Jury Verdict Is In; $28.1 Million Goes to the Wrongfully Convicted Beatrice 6

By John Ferak | July 6, 2016

A federal civil rights jury in Nebraska has dinged Gage County, Sheriff’s Corporal Burt Searcey, deputy/psychologist Wayne Price and the estate of late sheriff Jerry DeWitt to the tune of more than $28 million – for reckless misconduct involving the nation’s largest-ever wrongful conviction case – 6 wrongful convictions in a lone murder. The terrible […]

Author Monte Francis on Crime Beat Radio

By Ashley Butler | July 5, 2016

Award-winning journalist Monte Francis was on Crime Beat Radio with host Ron Chepesiuk, on Thursday, July 14th, at 8pm ET. Monte discussed his new true crime book, ICE AND BONE: Tracking an Alaskan Serial Killer, which is the story of a killer that is set loose to kill again when the prosecution fails to stop […]

Denise Wallace Discusses Her Efforts To Overcome Impatience When Writing

By Denise Wallace | July 2, 2016

Without a doubt, I used to be one of the most impatient people on the planet. I’m serious; I really was. Just to give an example: If I had a dinner date with the president and got hungry on the way, I’d stop somewhere and grab a burger. It’s ridiculous, I know. And though I had the discipline to […]