Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff

Bob and Zaq discuss Bob's interview with the host of Ice Cold Case, Madison McGhee, and answer listener questions.

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Bob is joined by a true justice warrior, who has taken her pursuit for the truth into her own hands. Madison is investigating her own father's unsolved murder, because no one in authority seems to want to put any effort in to do so. She takes you along with her on her journey through her podcast, Ice Cold Case.

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Bob, Zaq, and Janet catch up on the past few episodes and answer listener questions.

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Bob is joined by several members of the University of Notre Dame Law School Exoneration Justice Clinic. Founder and Executive Director Jimmy Gurule, Staff Lawyer and Professor Kevin Murphy and Student Attorney (In Training) Andrew Zimlick, join Bob to discuss their work that led to the exoneration of Reggie Dillard. Dillard was released from prison in February of this year after serving over two decades for a crime he didn't commit. Listen in to hear the story that resulted in his freedom.

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Part two of our double header Friday. This episode features the other half of the Women & Crime podcast, Criminology Professor Dr. Meghan Sacks!

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Schedules got messed up at the last minute just before this week's planned Follow-Up recording, so rather than a normal follow-up this week we're releasing two bonus episodes. It's Women's History Month, so we're sharing two interviews Bob conducted on True Crime Binge back in 2020, featuring some incredible female justice warriors. In this episode we're joined by Criminology Professor and Co-Host of the Women & Crime podcast, Dr. Schlosberg and Bob have an interesting conversation about her background and a case that she and Dr. Sacks were working on at the time of this recording.

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In this special extra episode, we're replaying a True Crime Binge interview with the hosts of The Red Justice Project. The mission of The Red Justice Project is to bring awareness to the many cases of missing and murdered indigenous people in North America, and the way they are erased in American media. They also highlight the many political and social injustices faced by indigenous people. Crimes of continual cultural genocide and the resilience indigenous people have to endure for generations to come. 

Hosts Chelsea Locklear and Brittany Hunt talk about how the podcast came to be, t...

In this remastered episode, Bob sits down with Connie Walker. Connie originally appeared on True Crime Binge with Bob a few years ago. Since this was an off week for the T&J team, we decided to share more content surrounding MMIP stories. Give it a listen, and let's bring more awareness to these terrible injustices.

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Bob and Zaq discuss Bob's interview with the creator of the Blood Will Tell podcast Jen Miller and answer listener questions.

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Jen Miller is the creator and host of the amazing new podcast Blood Will Tell. Episodes 1 & 2 of BWT released on Thursday 3/12. It's highly recommended to listen to the first two episodes before checking out this discussion, where Bob and Jen talk about the making of the podcast and the nuance and intricacies of this super unique story.

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Bob, Zaq, and Janet talk about Bob's interview with the hosts of the We Are Resilient podcast, Osh and Sheyashe, provide updates on season 2 of the Underestimated podcast and answer listener questions.
 
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Bob is joined by the hosts of the We Are Resilient podcast. As indigenous women themselves, Osh and Sheyashe offer a unique internal perspective on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People.

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Bob, Zaq, and Janet talk about Bob's interview with Chris Bynum and answer listener questions.

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Bob finally gets to speak with Chris Bynum. Chris addresses his wrongful conviction from behind the prison walls.

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Bob, Zaq, and Janet talk about Bob's interview with Stephanie Tinsley, touch on a handful of other cases, and answer listener questions.

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Bob is joined by Justice Warrior Stephanie Tinsley. Stephanie is the creator and host of the new "Everything They Missed" podcast, where she takes a deep investigative dive into a wrongful conviction that will blow your mind. Listen in for all the details.

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Bob and Janet are joined by attorney Michael Ausbrook to discuss the Delphi case.

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Attorney Michael Ausbrook returns to the show to discuss everything we've learned about the murders of Abby Williams and Libby German since the conclusion of Richard Allen's trial. Evidence and documents have been slowly released to the public in the months following the trial, and Michael joins Bob to help break it all down.

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Bob, Zaq, and Janet discuss the second part of Bob's interview with attorney and YouTuber Andrea Burkhart.

