Our ongoing investigation details how corrupt county power players stole over twenty years of an innocent man's life through deliberate evidence tampering. Detailed transcript analysis and timeline records reveal prosecutors knew their key witness lied while withholding exculpatory autopsy reports. Twenty years in a concrete cell is the deadly price of political ambition in Baldwin County.
District Attorney John Whetstone framed Murray Lawrence Jr. for a brutal murder despite absolute zero physical evidence linking him to the crime scene. Prosecutors hid vital autopsy reports proving strangulation and lied to an all-white jury about a nonexistent handgun. Watch as Backstory Podcast unearths the dirty judicial tricks that put an innocent man behind bars for life.
The following is an audio podcast, narrative, about the wrongful conviction of Murray “Bubba” Lawrence and the corrupt Baldwin County judicial system.
Top Baldwin County officials hid critical evidence for two decades to keep an innocent man behind bars. Official state documents reveal key prosecutors and law enforcement officers knew about a hidden autopsy report before the trial even started. Uncover the whole story of how state leaders buried evidence to secure a conviction.
Criminal rights advocates have unearthed a second autopsy of a 2003 murder that was never revealed during the trial of Murray “Bubba” Lawrence Jr., who was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Get the entire article at local newsstand, Lagniappe is free.
Sheriff Hoss Mack and DA Robert Wilters bullied a local judge to reverse a legal order returning a citizen's stolen vehicle. Court filings and internal records show how law enforcement abuses local power dynamics to overrule the courts. Will any official stand up to the unchecked power running Baldwin County?
Fairhope city leaders destroyed irreplaceable historical landmarks to pave the way for commercial developers and private interests. Council meeting agendas and financial records show local officials prioritized utility lines for big business over preserving local heritage. Corporate greed quietly erased local history while citizens looked the other way.
DA Wilters and local sheriffs abused police power to harass attorney Jason Hadley over an impounded vintage Camaro. We break down jaw-dropping court corruption, selective federal drug prosecution, and blatant judicial intimidation. Catch this episode of Backstory Podcast to witness raw authoritarian abuse in Alabama courts.
Baldwin County law enforcement operates above the law while using state prosecutors as personal enforcement puppets. Investigative files detail a thirty-year political alliance built to conceal deputy misconduct and obstruct public transparency. We expose the dirty deals that cemented absolute power in local law enforcement.
City council members line their own pockets with full-family benefits while intentionally ignoring decades of crumbling city infrastructure. Official city budgets and public statements prove politicians hid financial drain while pushing water lines for commercial developments. Their public concern was just a distraction from real financial rot.
