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During a routine sweep of a Las Vegas parking lot, police found a woman’s body wrapped in a blanket in the backseat of a car in September of 1986. A speedy investigation led them to the killer, who was sentenced after what felt like a routine trial. But 31 years later, the culprit faced the courts again thanks to a decades-old procedural error. His rehearing became part of a larger debate about capital punishment – a conversation that’s still raging within the criminal justice system today.

Written by Angela Jorgensen, Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. View full source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/premium-sources/p224