Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff

In this Season 12 Premiere episode, Bob begins to the lay out the very basics of what is sure to be a complex case. On Sunday September 17, 2006, the small unincorporated community of Pinyon Pines, CA was rocked by one of the most horrific and baffling crimes that we’ve ever investigated on this podcast.
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Bob begins this short episode with his thoughts on the final conclusion of The Prosecutors' series on the Adnan Syed case. We get a sneak peak into the work he's doing on the case in the Patreon Bonus series. After that, Bob reveals the plan for the next several weeks. Next Sunday he will begin a multi-part series on the wrongful conviction of Luke Mitchell. This is a Scottish case. Luke was just 14 years old, when he was accused of killing his 14 year old girlfriend, Jodi Jones. The case has all the "trappings" of the WM3 case. This is just a brief introduction before next week's first episode of the series.
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Bob is joined again this week by Dr. Sandra Lean. Dr. Lean is the Author of "Innocents Betrayed" and has been working on Jodi and Luke's case for nearly two decades. In this episode, Bob and Sandra breakdown the Prosecution's case against Luke.
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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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Bob sits down with Lizz Rose to discuss updates and progress in her mother's case.
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