Episodes

  • Ep 1: A Shooting at Holloman's

    Ep 1: A Shooting at Holloman's
    Apr 7 2022
    Wilson County, North Carolina 1976. The murder of a white country store owner rocks the small community. Within minutes, law enforcement arrives on scene with a suspect’s name on their lips: 38-year old Black American Charles Ray Finch.
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    40 mins
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  • Ep 2: A Shotgun and a Three-Quarter Length Coat

    Ep 2: A Shotgun and a Three-Quarter Length Coat
    Apr 7 2022
    Chief Deputy Tony Owens of the Wilson County Sheriff’s Department oversees the investigation that lands Ray Finch in front of the classically composed American jury: 11 white members and one Black. Shotgun shell casings, an eyewitness line-up, and a black coat are amongst the evidence brought forth at trial. Their efforts pay off when Ray is sentenced to death for his alleged involvement in the murder of Richard Holloman.
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    52 mins
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  • Ep 3: Wilson County After Dark

    Ep 3: Wilson County After Dark
    Apr 7 2022
    The year is 1977. From his cell on death row, Ray Finch fiercely maintains his innocence as another investigation is playing out, this time by the feds. The United States Federal Bureau of Investigations launches an undercover operation targeting the illegal gambling and prostitution ring that is running rampant in Wilson County, and the stain of corruption bleeds all the way into the Wilson County Sheriff’s Department. The work of their undercover operatives reveals a robust culture of organized crime and it turns out Richard Holloman’s murder wasn’t the only one shrouded in mysterious circumstances.
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    55 mins
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  • Ep 4:The SBI Comes In

    Ep 4:The SBI Comes In
    Apr 7 2022
    The Sheriff of Wilson County goes down for taking bribes and obstructing justice to cover up a prostitution operation from which he's been profiting for years. Years that included 1976, when Ray was convicted of murder. With a regime change and new Sheriff in town, Ray’s case is given a second look. But when the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations takes up his case, a shocking outcome follows.
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    49 mins
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  • Ep 5: The New Defenders

    Ep 5: The New Defenders
    Apr 7 2022
    In 2001, over 20 years after Ray’s conviction, his plea for support lands on the desk of Duke University Law Professor Jim Coleman, who has just launched a Wrongful Convictions Clinic at the law school. Jim and several of his students jump headfirst into an effort to reinvestigate the murder of Richard Holloman and the investigation that led to Ray’s conviction. After a decade of raw investigative effort, the students of the Duke Wrongful Conviction Clinic pave the way for Ray Finch to get his case back in front of a judge. But have they gathered enough evidence to demonstrate that Ray was railroaded at his first trial?
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    57 mins
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  • Ep 6: Twilight Justice

    Ep 6: Twilight Justice
    Apr 7 2022
    Ray Finch’s appellate journey lands him back in Wilson County Superior Court where he will, for the first time in 25 years, look Chief Deputy Tony Owens in the eye. In order to make the most of this pivotal witness, Jim Coleman taps veteran defense attorney, David Rudolf. The showdown that ensues seems ripped from the pages of a Hollywood script. Just when Jim Coleman and David Rudolf are about to declare a checkmate against the State, the judge makes a startling declaration.
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    1 hr and 9 mins
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