by Gabriel
Posted on 03-08-2020 05:16 AM
This commentary was published in partnership with the marshall project , a nonprofit newsroom covering the u. S. Criminal justice system. A prosperous farmer was convicted of murdering two people, then granted a second trial on newly discovered evidence, and ultimately acquitted. I traveled to the greenbrier county circuit clerk’s office in rural west virginia to report on the case. I wanted to know: if he wasn’t actually guilty of the crimes, what was said in that wood-paneled courtroom the first time that made 12 people think he was?.