Unrestorable

Christa and her attorneys grapple with a recent announcement by the Tennessee Supreme Court. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Beth and Sarah talk to Colleen’s mother about whether justice is even possible in this case. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Defending “the worst of the worst” can take a sizable emotional toll–but it also reinforces a sense of shared humanity.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the decades-long effort to overturn her death sentence runs out of time, Christa and her legal team try to prove that she’s a changed person. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christa looks back on her early years on death row when she struggled with undiagnosed mental health issues and the role it played in the fight to save her life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We learn what the jury and public didn’t know about Christa, her attorneys, and their trial strategy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As details of the murder leak, the Knoxville community is shocked by what 18-year-old Christa allegedly did to Colleen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Months after two teens enroll at Knoxville’s JobCorps program, one is dead and the other is charged with murdering her. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In January 1995, 18-year-old Christa Pike killed 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in the woods of Knoxville, Tennessee–and 30 years later, she’s still on death row. Proof of Life explores the meaning of justice and rehabilitation, and asks how we determine whether someone deserves to live or die. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Troy ponders his next moves as he searches for broader accountability for the loss of his two children. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While Catherine’s case remains mired at the intersection of the criminal justice and mental health systems, one overarching question remains: What happened to Sarah and Jacob? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The judge prepares to rule in Catherine’s competency hearing. Will Troy finally get the justice he’s been seeking for almost a decade? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After years of advocacy by Troy, a judge finally decides to hear testimony from sworn witnesses about Catherine’s competency, and may even question Catherine directly. But as the clock counts down to the mandatory dismissal of charges, is it too little too late? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Catherine is treated in a state-run psychiatric hospital after being found incompetent to stand trial. But Troy and others raise questions about whether she’s faking it to avoid accountability. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Catherine is charged with the disappearance of her children, but a judge finds she is incompetent to stand trial. What does this mean for Troy’s search for his kids and pursuit of justice? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Troy realizes his youngest children are missing, can he depend on their mother to help him find them? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A mentally ill mother. A family in crisis. And a father’s worst nightmare. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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