Robert DuBoise's Conviction
How did flawed science take away 37 years from a teenage boy's life?
4.4 (10)
59 mins
Explore how Robert DuBoise was wrongly convicted of a brutal 1983 murder based on unreliable bite mark evidence and an incentivized informant. Discover how decades of fighting, legal battles, and modern DNA testing finally revealed the truth and led to his exoneration. Learn about his struggle to rebuild life after prison and the $14 million settlement he received in 2024.
Ep 1:
A Life Stolen: The Case Begins
An eighteen-year-old is arrested for a brutal murder based on a photograph and a dentist's opinion—introducing Barbara Grams's killing and the junk science that would define Robert DuBoise's fate.
Ep 2:
Building a Suspect Out of Nothing
Detectives zero in on Robert DuBoise using a discredited bite-mark match and a jailhouse informant chasing a lighter sentence, cementing the case against an innocent teenager.
Ep 3:
A Rush to Judgment, A Verdict Overridden
At trial, junk science and bought testimony overwhelm the defense, sending DuBoise to death row—until an appeal exposes a judge's shocking override of the jury's mercy.
Ep 4:
Buried Evidence, Buried Truth Unearthed
For decades DuBoise begs for DNA testing, only to be told the evidence is gone—until forgotten slides resurface and finally reveal the truth after 37 years.
Ep 5:
Freedom, Justice, and What Comes Next
Free after nearly four decades, DuBoise rebuilds his life, wins a landmark settlement, and forces a reckoning over the failures that stole his freedom.
Discussions (12)
Audrey
Level 2 · 8 mo agoI was a CS major in college and the beeswax molds part just sounds insane to me. That isn't real science. It breaks my heart that bad data stole thirty seven years of his life. I wish I could hug him.
Drew
Level 7 · 8 mo agoSouviron is a complete fraud for saying he would just blame whoever the cops told him to. 37 years gone because he wanted to play expert with some beeswax molds. Absolute trash human being.
River
Level 4 · 8 mo agoBite mark analysis is thoroughly discredited now.
