family? yes. i did. after the nine mayors that you saw, christine, seems ok to you? she is certainly making an effort to reach out to you, right? yeah. and i felt like our family deserved happiness at that point, after everything we had been through. so i was hoping that it all came out okay. and did it go okay. christine kept all of the love laces running like a swiss train schedule. kids off to school, while curtis worked it is known law practice in downtown quincy. christine, meanwhile put on her bakers apron. i opened and was making 100 times a week. and i was selling out of pies before 8:00 in the morning. this was not just a hobby to keep you busy? this was a good business. yes absolutely. what is your go-to pie? blueberry. but i make a mean gooseberry, you name, and i could probably do it. after years of turmoil, it seemed the love laces were reborn. lindsay was back and the family fold. christine had even adopted
chicago. she came to our office and told us her story and i remember finding it compelling in certainly worth exploring further. this man is not a criminal lawyer. he s a civil rights attorney by practice, who also does pro bono work with the exoneration project. it s, same overturn wrongful convictions. but curtis had not been convicted, at least not yet. still, he and co-counsel decided to take the case. their services would be free. the main concern that i had in this case from the onset, was the lack of evidence. this did not feel like a murder case from the beginning. with a new defense team in place, christine got working on her next goal, making bail to get her husband out of jail. friends eventually put up the cash. almost two years after his arrest, curtis was released to have wife and sons. they greeted me at the jail,
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scientist and what we know about the development of rigor mortise. would a jury belief? science, or the words from two of corey s own sons? cory s brother, a dentist, found himself struggling over the conflicting facts. science is my living, you know. it s, i have to believe in, that but i also have to believe in the family at the same time. so i m completely. torn i ve never seen a more difficult case, more closely. there seems to be no middle. ground there is none. parkinson urged the jury to focus on the science in one image. cory in her bed, her body in rio mortise. he said it proves she died hours before it is claimed. it proved he was lying. it proved he argued that curtis killed her. coming up, the defense gets in turn and christine is feeling optimistic. i knew in my heart he was coming. home until. christine came in and they explain to her what was about
take the deal. he said, it would keep him from dying in prison. but he d have to admit s culpability, responsibility in court s death. that s the condition? right correct, and that he wouldn t have to spend probably any more than 13 years in prison. the two said no thanks to the states offer and geared up for a second trial. but that forced them to face another diarrhea lady, they were totally broke, unable to afford another lawyer. what are we going to do? i mean at that point, there didn t appear to be any other option. this could be a moment for christine to say, i m out of here. i didn t sign on to be some to my white knight for this guy stand by her. man i m. gone yeah, and who could blame her if that s where she had done? but that s not who she is. it looked as though curtis would have to use a public defender. but christine would not accept that option. she worked her connections inventively ended up in