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The Case of Joann Parks
📻 Episode #190
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Mar 24, 2021
About This Episode
On April 9th, 1989, a fire took JoAnn Parks’ 3 children. Originally ruling the fire an accident, the nonscientific arson investigation - just as subjectively - switched directions to call her a monster and steal 29 years of her life.
The Case
On April 9th, 1989, a fire took JoAnn Parks’ 3 children. Originally ruling the fire an accident, the nonscientific arson investigation - just as subjectively - switched directions to call her a monster and steal 29 years of her life.
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00:04:45“Speaker 3: kept asking for my kids, and they kept telling me Speaker 3: it was gonna be okay. It was gonna be okay, Speaker 3: They're gonna be okay. And I believed them. I believed Speaker 3: that everything was gonna be okay. But part of me Speaker 4: Inside because I didn't see anybody come out, Yeah, that”
00:17:08“Speaker 3: my case, and he told me that I should have Speaker 3: never gotten found guilty and that when my appeal was Speaker 3: over with, if I got denied, to get in contact Speaker 3: with him and deal Winters because they weren't going to Speaker 3: leave me in prison for the rest of my life.”
00:29:27“Speaker 1: and that's what matters. And now this is a part Speaker 1: of the show that I call closing arguments, and here's Speaker 1: how it works. Basically, I just think both of you again, Speaker 1: MIKEL Cohen, California and Project staff attorney Joe Anne Parks Speaker 1: Xanna Ree. I'm going to call you what it is, superhero,”
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