The episode revisits the wrongful conviction of Damon Thibodeaux for the 1996 rape and murder of 14-year-old Crystal Champagne, a case built entirely on a false confession extracted under coercive interrogation, despite no physical evidence linking him to the crime. After 16 years on deat
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