Podcast appearances and mentions of Donald E Mcinnis

November 18, 2019 - What if you woke up to find your 12-year-old daughter dead, and the local police destroyed your house looking for evidence to pin the murder on your innocent son? Attorney Donald E. McInnis introduces us to the real-life family that endured this nightmare in She's So Cold: Murder, Accusations and the System that Devastated a Family. On a winter day in 1998, the town of Escondido, California, awoke to the terrible news that 12-year-old Stephanie Crowe had been brutally savaged by a knife-wielding killer. Putting the verdict first and trial afterwards like the Queen of Hearts, investigators launched an inquisition to prove their conclusion rather than follow the evidence, employing a cruel array of psychological manipulation tools to force two of Michael's friends to confess to parts in a murder they hadn't committed. This book is a cautionary tale for anyone, dismissing the comforting notion that if we have done nothing wrong, we have nothing to hide. It's also a reminder that great injustices aren't just the stuff of some distant history of lynch mobs and show trials in banana republics. It's a very real threat in any system run by flawed human beings. You can find our guest online at DonaldMcInnis.com, or like the Hamilton & McInnis page on Facebook.    

Criminal defense attorney Donald E. McInnis (donaldmcinnis.com) is the author of She’s So Cold:  Murder, Accusations and the System that Devastated a Family, a book about the 1998 murder of Stephanie Crowe in Escondido, CA. McInnis joins Crime Redefined for a fascinating look into coerced false confessions, the juvenile justice system, and DNA evidence.  Hosted by Dion Mitchell and Mehul Anjaria.  A Zero Cliff Media production.

Donald E. McInnis is the author of She's So Cold: Murder, Accusations, and the System that Devastated a Family. He is a California criminal defense attorney, and he represented one of the three accused boys, Aaron Houser, in the Stephanie Crowe murder case. Over the span of his 40-year legal career, Mr. McInnis has worked alternately for the prosecution and for the defense, having served as a deputy district attorney for two California counties and as a deputy public defender for one California county during his early professional years. His website is https://donaldmcinnis.com