1.8 The Road to the Trial

Published: April 2, 2018, 6 a.m.

b'The public pressure was intense surrounding Ronald and Wanda Maddux\\u2019s guilt of murdering their 4-year-old daughter, Melisha Gibson.\\xa0 Petitions and protests called for the Madduxes to be put to death.\\xa0 Country music star Hank Snow even wrote TN Govenor Ray Blanton demanding the death penalty for anyone convicted of child abuse. \\xa0 I tend to think of the road to a trial being an ordered and logical progression from arrest to arraignment to trial.\\xa0 The road to a trial should be well-marked and driven upon with caution.\\xa0 But it seems to me as if the typical slow and steady drive on the road to a trial didn\\u2019t happen.\\xa0 It was more like this case was hijacked by a bunch of teens delivering bootleg moonshine, careening through the Appalachian mountains with the acceleration pedal firmly stomped to the floor.\\xa0 \\xa0 #2podsADay:\\xa0\\xa0http://www.our-americana.com/2podsaday/ \\xa0 website:\\xa0 www.targetedpodcast.com email:\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0targetedpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:\\xa0 @targetedpodcast \\xa0 \\xa0

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