Episodes

  • The Sweet Taste of Freedom: The Wrongful Conviction of Evaristo Salas
    Oct 19 2023

    “Evaristo Salas is a free man. At last.


    A jury convicted Salas in 1995 of shooting Jose Arreola twice in the head on a foggy November night. Salas was 15 at the time of the killing and 16 when he was imprisoned.

    The case hinged on testimony of a paid police informant who has since recanted his testimony that Salas was bragging around town about the killing; Arreola’s girlfriend at the time, who reportedly told the victim’s mother that she was only able to identify Salas from a photo montage following hypnosis; and evidence that the pickup truck Arreola was shot in was removed from the scene and cleaned before it was processed for evidence.

    During his 26 years of imprisonment, Salas has always maintained his innocence.” the stars of ID's hit show, Reasonable Doubt, Detective Chris Anderson and Fatima Silva, Esq. for the podcast that fans have been waiting for. Chris and Fatima talk all things true crime, including cases they investigated on Reasonable Doubt.


    About Chris Anderson and Fatima Silva:


    Retired homicide detective Chris Anderson and criminal defense attorney Fatima Silva have spent years helping desperate families who believe their loved ones were wrongfully convicted of murder. In their new podcast, Crime & Cookie Juice, Chris and Fatima talk about cases that they are passionate about while enjoying their favorite glass of "Cookie Juice" aka bourbon. Join Chris and Fatima as they pour their bourbon and pore into evidence.


    Reasonable Doubt (Seasons 1-5) airs on Investigation and Discovery Plus. On their hit tv show, "Reasonable Doubt, " Chris and Fatima were forced to decide whether there's really been a wrongful conviction or whether the family needs to face the bitter truth that their loved one is guilty as charged. "Reasonable Doubt" is a hard-hitting, balanced, and emotional look at the United States criminal justice system. Learn more about the stars and reach out!


    Don't forget to subscribe and share!


    Follow Fatima on Social: IG/Facebook/Twitter: @fatimasilvaesq

    Follow Chris on Social: Facebook: @detectivesergeantchrisanderson IG: @detective_christopher_anderson Twitter: @Det_CAnderson



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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • 'You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent' with Justin Brooks, Director of the California Innocence Project
    Mar 29 2023

    Surviving prison as an innocent person is a surreal nightmare no one wants to think about. But it can happen to you. 

     

    Justin Brooks, Director and Co-Founder of the California Innocence Project, has spent his career freeing innocent people from prison. With You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent, he offers up-close accounts of the cases he has fought, embedding them within a larger landscape of innocence claims and robust research on what we know about the causes of wrongful convictions.


    Join Chris & Fatima as they interview Justin Brooks about his new book and discuss the release of Rodney Patrick McNeal, a case featured on Season 5 of Reasonable Doubt.


    You can purchase You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent today at:

    https://www.amazon.com/Might-Prison-Though-Youre-Innocent/dp/0520386833



    About Justin Brooks:

    Justin Brooks is the Director and Co-Founder of the California Innocence Project. He has served as counsel on many high profile criminal cases and has exonerated more than 35 innocent people (including former NFL player Brian Banks). 

    Follow Justin Brooks on Social: IG: @justinobrooks


    Join the stars of ID's hit show, Reasonable Doubt, Detective Chris Anderson and Fatima Silva, Esq. for the podcast that fans have been waiting for. Chris and Fatima talk all things true crime, including cases they investigated on Reasonable Doubt.


    About Chris Anderson and Fatima Silva:


    Retired homicide detective Chris Anderson and criminal defense attorney Fatima Silva have spent years helping desperate families who believe their loved ones were wrongfully convicted of murder. In their new podcast, Crime & Cookie Juice, Chris and Fatima talk about cases that they are passionate about while enjoying their favorite glass of "Cookie Juice" aka bourbon. Join Chris and Fatima as they pour their bourbon and pore into evidence.


