What happens when you have to fight the institutions you thought were there to protect you? Marie talks about losing faith in justice and journalism and the podcast draws the lines to current-day social justice movements.
While Marie was focussed on the fate of her family, their story was playing out in the headlines and online. Her family was depicted as "the Highland mob" and "the family that kills together, stays together". Marie saw a deep chasm between the story she read in the papers and what she knew to be true about that night on Betula Place.
That same chasm was evident when the case moved into the courtroom. As we heard in Episode 4 much of the testimony wasn't really credible.
Those experiences shook Marie's faith in journalism and the justice system. In this episode, we explore what happens when you realize that institutions that are supposed to protect you are build on Pillars of Sand.