue a green bond supporting Saudi Arabia's 2016 Net Zero emissions target. |
| 0:26.6 | Find out more at pif.gov.sa. |
| 0:33.0 | Hi, murder of the listeners. It's been almost two years since we last talked to you about |
| 0:37.1 | Devanya Inman's case, and needless to say, a lot has happened since then. |
| 0:45.7 | As you might recall, back in September 2019, we posted an update episode about a truly |
| 0:51.7 | extraordinary ruling from the Georgia Supreme Court. In a unanimous opinion, the justice is |
| 0:57.5 | cited with Devanya to allow his legal team to pursue evidence that could finally prove his innocence. |
| 1:04.2 | In fact, not only did they give the green light keep pushing for a new trial, |
| 1:08.9 | they also expressed grave doubts about Devanya's conviction. |
| 1:13.1 | Here's what then presiding judge David Namius wrote at the time. |
| 1:16.6 | During my decade of service on this court, I have reviewed over 1500 murder cases in various forms. |
| 1:24.3 | Of the multitude of cases in which a new trial has been denied, Inman's case is the one |
| 1:29.3 | that causes me the most concern that an innocent person remains convicted and sentenced to serve |
| 1:34.5 | the rest of his life in prison. We've been waiting a long time to be able to update you, |
| 1:41.1 | and finally, we have something pretty exciting to share. From the intercept, I'm |
| 1:46.0 | Meliana Segura. I'm Jordan Smith. Welcome back to Murderville, Georgia. |
| 2:06.0 | First, let's do a quick recap. Back in 1998, Donna Brown, a manager at the Taco Bell |
| 2:12.8 | in Tiny A. Del, Georgia, was murdered in the parking lot after closing up for the night. |
| 2:18.4 | 20-year-old Devanya Inman, who was new to town, was quickly jailed and charged with her murder. |
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