    Reasonable Doubt (Seasons 1-5) airs on Investigation and Discovery Plus. On their hit tv show, "Reasonable Doubt, " Chris and Fatima were forced to decide whether there's really been a wrongful conviction or whether the family needs to face the bitter truth that their loved one is guilty as charged. "Reasonable Doubt" is a hard-hitting, balanced, and emotional look at the United States criminal justice system. Learn more about the stars and reach out!


    Don't forget to subscribe and share!


    Follow Fatima on Social: IG/Facebook/Twitter: @fatimasilvaesq

    Follow Chris on Social: Facebook: @detectivesergeantchrisanderson IG: @detective_christopher_anderson Twitter: @Det_CAnderson



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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Freed After 30 Years in Prison: The Murder of Dana Feitler and the Wrongful Conviction of Lee Harris
    Mar 22 2023

    After a night out celebrating her acceptance into grad school, Dana Feitler returned home to her apartment complex in Chicago's affluent Gold Coast neighborhood where she was abducted by 3 men. After forcing her to withdraw $400 from ATM, she was lead to an alley and shot and killed.


    Desperate for leads, police turned to a cop-friendly informant, willing to say anything to help them. That person was Lee Harris. Lee said he was helping police in return for reward money put up by the victim’s family. That’s when it went all wrong for him. Despite their promises, Lee was arrested and convicted for Feitler's murder in 1992. He has proclaimed his innocence for over three decades and as of last week, Lee Harris' conviction has been vacated and he is now a free man. The case was featured on Season 4 of 'Reasonable Doubt' and Chris & Fatima are here to give you all the updates. Featuring special guests: Lee Harris and his son, Jermaine Harris.


    Join the stars of ID's hit show, Reasonable Doubt, Detective Chris Anderson and Fatima Silva, Esq. for the podcast that fans have been waiting for. Chris and Fatima talk all things true crime, including cases they investigated on Reasonable Doubt.


    About Chris Anderson and Fatima Silva:


    Retired homicide detective Chris Anderson and criminal defense attorney Fatima Silva have spent years helping desperate families who believe their loved ones were wrongfully convicted of murder. In their new podcast, Crime & Cookie Juice, Chris and Fatima talk about cases that they are passionate about while enjoying their favorite glass of "Cookie Juice" aka bourbon. Join Chris and Fatima as they pour their bourbon and pore into evidence.


    Reasonable Doubt (Seasons 1-5) airs on Investigation and Discovery Plus. On their hit tv show, "Reasonable Doubt, " Chris and Fatima were forced to decide whether there's really been a wrongful conviction or whether the family needs to face the bitter truth that their loved one is guilty as charged. "Reasonable Doubt" is a hard-hitting, balanced, and emotional look at the United States criminal justice system. Learn more about the stars and reach out!


    Don't forget to subscribe and share!


    Follow Fatima on Social: IG/Facebook/Twitter: @fatimasilvaesq

    Follow Chris on Social: Facebook: @detectivesergeantchrisanderson IG: @detective_christopher_anderson Twitter: @Det_CAnderson



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    51 mins
  • The War on Drugs Podcast with Clayton English and Greg Glod
    Mar 15 2023

    Drug overdoses in the US are at a record high. Heroin has been replaced by the single deadliest drug threat to our nation, Fentanyl. Marijuana has been decriminalized in over 20 states, yet people remain in federal prison serving mandatory sentences for possession and sale of marijuana. In the past fifty years, the ‘war’ on drugs has fueled incarceration, exacerbated addiction and hampered economic progress.


    Lava for Good's The War on Drugs podcast, co-hosted by comedian Clayton English and Greg Glod, senior criminal justice fellow at Americans for Prosperity, shines a spotlight on how our communities have crumbled under the weight of this so-called ‘war,’ and explores the politicization of public healthy policy, institutional racism and classism in the legislation and administration of criminal law, and how decriminalization and other alternatives could bring the fruitless ‘war’ to an end.  


