Episode 2: Train's a Comin - w/ Recanting Star Witness Jason Autry

from Trial & Error · host Dana McLendon III & Dr. Katie Spirko

Dr. Katie Spirko takes you behind the barbed wire fences of Shelby County Penal Farm, where she meets with co-defendant turned star witness for the State, Jason Autry. Now 8 years after the trial and with nothing to gain from changing his story, Jason Autry provides a detailed account of how and why he lied at Zach Adams's 2017 trial for the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Holly Bobo, including shocking allegations about who helped him construct the testimony that got Zach Adams convicted despite no physical evidence linking him to the crime.

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