Episode 343: Prior Case Updates
Two high-profile inmates could see freedom while two wrongfully convicted men await long-overdue justice. Plus, two mysteries see movement, a fallen legal titan awaits sentencing, and mysterious sightings keep Congress and the public guessing. This week's episode is Prior Case Updates.
SOURCES
Help Clemente Aguirre: https://www.mightycause.com/story/Hurricanemiltonsurvivor
Update on the Menendez case since recording - details here: https://apnews.com/article/menendez-brothers-resentencing-freedom-murder-95d642ef10b6d726d84c6f02a20a378c
Episodes Discussed
46 and 47 - The Menendez Brothers
281 and 282 - The Disappearance of Flight MH370
310 - Tommy Thompson, Fugitive Treasure Hunter
149 - The Wrongful Conviction of Clemente Aguirre
318 - The Wrongful Conviction of Toforest Johnson
144 and 145 - Tom Girardi & Erika Jayne - The Housewife and the Hustler
320 and 321 - Immaculate Constellation
Sources
A UAP Research Group Set To Release Footage Of Nine Non-Human Craft That Claim They've Summoned, HiggyPop: https://www.higgypop.com/news/a-uap-research-group-set-to-release-footage-of-nine-uaps
Alabama Governor Commutes Rocky Myers’s Death Sentence, Equal Justice Initiative: https://eji.org/news/alabama-governor-commutes-rocky-myerss-death-sentence/
Alleged secret UFO program has video evidence: Journalist, NewsNation: https://www.newsnationnow.com/vargasreports/alleged-secret-ufo-program-has-absurd-amount-of-evidence-journalist/
Amendment to compensation law for wrongfully incarcerated goes to DeSantis, Florida Phoenix: https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/04/29/amendment-to-compensation-law-for-wrongfully-incarcerated-goes-to-desantis/
Brief calling for new trial for Toforest Johnson filed by former Alabama Attorney General, US Senator, WBRC: https://www.wbrc.com/2025/03/13/brief-calling-new-trial-toforest-johnson-filed-by-former-alabama-attorney-general-us-senator/
Chinese Team Controls over 10,000 Drones with Single Computer in Dazzling Display, CCTV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxFR5zVNIqY
Deep-sea treasure hunter jailed for 10 years for refusing to disclose location of gold coins finally scores legal win, CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/treasure-hunter-jailed-gold-coins-legal-win-tommy-thompson/
Here's How Florida Cheats Innocent People Sent to Prison, Tampa Bay Times: https://archive.is/GcOaM
Jason Flom with Clemente Aguirre, Episode 542 of Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5EbqFjTU5mMq2dmiXKF8WV
Latest Menendez brothers hearing to focus on district attorney, risk assessment, CBS Mornings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGztpqyR_f0
Live: Menendez brothers resentencing hearing update, NBCLA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RzGc0nLgJI
Menendez brothers' long-awaited resentencing hearing to begin, ABC7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4kfW_uthGs
Menendez Brothers re-sentencing hearing set for Tuesday, Fox 11 Los Angeles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0uQ6fCT6CY
New brief filed by former prosecutors urges new trial for Alabama death row inmate, WVTM13: https://www.wvtm13.com/article/new-brief-filed-by-former-prosecutors-urges-new-trial-for-alabama-death-row-inmate/64168569
NewsNation presents ‘Hunting UFOs: The Desert Sky Mystery’, NewsNation: http://newsnationnow.com/space/ufo/hunting-ufos-desert-sky-mystery/
Prosecutors, criminal justice advocates back call for new trial for Toforest Johnson, Alabama Reflector: https://alabamareflector.com/2025/03/13/prosecutors-criminal-justice-advocates-call-for-new-trial-for-toforest-johnson/
‘RHOBH’ Reunion: Erika Jayne Only Plans to Visit Ex Tom When He’s Dead: ‘Nothing for Us to Say’, USWeekly: https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/erika-jayne-says-shell-only-visit-ex-tom-girardi-when-hes-dead/
Search for MH370, long missing Malaysia Airlines flight, suspended after just weeks in Indian Ocean, CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mh370-malaysia-airlines-flight-ocean-infinity-search-suspended/
Securing the Skies: Addressing Unauthorized Drone Activity Over U.S. Military Installations (April 29, 2025), GOP Oversight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZXrQaTyj8k
Tom Girardi, convicted of stealing millions from clients, seeks hospitalization instead of prison, CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/tom-girardi-convicted-of-stealing-millions-from-clients-wants-hospitalization-instead-of-prison/
Tom Girardi hospitalization delays wire fraud trial sentencing, Courthouse News: https://www.courthousenews.com/tom-girardi-hospitalization-delays-wire-fraud-trial-sentencing/
Tom Girardi hospitalized on eve of mental evaluation hearing, LA Times: https://archive.is/RcETR
Tom Girardi suffers medical ’emergency,’ will be absent from court hearing, OC Register: https://www.ocregister.com/2025/05/08/tom-girardi-suffers-medical-emergency-will-be-absent-from-court-hearing/
