GUILTY KY - Jessica Currin, 18, slain, body burned, Mayfield, 29 July 2000

[mysteriew]

17 May 2013 Last updated at 02:14 ET

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19558804

Very good article. I like the reporter, he is funny. I also enjoyed 'seeing' Kentucky through his eyes.

 

[SwampMama]

Very interesting story. Thank Goodness for people like Susan and the reporter who took the time and interest to investigate and report it.

 

[RTMIS]

This is not solved! Jessica's own family believes the wrong man was convicted. Many people believe Galbreath actually hindered the investigation. None of it makes sense. I'm a local and MANY people believe there is much more to this case and that the wrong person is behind bars. The people who mishandled and possibly corrupted this case need to be brought to justice. Justice for Jessica!

 

[PastTense]

A review of the case.
Justice Story: Murder in Mayfield
Susan died of natural causes last August, at age 58.

 

[Ssschu]

Twenty-five years after 18-year-old Jessica Currin was killed and burned behind a Kentucky school, the man convicted of her murder still maintains his innocence — and, in a rare twist, the victim’s father is now asking the courts to take another look at the verdict ahead of a key fall court date.

Jessica’s father, Joe Currin, told CNN he supports reopening the case. “We’ve just always [been] hoping that the truth would bring itself out. But when you’ve got more people hiding the truth than you do trying to get to the truth, it’s kind of hard to do,” he said, according to CNN.

“The October 23 date is to argue for an evidentiary hearing,” Freleng tells PEOPLE. “If the judge agrees, everything presented at hearing will be included in the judge’s decision” on whether Cross should get a new trial. “Attorneys at KIP are very hopeful.”

They Said He Raped and Burned a Teen Girl Alive. Now, Even the Victim’s Father Is Fighting to Set Him Free

'Bone Valley, Season 3: Graves County,' hosted and produced by 'Wrongful Conviction''s Maggie Freleng, takes a critical at the Jessica Currin 2000 murder case, which resulted in the conviction of Quincy Cross.

people.com

 

[rvlvr]

Really enjoying the Graves County podcast, have a lot of respect for Joe Currin. A conviction that relies so heavily on such incredibly flimsy witness testimony is deeply troubling, imo.