What Reality TV Gets Wrong About Criminal Investigations. (Spoiler: So Much.)
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When Edgar Barrientos-Quintana was cleared of murder charges last year, reporter Jessica Lussenhop noticed something she had never seen before in a wrongful conviction case: the involvement of popular true crime show “The First 48.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-first-48-wrongful-conviction-edgar-barrientos-quintana?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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