One July night in 1995, Deputy Sheriff William G. Hardy was shot behind the Crown Sterling Suites hotel in Birmingham, Alabama. At... more
Pulitzer Prize winner and iHeartPodcast 2024 Social Impact Award Honoree Maggie Freleng brings compelling stories of redemption and justice with... more
Episode 8 of 8 In a rare and remarkable move, the current Jefferson County District Attorney, Danny Carr, has asked... more
Episode 7 of 8 The original trial prosecutor, Jeff Wallace, begins to doubt Violet Ellison's credibility several years after Toforest's... more
Episode 6 of 8 Beth unravels disturbing revelations about the State’s handling of Violet Ellison, the earwitness whose testimony forms... more
Episode 5 of 8 Beth combs through the trial transcripts to understand how Toforest was convicted of Deputy Hardy’s murder... more
Episode 4 of 8 Beth examines the Hardy murder file in order to fully understand the investigation. She discovers a... more
Episode 3 of 8 After learning that Yolanda Chambers changed her story hundreds of times and admitted to perjury, Beth... more
Episode 2 of 8 Beth trains her focus on the days immediately following the murder, beginning with recordings of police... more
Episode 1 of 8 Journalist Beth Shelburne meets with former Alabama Attorney General Bill Baxley, who explains why he is... more
One July night in 1995, Deputy Sheriff William G. Hardy was shot behind the Crown Sterling Suites hotel in Birmingham,... more