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Bob is joined again this week by attorney and YouTuber Andrea Burkhart. This is part two of our conversation. In last week's episode the discussion was focused around the trial itself. In Today's episode, Andrea breaks down what's been happening in the appeals process.

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Bob and Zaq break down Bob’s interview with attorney and YouTuber Andrea Burkhart, who attended every day of Richard Allen’s trial, and answer listener questions.

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Super Attorney and YouTuber Andrea Burkhart joins Bob in this first part of a two part series. In this week's episode the focus is on Richard Allen's trial. Andrea attended everyday of the trial and reported on it daily on her YouTube channel. Today she shares her perspective on the procedure, the evidence and the outcome. Next week, she'll be returning to discuss the progress of the case in the appeals process following the conviction.

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Bob and Zaq talk about the new season of Proof following Bob's interview with Susan Simpson and answer listener questions.

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Bob is joined by super attorney and podcaster Susan Simpson. Susan is here to tell us all about the new season of her hit podcast 'Proof'. Episode 1 of Season 3 just dropped on Monday, and it's already has the masses hooked. In this episode you also get an inside look at how Susan balances her work and motherhood. She does it all!

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Bob, Zaq, and Janet answer listener questions about Bob's break down of citizens' rights while interacting with law enforcement.

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Bob breaks down our rights as citizens, in regards to interactions with law enforcement. What does Miranda really mean and how does it apply in real life? What does custody mean? What does the law say about lawful orders from law enforcement? How does all of this apply to I.C.E. Agents as opposed to other law enforcement officer? All of these questions are answered in today's episode.

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Bob and Janet talk about Bob's interview with Michael Ausbrook about the process of post-conviction relief and answer listener questions.

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Bob is joined by attorney Michael Ausbrook to discuss how the process of post-conviction relief works (specifically in Indiana), and how it applies to the Chris Bynum case.

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Bob, Zaq, and Janet answer listener questions about all past seasons and talk more about Gerald Mathews' confession.

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In this episode, Bob live streams with Patrons. We get an update on where things stand with the Bynum case, and Bob shares the latest updates on all of our past seasons. We also get a look into the future plans of Truth & Justice for the next few months.

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Bob and Zaq answer listener questions following Bob's interview with listener Colin Shortland, in which Colin shared his analysis of the ball field crime scene.

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Bob is joined by listener Colin Shortland. Colin has taken a deep dive into the ball field crime scene, and discovered that the recreation as presented at trial and on this podcast is completely incorrect. Everything changes after hearing his analysis.

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Bob and Janet go over Bob's latest interview with Dr. Nicky Jackson and talk more about Gerald Mathews' confession.

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Bob is joined by Dr. Nicky Jackson. After three weeks of delivering a series of mind blowing post-conviction discoveries in the case, Dr. Jackson is here to help us absorb it all and breakdown what it means. Unfortunately we also have some very sad news to share at the end of the episode.

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Bob, Zaq and Janet answer listener questions and share their thoughts about this week's episode, where we learned about Gerald Mathews (AKA Chris Stokes) confession.

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14 years after the murders of Sheila, Liz, Amp, Suzanne and Angela, a man who had not been on anyone's radar made some arrangements. He instructed a friend to deliver a package to someone connected to the case, in the event that something should happen to him. Three weeks later...something did.

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Bob, Zaq, and Janet talk about the four affidavits that place Shakey at both crime scenes and answer listener questions.

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Bob reveals a series of four affidavits from witnesses, who were never contacted by the original investigators. All four have direct knowledge about the crimes and who committed them. None of the four are connected to Chris Bynum and none of the four are connected to each other.

Reminder, we will be off for the Thanksgiving holiday this week. We will return with the Follow-Up to this episode on Friday, December 5th. That episode will be recorded live on YouTube on Monday December 1st at 8pm EST.

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Bob, Zaq, and Janet talk about the DNA found on Sheila Bartee and Elizabeth Daily-Ayers and answer listener questions.

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This episode is all about the forensic evidence that was concealed from the jury and ignored by the prosecution in Chris Bynum's case. Post-conviction investigators uncovered evidence and connections that have opened doors to new leads. Why also learn why some of this evidence may have been ignored by the original investigators.

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