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Brandi starts us off with a story about 17-year-old honors student Syndi Bierman, who was murdered during a robbery gone wrong. At least\u2026 that\u2019s what her sister said. When Syndi\u2019s sister Shari called 911, she reported that their house had been robbed. But Shari\u2019s story raised a lot of eyebrows. Including ours.

Then Kristin talks about the wrongful conviction of Lamonte McIntyre. When 18-year-old McIntyre was accused of a double murder, he wasn\u2019t too worried. He was innocent. He had a good alibi. He had no motive, and the prosecution had no evidence. But the jury convicted him anyway. McIntyre spent 23 years in prison for a crime he didn\u2019t commit. Get ready to pull your hair out with frustration. This story has corruption at every turn.

And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.

In this episode, Kristin pulled from:
\n\u201cNo Justice,\u201d Kansas City Star
\n\u201cKansas man wrongfully imprisoned for 23 years receives no compensation from state,\u201d CBS News
\n\u201c23 Years for Murder. He Didn\u2019t Do it. What Went Wrong?\u201d New York Times
\n\u201cLamonte McIntyre, wrongly imprisoned for 23 years for double murder, finally set free,\u201d Kansas City Star
\n\u201cLamonte McIntyre,\u201d Midwest Innocence Project
\n\u201cFormer Lamonte McIntyre prosecutor accused in new case of threatening a witness, misconduct,\u201d Kansas City Star

In this episode, Brandi pulled from:
\n\u201cState v. Bierman\u201d Kansas Supreme Court appeal opinion
\n\u201c2 Slaying Suspects Sought\u201d Associated Press, The Oklahoman
\n\u201cWoman Says She Hid While Sister Killed\u201d Associated Press, Salina Journal
\n\u201cKansas Fugitive Surrenders\u201d by Joe Stumpe, Tulsa World