    Follow Clayton English on Social: IG/Twitter: @ClaytonEnglish

    Follow Greg Glod on Social: IG: @GregGlodOfficial


    Join the stars of ID's hit show, Reasonable Doubt, Detective Chris Anderson and Fatima Silva, Esq. for the podcast that fans have been waiting for. Chris and Fatima talk all things true crime, including cases they investigated on Reasonable Doubt.


    About Chris Anderson and Fatima Silva:


    Retired homicide detective Chris Anderson and criminal defense attorney Fatima Silva have spent years helping desperate families who believe their loved ones were wrongfully convicted of murder. In their new podcast, Crime & Cookie Juice, Chris and Fatima talk about cases that they are passionate about while enjoying their favorite glass of "Cookie Juice" aka bourbon. Join Chris and Fatima as they pour their bourbon and pore into evidence.


    Reasonable Doubt (Seasons 1-5) airs on Investigation and Discovery Plus. On their hit tv show, "Reasonable Doubt, " Chris and Fatima were forced to decide whether there's really been a wrongful conviction or whether the family needs to face the bitter truth that their loved one is guilty as charged. "Reasonable Doubt" is a hard-hitting, balanced, and emotional look at the United States criminal justice system. Learn more about the stars and reach out!


    Don't forget to subscribe and share!


    Follow Fatima on Social: IG/Facebook/Twitter: @fatimasilvaesq

    Follow Chris on Social: Facebook: @detectivesergeantchrisanderson IG: @detective_christopher_anderson Twitter: @Det_CAnderson



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    57 mins
  • Headline Cases with Chris & Fatima: Kidnapped in Mexico and the Murdaugh Jurors Speak Out
    Mar 8 2023

    The verdict is in and the jurors are talking! Join Chris and Fatima as they go over headline cases, including how the jurors arrived at a unanimous verdict so quickly in the Murdaugh case and the latest on four Americans kidnapped in Mexico.



    Join the stars of ID's hit show, Reasonable Doubt, Detective Chris Anderson and Fatima Silva, Esq. for the podcast that fans have been waiting for. Chris and Fatima talk all things true crime, including cases they investigated on Reasonable Doubt.


    About Chris Anderson and Fatima Silva:


    Retired homicide detective Chris Anderson and criminal defense attorney Fatima Silva have spent years helping desperate families who believe their loved ones were wrongfully convicted of murder. In their new podcast, Crime & Cookie Juice, Chris and Fatima talk about cases that they are passionate about while enjoying their favorite glass of "Cookie Juice" aka bourbon. Join Chris and Fatima as they pour their bourbon and pore into evidence.


    Reasonable Doubt (Seasons 1-5) airs on Investigation and Discovery Plus. On their hit tv show, "Reasonable Doubt, " Chris and Fatima were forced to decide whether there's really been a wrongful conviction or whether the family needs to face the bitter truth that their loved one is guilty as charged. "Reasonable Doubt" is a hard-hitting, balanced, and emotional look at the United States criminal justice system. Learn more about the stars and reach out!


    Don't forget to subscribe and share!


    Follow Fatima on Social: IG/Facebook/Twitter: @fatimasilvaesq

    Follow Chris on Social: Facebook: @detectivesergeantchrisanderson IG: @detective_christopher_anderson Twitter: @Det_CAnderson



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    51 mins
  • The Murdaugh Murders: A Father on Trial
    Mar 1 2023

    On June 7, 2021, Alex Murdaugh called police from his cell phone at 10:06 pm, saying he had discovered the bodies of his 52-year-old wife Maggie and their 22-year-old son Paul near the dog kennels at the family's hunting lodge in South Carolina. Both had been shot multiple times and with different weapons. Almost two years later, Alex Murdaugh is on trial for the double homicide of his own family. It's a trial rife with drugs, lies, and scandals. Join Chris & Fatima and they discuss their different views on the trial and the highly anticipated verdict.



