Alexis Coe

At first, Roundtree thought, okay, this is an easy case in some ways to win because he's got an alibi. He was, you know, with a woman, a woman who wasn't his wife, but they were drinking, they were fooling around, they fell asleep. He slipped into the river, he wakes up, she's gone.

At first, Roundtree thought, okay, this is an easy case in some ways to win because he's got an alibi. He was, you know, with a woman, a woman who wasn't his wife, but they were drinking, they were fooling around, they fell asleep. He slipped into the river, he wakes up, she's gone.

And, you know, Vivian completely confirmed all these details, and Roundtree thinks, great. Ray had an alibi. There was a hitch, though. She wouldn't appear in court because she was married. It was the first of many setbacks.

And, you know, Vivian completely confirmed all these details, and Roundtree thinks, great. Ray had an alibi. There was a hitch, though. She wouldn't appear in court because she was married. It was the first of many setbacks.

And so I think that as the case went on, she kept finding these wonderful leads and these things that would discount the evidence that the prosecution had, and then it would all fall apart.

And so I think that as the case went on, she kept finding these wonderful leads and these things that would discount the evidence that the prosecution had, and then it would all fall apart.

There was no preliminary hearing, which is, you know, sort of unheard of. There was no warrant for the clothes they took from him. They cut hair from his head without his lawyer's permission.

There was no preliminary hearing, which is, you know, sort of unheard of. There was no warrant for the clothes they took from him. They cut hair from his head without his lawyer's permission.