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The Case of Jason Flom and John Grisham with Jamie Snow
📻 Episode #517
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Mar 20, 2025
About This Episode
On Easter Sunday, 1991, 18-year old gas station attendant William Little was shot and killed during an apparent armed robbery in Bloomington, IL. Eight years later, despite his co-defendant being found not guilty, eye witness contradictions, passing a lie detector test, no DNA, no murder weapon and a veteran police officer testifying that Jamie Snow…
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The Case
On Easter Sunday, 1991, 18-year old gas station attendant William Little was shot and killed during an apparent armed robbery in Bloomington, IL. Eight years later, despite his co-defendant being found not guilty, eye witness contradictions, passing a lie detector test, no DNA, no murder weapon and a veteran police officer testifying that Jamie Snow was not seen fleeing from the gas station, Jamie was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life without parole.
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00:06:17“Speaker 1: Then he heard two pops and turned back to his car, Speaker 1: thinking that it backfired, and when he turned back around, Speaker 1: he claimed that he found himself face to face with Speaker 4: Bloomington police officer responded to the scene was observing the Speaker 4: goings on at the store before entering, saw Danny Martinez”
00:24:20“Speaker 4: not Represent jamie the way that he should. Have but Speaker 4: also whose hands were in some ways tied by the Speaker 4: fact that the state withheld a ton of evidence from. Speaker 4: Him so you had an ineffective lawyer with an insufficient Speaker 4: amount of evidence that should have been disclosed to.”
00:41:57“Speaker 2: Identification this kid couldn't make an identification if he wanted. Speaker 2: To he, SAID i was there that. NIGHT i was Speaker 2: looking out that, window And i've seen people who were Speaker 2: running around in the parking lot AND i couldn't identify, Speaker 2: them and they were people THAT i.”
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