    Join the stars of ID's hit show, Reasonable Doubt, Detective Chris Anderson and Fatima Silva, Esq. for the podcast that fans have been waiting for. Chris and Fatima talk all things true crime, including cases they investigated on Reasonable Doubt.


    About Chris Anderson and Fatima Silva:


    Retired homicide detective Chris Anderson and criminal defense attorney Fatima Silva have spent years helping desperate families who believe their loved ones were wrongfully convicted of murder. In their new podcast, Crime & Cookie Juice, Chris and Fatima talk about cases that they are passionate about while enjoying their favorite glass of "Cookie Juice" aka bourbon. Join Chris and Fatima as they pour their bourbon and pore into evidence.


    Reasonable Doubt (Seasons 1-5) airs on Investigation and Discovery Plus. On their hit tv show, "Reasonable Doubt, " Chris and Fatima were forced to decide whether there's really been a wrongful conviction or whether the family needs to face the bitter truth that their loved one is guilty as charged. "Reasonable Doubt" is a hard-hitting, balanced, and emotional look at the United States criminal justice system. Learn more about the stars and reach out!


    Don't forget to subscribe and share!


    Follow Fatima on Social: IG/Facebook/Twitter: @fatimasilvaesq

    Follow Chris on Social: Facebook: @detectivesergeantchrisanderson IG: @detective_christopher_anderson Twitter: @Det_CAnderson



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    48 mins
  • 'Man, You Are Crazy': Destigmatizing PTSD in Law Enforcement with Former Police Officer Kevin Donaldson
    Feb 22 2023

    It is estimated that, on average, approximately 15% of officers in the U.S. experience PTSD symptoms. More police officers and firefighters die by suicide than in the line of duty. They are front-row witnesses to horrific atrocities including, suicides, motor vehicle accidents that result in trauma and/or death, child abuse or neglect, overdoses, and acts of domestic violence. Exposure to these traumatic daily events impairs their well-being and affects their ability to perform duties to the public. Long-term effects of PTSD often lead to behavioral dysfunction such as substance abuse, aggression, and suicide. Sadly, many officers do not seek help due to the shame and guilt associated with PTSD.

    For these reasons, our very own Detective Chris Anderson is co-authoring a book with former police officer, Kevin Donaldson, addressing the impact of trauma and PTSD on law enforcement. In this episode of Crime & Cookie Juice, Anderson and Donaldson discuss their individual experiences with nearly losing their lives in the line of duty, and nearly losing themselves and their families in the aftermath of these traumatic events. Anderson & Donaldson are on a mission to destigmatize mental-health issues in law enforcement.

    About Kevin Donaldson: Surviving post traumatic stress and multiple suicide attempts, Kevin Donaldson found resiliency in the embrace of his trauma. Retiring from the police department in New Jersey in 2014 after being involved in a shooting during a domestic incident, Kevin struggled to find peace inside his own chaotic mind dealing with feelings that were foreign and new while fighting through the difficulties that life threw his way. Kevin now chronicles his struggles by speaking out and destigmatizing mental health to find resiliency in facing suffering head-on by showing that there is a way to find your smile once again.

    Donaldson is co-authoring the book, 'Man, You Are Crazy', chronicling his journey into and out of the darkness exploring mental health in the police world.

    You can also find his podcast, The Suffering, here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOGDxHh-YMFhKQ17L0_8PWA

    Follow Kevin Donaldson on IG @realkevindonaldson

    https://www.realkevindonaldson.com/#HOME


    Join the stars of ID's hit show, Reasonable Doubt, Detective Chris Anderson and Fatima Silva, Esq. for the podcast that fans have been waiting for. Chris and Fatima talk all things true crime, including cases they investigated on Reasonable Doubt.


    About Chris Anderson and Fatima Silva:


    Retired homicide detective Chris Anderson and criminal defense attorney Fatima Silva have spent years helping desperate families who believe their loved ones were wrongfully convicted of murder. In their new podcast, Crime & Cookie Juice, Chris and Fatima talk about cases that they are passionate about while enjoying their favorite glass of "Cookie Juice" aka bourbon. Join Chris and Fatima as they pour their bourbon and pore into evidence.


