From NBII Studios, this is Truth and Justice, a crowdsourced investigation in real time. I'm Bob Ruff. How strong was the case against Chris Bynum?

I'm sure you're thinking at this point that there must be more.

There must be some physical evidence.

Another witness, a tipster, a surveillance camera, something.

But here's the crazy thing. At this point,

you have heard the entirety of the state's case that convicted Chris already. That was it.

In most seasons, we spend months going through all of the trial witnesses. We examine every

angle of the prosecution's case.

But at the Bynum trial, it seems like the state actually made real efforts to avoid putting

anyone on the stand that could fall under the scrutiny of cross-examination, including the lead

detective. Let me recap for you the entirety of the state's witnesses from trial. They began with

family members of the victims. You'll hear those testimonies today. This was the prosecution's attempt

to humanize the victims in front of the jury and officially identify them, pretty standard practice of

trials. Then came Gene Eggleston, who just testified about hearing the gunshots at the

park. Her testimony is two pages long. Then Terrell Triggs, who testified about finding the bodies at the

park. Three pages. Then came Larry Brooks, who provided the most devastating testimony against Chris.

As I'm sure you remember, unlike in his initial statement

to police, where he said he didn't see anyone and only heard voices that he didn't recognize,

at trial he names Chris Bynum repeatedly on the stand. Then came Willie Marshall, Amp's brother,

who testified about Amp calling him on the night of the murders. Then we move into law enforcement officers. Officer Dame was not called to testify.

This was obviously a strategic move considering he took the statement from Larry where he said

he didn't recognize any voices or see anyone. There's no way the state would want him to be

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