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    Direct Appeal

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    Length:
    69 minutes
    Released:
    Aug 7, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    14: Melanie is sentenced and transferred to prison. She begins the long process of appeals and holds out hope that her conviction will be overturned. Will the courts grant an appeal or will her life sentence stand?
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    Credits

    Hosted by: Meghan Sacks and Amy Shlosberg

    Produced by James Varga

    Written by Meghan Sacks

    Recorded, mixed, and edited by Justin Kral at JC Studios

    Music and underscore by Dessert Media

    Legal Counsel: Barry Janay

    Special thanks to Alan Tockerman


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    Released:
    Aug 7, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (31)

    In August 2008, Sarah Widmer, a healthy 24 year-old woman is found dead in her bathtub, just four months after marrying Ryan Widmer… the only person at home with Sarah that night.  Suspicion quickly fell on Ryan, leading to his arrest and conviction for Sarah’s murder. But could this have been a tragic accident?  Ryan has adamantly maintained his innocence for the last 16 years, but now, two seasoned criminologists examine the very controversial conviction of Ryan Widmer, for the murder of his wife Sarah.   Is Ryan a murder or did something else happen in that bathroom? Join us to find out.