One Minute Remaining - Stories from the inmates

By the time Traveontaye Berry's case reached trial in February 2015, he had already faced a choice most teenagers should never have to make: accept a plea deal or roll the dice in a courtroom. He chose to fight. In this episode, Tray walks us through what that meant. The deal he turned down. The prosecution's case against him. His defence. What it felt like to be 16 years old, sitting in a...

Over the past seven episodes, we’ve examined the physical evidence gaps, the witness contamination, the unrecorded photo lineup, and the investigative decisions that led to Traveontaye Berry’s conviction. But what does a professional murder investigator see when he listens to these police interviews? In this episode, we sit down with Steve Keogh, a former Scotland Yard Detective Inspector with 30...

Over the course of this investigation, a name keeps surfacing. Multiple times. Multiple witnesses. In interviews with police, in statements given in the hours and days after Carl Green Jr. was shot, three separate people mention this individual in connection with the crime. According to witness accounts, this person was present that night. This person allegedly had a weapon. And perhaps most signi...

In Episode Five, we heard how police brought two eyewitnesses into the same room and had them confront each other about conflicting accounts. Now, in Part Six, we examine something equally troubling. Myleka Avery, the prosecution's only eyewitness, spent her first two police interviews stating she did not know Traveontaye Berry. She had no idea who had fired a gun in her home that night. Then...

In 2013, 16-year-old Traveontaye Berry was arrested for the murder of Carl Green Jr. in Freeport, Illinois — a crime Trae has always maintained he did not commit. In Part Five of 52 Years in Just 2 Hours , we hear a crucial moment in the investigation as police bring the two eyewitnesses together. Their accounts of what happened that night do not match. Now, investigators put them in the same room...

The police interview with Myleka Avery continues — and by the end of it, her account of the night Carl Green Jr. was murdered has changed significantly. In Part 4 of 52 Years in Just 2 Hours , Myleka now tells investigators that the shooter had actually been inside her home, firing from the kitchen towards the outside. But despite placing the shooter inside the apartment, she continues to maintain...

As police investigated the murder of Carl Green Jr., they interviewed Myleka Avery, one of the women inside the Freeport apartment that 16-year-old Traveontaye Berry ran from shortly before his arrest. In Part 3 of 52 Years in Just 2 Hours , we hear Myleka's police interview and her account of what happened inside the apartment that night. Like her flatmate Mikelle Brown, Myleka's account evolves...

After 16-year-old Traveontaye Berry was arrested for the murder of Carl Green Jr. in Freeport, Illinois, police began interviewing people who were inside a nearby home on the night of the shooting. One of those witnesses was Mikelle Brown. In Part 2 of 52 Years in Just 2 Hours , we hear Mikelle's police interview and examine what she told investigators in the hours after the murder. During the int...

Traveontaye Berry was just 16 years old when he was arrested for the murder of Carl Green Jr. in Freeport, Illinois. Trae says he did not commit the crime. He would later be convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to 52 years in prison. But before the arrest, the trial and the decades-long prison sentence, Trae was a kid being raised by his mother and grandmother who dreamed of one day play...

Today I catch up with Tariq MaQbool, a man who was once looking at life behind bars with no way of getting home. However a recent commutation by the governor means that he could be going home in just four years time. However the fight is not over, Tariq is in a battle with the system on multiple fronts and he's not going to give up. SIGNAL AWARDS 2026 VOTE NOW xx EARLY AND AD FREE ACCESS: for as l...

We recently covered the story of Christopher Bennette, a man convicted for murder, the murder of his abuser. Chris has spent decades fighting his conviction after being convinced to take a plea deal of 1800 years behind bars. Chris's story went viral during COVID after a friend uploaded it online. The producers of the hit daytime TV show Dr Phil saw his story and had him on the show to talk to the...

Today I catch up with a man who I'm asked about regularly. David Talley was handed a sentence fit for a murderer yet no one in his case died, no one was even harmed yet he was condemned to die behind bars. David has spent years fighting to get a resentencing hearing in his case without any luck. At the end of the day when it comes to the 'Justice System' it's all about money. If you want help it d...

