CynthiaMay

@Ferndiggity *worshipful*

@Ferndiggity Thank you for sharing. So worshiping and moving. It's on replay in my head😍

I wrote this song with my band mate and pal Rich Nibbe. Alison Krauss provides harmony vocals here and Turtle Island String Quartet, the lush accompaniment. The song fits this season well. open.spotify.com/track/1I1ShJC4…

In a big win for the innocence community, last month New Jersey banned the admission of the “Shaken Baby Syndrome” testimony in courtrooms. SBS, now considered as “debunked science” has put hundreds of innocent parents in prison and on death row. Read more: bit.ly/4jbNPgK

@GabrielValles @KaeleyT You need to do some fact checking concerning your statement about David Grann.

Famous cases where journalists advocated for an innocent person: Bob Woodruff — 20/20 → Kirk Bloodsworth •Crime: 1984 rape and murder (Maryland) •Outcome: First U.S. death-row inmate exonerated by DNA Journalistic role •Woodruff’s 20/20 investigation publicly dismantled the prosecution’s timeline. •The broadcast forced DNA testing to occur. •Woodruff connected Bloodsworth with legal advocates, accelerating DNA review. Impact •Case became foundational for DNA-based innocence work. •Helped inspire modern Innocence Project practices. ⸻ Michelle Shephard — The Fifth Estate → David Milgaard •Crime: 1969 murder (Saskatchewan) •Years imprisoned: 23 Journalistic role •Shephard’s reporting re-interviewed witnesses ignored by police. •Identified alternative suspects. •Coordinated with defense lawyers and forensic experts. •Public pressure reopened the case → DNA testing → exoneration. Impact •Triggered reforms in Canadian forensic evidence standards. •Milgaard later received compensation and a formal apology. ⸻ David Grann — The New Yorker → Michael Morton •Crime: 1986 murder (Texas) •Years imprisoned: 25 Journalistic role •Grann uncovered suppressed exculpatory evidence. •Worked directly with innocence lawyers. •His article reignited legal action and evidence review. Impact •Morton freed via DNA. •Prosecutor Ken Anderson later jailed for evidence suppression. •Texas passed the Michael Morton Act (mandatory evidence disclosure). ⸻ Lynn Walker — Tampa Bay Times → James Richardson •Crime: 1967 poisoning deaths of children •Sentence: Death (later commuted) Journalistic role •Walker re-investigated the crime scene. •Located new witnesses contradicting prosecution theory. •Directly connected Richardson with attorneys who filed appeals. Impact •Richardson pardoned after 21 years. •Sparked scrutiny of circumstantial death-penalty cases. ⸻ Sarah Koenig — Serial → Adnan Syed •Crime: 1999 murder (Baltimore) •Outcome: Conviction vacated (2022) Journalistic role •Koenig’s reporting exposed timeline impossibilities. •Brought in independent legal analysts. •Generated global scrutiny → new legal review → release. Impact •Changed how podcast journalism intersects with law. •Set precedent for post-conviction media-driven review. ⸻ Common Pattern Across These Cases Journalists who successfully aided exoneration almost always: 1.Re-investigated primary evidence (not press releases) 2.Identified alternative suspects or theories 3.Publicly exposed prosecutorial misconduct 4.Introduced defendants to competent lawyers 5.Forced institutional response via public scrutiny This is journalism acting as a check on state power, not merely storytelling.

Megan Basham publicly cast doubt on Jennifer Lyell’s abuse account within the SBC while privately communicating with and advising David Sills, the man accused of abusing her. That relationship was not disclosed. Readers were led to believe they were getting independent analysis when they were not. That is advocacy masquerading as commentary. It distorts the public record, shields power, and further isolates the already vulnerable. When Christian media plays defense for the accused while interrogating the abused, it repeats the very patterns that made abuse possible in the first place. The church can choose a different way. We can tell the truth plainly, reject games of influence, and center, believe, and protect the abused, not as a slogan, but as a moral obligation. baptistnews.com/article/basham…

Autism fed into his wrongful conviction. Don’t execute Robert Roberson statesman.com/opinion/column… via @statesman

We have until Oct. 16 to stop Texas from executing #RobertRoberson, an autistic father, on Texas' death row based on the discredited “Shaken Baby” syndrome: shorturl.at/tFIJ9

Texas is preparing to execute Robert Roberson, convicted under the now-debunked “shaken baby” theory. New evidence shows his daughter likely died from pneumonia. n.pr/4mpMvab

This is such an assume book. Check out "Remembering" by Wendell Berry. I just gave it 5 stars 🌟✨ audible.com/pd/B0036GTLOG?…

@Ferndiggity I love your music and I worship with you through it. But I need a break from politics and related opinions. That just makes me discouraged for the unity of Christ's people. So, I'm limiting who I'm going to follow on X, IG, FB. Thank you for your past worshipful posts though.

Ach! My followers are dropping like flies every time I make a political post. I apologize for offending people, but I’m passionate about this stuff and I have a right to my opinion. FTR - I don’t unfollow people because of their political views.

@DonaldTNews YES!

Do you support Tulsi Gabbard joining Trump's new Administration? YES or NO? If YES, I will follow you back! 🇺🇸

.@GregAbbott_TX please stop the execution of @innocence client #RobertRoberson on Oct. 17 for a crime that never occurred. shorturl.at/Re6xx

@RobertKennedyJr @maxlugavere would be a great source and ally for you in educating the public about the dangers of processed/ultra processed foods that are decimating the general population.

With infectious disease, healing a matter of destroying an enemy. With chronic disease, healing comes from looking at what we have done to ourselves, our food, and our environment. To recover our nation’s political health, it is the same. It’s not about defeating a foreign enemy, or even an internal enemy. I know our country can heal politically as well as physically, because in my campaign, I saw so many people, left and right, White and Black, Republican, Democrat, and independent, whose basic goodwill for each other overcame the incitement to hate we see on media and social media every day. Fundamentally, there is a lot more that unites us than divides us, if we only turn our attention to those things -- starting with the health of our children.

@Ferndiggity Along with "speech therapy"!

"Why put an S in the word "lisp"? Seems unnecessarily cruel." Jiminy Glick

@realDonaldTrump Anylne else getting just music?

@VoteHarrisOut @MWMorton54

@laralogan @MWMorton54

Shameful.

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