Michael Leonard

Every issue that leads to a wrongful conviction is present in this case.

Hey, Jack.

Well, I need to talk to you about something.

I think, you know, we'd have a discussion about your physical conditioning, you know, because you ran that one point two miles or so.

You seem pretty out of breath, my friend.

So maybe one of your patrons can suggest a sprint program or something for you.

Your time would definitely be my time.

That is for sure.

Absolutely absurd.

I mean, it's so disappointing because, you know,

Obviously, we have a pretty large system, state and federal, and varies by state.

And it can be such an uneven result, depending on where you are and who represents you.

But this case really seems to bring out kind of all the hallmarks of the problems with the system.

You know, some of the systemic things that we see over and over in wrongful conviction type cases.

So it's really disappointing to hear.

And because when you lay out every little piece of it,

is just unsupported, right?

And it's really unfortunate that a reviewing court didn't do something about that.

That really does surprise me even more.

Yeah, and I don't know the full procedural history, but oftentimes they'll take it up through the state court system in which he was convicted on a – try to revisit based upon newly discovered evidence.