    Reasonable Doubt (Seasons 1-5) airs on Investigation and Discovery Plus. On their hit tv show, "Reasonable Doubt, " Chris and Fatima were forced to decide whether there's really been a wrongful conviction or whether the family needs to face the bitter truth that their loved one is guilty as charged. "Reasonable Doubt" is a hard-hitting, balanced, and emotional look at the United States criminal justice system. Learn more about the stars and reach out!


    Don't forget to subscribe and share!


    Follow Fatima on Social: IG/Facebook/Twitter: @fatimasilvaesq

    Follow Chris on Social: Facebook: @detectivesergeantchrisanderson IG: @detective_christopher_anderson Twitter: @Det_CAnderson



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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Vanished in the Snow: The Disappearance of Jonelle Matthews with Former CNN reporter Ashley Fantz
    Feb 15 2023

    December 1984, the town of Greeley, Colorado, is getting into the Christmas spirit. At a school holiday concert, 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews sings alongside her classmates. Later that night, she’s dropped off to an empty house. By the time her family returns, Jonelle has vanished. For more than 3 1/2 decades, Jonelle’s disappearance was a mystery. Was she taken? Did she runaway? Was she still alive? Then, in 2019, Jonelle’s remains were discovered near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, only 15 miles from her home. With the discovery came a troubling new question: Had the truth been hiding in plain sight the entire time? Was the man who couldn’t stop obsessing over Jonelle’s disappearance also the person who took her? From Campside Media and Wondery comes Season Two of SUSPECT – Vanished in the Snow. Former CNN reporter, Ashley Fantz, joins Chris & Fatima and explains why she chose to cover this mind-bending cold case. 

    About Ashley Fantz:

    Former CNN reporter, Ashley Fantz, focuses on criminal justice and gender issues. Her 2018 CNN investigative story "Destroyed" was nominated for an Emmy. Destroyed revealed that dozens of law enforcement agencies across the United States had destroyed rape kits before the statutes of limitations expired to prosecute unsolved sex crimes. The destruction of these kits - most that had never been tested for DNA - happened following flawed and incomplete police investigations. Most recently, she reported, co-wrote and hosted the podcast "Suspect, season 2: Vanished in the Snow." The story of Jonelle Matthews. 


    Follow Ashley Fantz on IG @ashleyfantz


    Join the stars of ID's hit show, Reasonable Doubt, Detective Chris Anderson and Fatima Silva, Esq. for the podcast that fans have been waiting for. Chris and Fatima talk all things true crime, including cases they investigated on Reasonable Doubt.


    About Chris Anderson and Fatima Silva:


    Retired homicide detective Chris Anderson and criminal defense attorney Fatima Silva have spent years helping desperate families who believe their loved ones were wrongfully convicted of murder. In their new podcast, Crime & Cookie Juice, Chris and Fatima talk about cases that they are passionate about while enjoying their favorite glass of "Cookie Juice" aka bourbon. Join Chris and Fatima as they pour their bourbon and pore into evidence.


    Reasonable Doubt (Seasons 1-5) airs on Investigation and Discovery Plus. On their hit tv show, "Reasonable Doubt, " Chris and Fatima were forced to decide whether there's really been a wrongful conviction or whether the family needs to face the bitter truth that their loved one is guilty as charged. "Reasonable Doubt" is a hard-hitting, balanced, and emotional look at the United States criminal justice system. Learn more about the stars and reach out!


    Don't forget to subscribe and share!


    Follow Fatima on Social: IG/Facebook/Twitter: @fatimasilvaesq

    Follow Chris on Social: Facebook: @detectivesergeantchrisanderson IG: @detective_christopher_anderson Twitter: @Det_CAnderson



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    1 hr and 8 mins