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Hello everybody and welcome back to Truth and Justice.

I'm your host Bob Ra.

Let me just start off today by letting you know that this has been one hell of a week.

As you all know I've spent this week down in Tyler, Texas.

I left on Sunday to go to Tyler to attend the actual innocence hearing of Carrie Max Cook.

I had planned to spend all my days in Tyler in the courtroom in the evening working on Edward H's case.

I walked in the courtroom about 8.30 am on Monday morning for Carrie's hearing.

As everyone settled into the courtroom, things seemed to be going according to plan.

One by one the attorney started to shuffle in.

And finally, wearing a sharp looking black suit and a white tie, Carrie Max Cook made his way into the courtroom.

All of us in the audience were prepared to watch a week long battle,

but within one minute of the judge walking into the courtroom, everything changed.

So there we sat.

Looking on as Carrie's defense team stared across the table at Matt Bingham in his team of prosecutors.

The amended writ for Carrie Max Cook's actual innocence contained eight grounds.

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