Ep. 268 — The Choctaw Three: A Murder that Never Happened

*The most bananas case I’ve covered* In 1999, the tiny town of Butler, Alabama, made national headlines when three intellectually disabled defendants were accused of killing a baby that never existed. What started out as a lie told by Victoria Banks to get a lower bail quickly spiraled, landing her estranged husband, Medell Banks, Jr., and her sister, Diane Tucker, in handcuffs alongside her. 

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Episode Source List:
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/al-court-of-criminal-appeals/1402042.html 

https://law.justia.com/cases/alabama/court-of-appeals-criminal/2002/cr-01-0310-0.html 

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/an-imaginary-homicide

https://exonerationregistry.org/cases/10246 

http://www.justicedenied.org/choctawthree.htm 

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jul-07-adna-justice7-story.html 

https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/2002/08/09/sentence-overturned-in-baby-death-case/27825701007/