As One Minute Remaining is set to tunr four I had an oppotnity recently to reflect on the last four years and how much this show has evolved and changed as have I. Four years ago I set out to make an interesting podcast about teh Amercian criminal justice system with stories from those who have found themselves on the wrong side of the law. I could never have known how it would change or change me...

Today I catch up with Dwight Bergeron a man who has been incarcerated in the state of Louisiana for 34 years for a crime his supposed victims say never happened. Earlier this year another man who had been sitting on Louisianas death row for 30 years was exonerated, could this mans case hold the key to getting Dwight back into court? SIGNAL AWARDS 2026 VOTE NOW xx EARLY AND AD FREE ACCESS: for as l...

In the summer of 2003, in the small Virginia town of Craigsville, an 18 year old boy shot and killed the man the town knew as a former rescue squad captain and a pillar of the community. Christopher Bennett never denied it. He confessed, took a plea deal to avoid the death penalty, and was handed three consecutive life sentences totalling 1,800 years. But behind that front door, Chris and his sibl...

Christopher Bennett is serving three consecutive life sentences totalling 1,800 years for killing his stepfather, Vincent McDorman. More than two decades later, Chris answers a confronting question: if he could go back and stop himself from committing the crime, would he? In the final part of No One Was Coming , Jack speaks with Chris from inside Buckingham Correctional Center about the life he ha...

Christopher Bennett says his own defence lawyers weren't planning to present a defence after he was charged with killing his stepfather, Vincent McDorman. Facing the possibility of the death penalty, Chris was instead being pushed towards a plea agreement. In Part 6 of No One Was Coming , Chris describes what he says was happening behind the scenes as his case moved towards court and why he came t...

Christopher Bennett was facing the death penalty for killing his stepfather, Vincent McDorman. Now represented by court-appointed lawyers, Chris says the 18-year-old was confronted with two possible outcomes: spend the rest of his life in prison or risk being sentenced to death. In Part 5 of No One Was Coming , the focus turns to Christopher's defence and the legal strategy being developed as his...

After shooting and killing his stepfather, Vincent McDorman, 18-year-old Christopher Bennett was questioned by police in Virginia and confessed to the killing. In Part 4, we hear how the police interrogation unfolded and what Chris told investigators. With Vincent McDorman dead and Chris now in police custody, attention turned from what happened inside the family home to the criminal investigation...

In July 2003, 18-year-old Christopher Bennett shot and killed his stepfather, Vincent McDorman, in Craigsville, Virginia. In Part 3, Chris describes in his own words what happened inside the house and the events that led to the shooting. Chris says he had become increasingly concerned about what was happening to his younger sisters inside the family home. After years of alleged abuse and failed at...

Christopher Bennett and his siblings say they endured years of abuse inside their Virginia family home at the hands of their stepfather, Vincent McDorman. Chris says what was happening to his younger sister would ultimately lead to the events of July 2003. In Part 2 of No One Was Coming , Chris takes us inside his childhood and describes the man he says existed behind closed doors — very different...

In the summer of 2003, in the small Virginia town of Craigsville, 18-year-old Christopher Bennett shot and killed his stepfather, Vincent McDorman. Christopher never denied killing him. He confessed, took a plea deal to avoid the death penalty, and was handed three consecutive life sentences totalling 1,800 years. But behind that front door, Chris and his siblings say, was a man the town never saw...

We recently covered the story of Kelly Nichols, who was accused of creating child pornography involving her own two daughters. Those two girls, now grown women, have said that nothing happened, that they had a wonderful childhood, and that they felt nothing but love and safety. Throughout their parents' trial, and the sentencing and appeal hearings that followed, they were referred to as 'the vict...

Kelly and Doug Nichols and their two daughters are, seemingly, your normal all-American family. Kelly grew up on a farm in rural Illinois; she has a strong faith and even stronger family values. She and Doug met when the pair were in their early twenties, dated for four years, and then got married. Doug worked in IT, while Kelly enjoyed a long and happy career as a dental hygienist, respected and...

Kelly and Doug Nichols and their two daughters are, seemingly, your normal all-American family. Kelly grew up on a farm in rural Illinois; she has a strong faith and even stronger family values. She and Doug met when the pair were in their early twenties, dated for four years, and then got married. Doug worked in IT, while Kelly enjoyed a long and happy career as a dental hygienist, respected and...