Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff NBI Studios

Host Bob Ruff begins his journey into investigating a potential wrongful conviction in the City of Benton Harbor, Michigan. Bob, a High School Broadcast Journalism Teacher, is joined by two of his students as together they promise to tell the stories of a community who feels ignored by their City Leadership, and reveal the truth in the tragic murder of Demorrio Lowes.

In this season premiere episode we learn the history and background of the City of Benton Harbor, and discover how this once thriving hub of industry and entertainment devolved into an impoverished community plagued by violence.

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In this special "Reply Brief" edition of Truth & Justice, Bob shares his thoughts on Part 1 of "The Prosecutors" podcast's analysis of the Hae Min Lee murder case, and the conviction of Adnan Syed.  The Prosecutors' set out to present a just the facts breakdown of the case against Adnan, in this series.  After listening, Bob believes he has caught some inaccuracies and misstatements of fact.  This is part 1 of his episode by episode reply to their coverage, where he intends to source the facts.  Share where he believes they got it right, and where they got it wrong.  The big question for today is . . . What time did track practice actually start . . . and when did it end?

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Bob, Janet and Zaq field listener questions about the first episode of the Reply Brief series.

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This week Brett and Alice are breaking down the timeline from August 27, 1998 through January 12, 1999.  They cite Hae's diary as a source.  They don't mention where the rest of the information is coming from, but it appears they are working off of this Reddit post for pretty much the entire episode:

https://www.reddit.com/r/adnansyed/comments/y302yp/timeline_i/?share_id=ZIeuFUfMQ-jxiFVg3LFCr&utm_content=2&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1 

Key takeaways:

Inez Butler originally told police that Hae was going to pick up her cousin, and then go to work.  Not a wrestling match.  LINK TO HER POLICE STATEMENT 

Debbie Warren saw Adnan in the Guidance Counselor's office at 2:45 and then Hae in the lobby at 3pm. 

Evidence indicates that she did have the right day.  LINK TO HER INTERVIEW

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Bob, Zaq and Janet field listener questions.  Zaq is new to Adnan's case and is learning all about it in real time during this season.  This generates some great, unbiased discussions.

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This week's episode takes us from the night of January 12th, through 3:21pm on the 13th.  We hear about Adnan's timeline, the source of Adnan saying his car is in the shop, what time Hae had to pick her cousin up at school, and take a close looks at how the actual call records line up with Jay's story and the prosecution's case against Adnan.

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