There's a warning that appears in the side mirrors of many cars.

Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.

The warning is literally telling you you're not seeing what you think you're seeing,

but instead, a distorted reflection.

But the warning is taken on a figurative meaning as well.

Perhaps best reflected in the meatloaf song from Bad Out of Health 3.

And the life is just a highway, and the soul is just a car.

Objects in mirror are closer than they are.

Recently deceased songwriter Jim Steinman penned the song in memory of his friend Kenny Rob,

and used the warning as a metaphor to explain how traumatic events can distort our memories,

and make us think that we remember things much better than we actually do.

With the literal and metaphoric senses this warning,

came into play at the Rell Ewing's original trial back in 2010,

and they could carry renewed resonance a decade later.

Hi and welcome to Undisclosed, the state versus derle Ewing.

This is a third episode in a four episode series about derle Ewing,

who was convicted of the 2009 murder of JB Watson in Detroit, Michigan.

I'm Robbie Jothery, I'm an attorney and author of a Don story,

and as always I'm joined by my colleagues and co-host Susan Simpson and Colin Miller.

Hi, this is Susan Simpson, I'm an attorney in Washington DC,

and I blog at the view from LL2.

Hi, this is Colin Miller, I'm an associate dean and professor at the University of South Carolina

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