Double Jeopardy (Part 1)

DESCRIPTION: 

On this episode of They Walk Among America… On May 12, 1985, the Fayetteville police in North Carolina received a phone call from a woman concerned about her neighbours. The caller told the operator that she had not seen the occupants of the property in the middle-class neighbourhood of Summerhill Road for several days. She had been over to the house and knocked on their door, but no one answered. She could hear the muffled sounds of a baby crying from inside the home… (Part 1 of 2)

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This episode was researched and written by  Emily G. Thompson.

Editing by Brad Maybe.

Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton.

Narration, narration editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.

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REFERENCES:

COURT / LEGAL DOCUMENTS 

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20-301/163184/20201209133603927_20-301%20Hennis.pdf

https://www.armfor.uscourts.gov/newcaaf/briefs/2019Term/Hennis170263AppelleeBrief.pdf

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/documents/exonerations_us_1989_2012_full_report.pdf

https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7186&context=jclc

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-4th-circuit/1591377.html

https://www.armfor.uscourts.gov/newcaaf/opinions/2019OctTerm/170263.pdf

https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=3277&context=nclr

NEWSBANK

Akron Beacon Journal (OH), May 15, 1985

Philadelphia Daily News (PA), May 16, 1985

Lexington Herald-Leader (KY), May 17, 1985

Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA), May 17, 1985

Charlotte Observer, The (NC), February 21, 1986

Charlotte Observer, The (NC), May 28, 1986

Charlotte Observer, The (NC), June 14, 1986

Charlotte Observer, The (NC), July 5, 1986

Charlotte Observer, The (NC), July 9, 1986

Charlotte Observer, The (NC), July 10, 1986

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), March 1, 1988

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), September 15, 1988

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), October 7, 1988

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), January 19, 1989

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), February 27, 1989

Charlotte Observer, The (NC), March 15, 1989

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), March 15, 1989

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), March 16, 1989

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), March 17, 1989

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), March 22, 1989

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), April 7, 1989

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), April 11, 1989

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), April 12, 1989

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), April 13, 1989

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), April 17, 1989

Charlotte Observer, The (NC), April 20, 1989

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), April 20, 1989

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), April 27, 1989

Charlotte Observer, The (NC), September 5, 1989

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), September 28, 2006

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), September 29, 2006

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), September 30, 2006

Seattle Times, The (WA), October 6, 2006

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), October 8, 2006

Associated Press Archive, November 9, 2006

Daily Courier, The (Forest City, NC), November 10, 2006

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), November 11, 2006

Columbian, The (Vancouver, WA), November 21, 2006

Los Angeles Times - Washington Post News Service, May 17, 2007

High Point Enterprise (NC), May 19, 2007

Associated Press Archive, June 10, 2007

News & Observer, The (Raleigh, NC), July 7, 2007

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), March 18, 2010

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), March 19, 2010

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), March 23, 2010

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), March 24, 2010

Associated Press News Service, The, March 26, 2010

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), March 26, 2010

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), March 27, 2010

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), March 30, 2010

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), March 31, 2010

Associated Press News Service, The, April 7, 2010

Associated Press Archive, April 8, 2010

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), April 8, 2010

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), April 10, 2010

Associated Press News Service, The, April 12, 2010

Fayetteville Observer, The (NC), April 13, 2010

Associated Press Archive, April 15, 2010

The Kansan City Star, 14 May, 1985

The News and Observer, 15 May, 1985

Spokane Chronicle, 16 May, 1985

The Herald-Sun, 16 May, 1985

The Kansas City Star, 16 May, 1985

The Charlotte Observer, 17 May, 1985

Anderson Independent-Mail, 18 May, 1985

Asheville Citizen-Times, 18 May, 1985

The State, 18 May, 1985

The Charlotte Observer, 19 May, 1985

The Charlotte Observer, 18 July, 1985

The News & Observer, 25 June, 1985

The News & Observer, 13 December, 1985

The Charlotte Observer, 13 June, 1986

The Charlotte Observer, 17 June, 1986

The Charlotte Observer, 19 June, 1986

The News & Observer, 19 June, 1986

The News & Observer, 20 June, 1986

The News & Observer, 21 June, 1986

The Charlotte Observer, 22 June, 1986

The Charlotte Observer, 24 June, 1986

The Charlotte Observer, 25 June, 1986

The Charlotte Observer, 26 June, 1986

Rocky Mount Telegram, 26 June, 1986

The News & Observer, 27 June, 1986

The News & Observer, 3 July, 1986

The Charlotte Observer, 15 August, 1986

The Charlotte Observer, 27 February, 1988

The News & Observer, 15 March, 1989

The News & Observer, 22 September, 2006

The News & Observer, 29 September, 2006

FURTHER READING

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/05/14/Authorities-downplay-comparisons-to-MacDonald-murders/4772484891200/

https://apnews.com/article/420ab1ba9b42e11ca87bdf632e72f43d

https://www.wral.com/news/state/story/1418225/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/gary-jana-eastburns-nightmare-odyssey-convict-familys-killer/story?id=11644539#:~:text=Earlier%20this%20year%2C%20Jana%20Eastburn,to%20understand%20for%20so%20long.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/14/three-trials-for-murder