An Absurd Result https://art19.com/shows/an-absurd-result en In March, 1987, a man breaks into a Billings, Montana, home and sexually assaults a young girl then escapes undetected. The crime begins a decades-long recovery process for the girl and her family. It's also the start of a maddening search for justice that involves a suspect, an exoneration and DNA evidence that ultimately exposes a loophole in the US legal system. Hosted by Jule Banville Music Courtesy of Nic Bommarito https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/bb7cd496-c58a-11ec-96b6-97ca7d87b0a6/image/An_Asburd_Result.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress An Absurd Result https://art19.com/shows/an-absurd-result yes serial Mopac Audio & Glassbox Media In March, 1987, a man breaks into a Billings, Montana, home and sexually assaults a young girl then escapes undetected. The crime begins a decades-long recovery process for the girl and her family. It's also the start of a maddening search for justice that involves a suspect, an exoneration and DNA evidence that ultimately exposes a loophole in the US legal system. Hosted by Jule Banville Music Courtesy of Nic Bommarito In March, 1987, a man breaks into a Billings, Montana, home and sexually assaults a young girl then escapes undetected. The crime begins a decades-long recovery process for the girl and her family. It's also the start of a maddening search for justice that involves a suspect, an exoneration and DNA evidence that ultimately exposes a loophole in the US legal system.

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]]> Mopac Audio & Glassbox Media mopacaudio@gmail.com EP 7: Where We Are Now Linda does something she’s been thinking of doing for years: She reaches out to Jim Bromgard. They agree to meet and remain in touch. Jim’s a dad now with two kids who mostly spent the millions awarded to him in a civil suit. Linda goes to work, lives her life and tries not to be angry about what happened. But sometimes she is. She wants people to know that problems with rape laws in the U.S. mean people like her never get justice, even when there’s DNA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:05:00 -0000 EP 7: Where We Are Now full 1 7 Mopac Audio & Glassbox Media Linda and the exonerated man from the original trial meet face to face. The US Supreme Court stands by its previous decision even though more than a dozen states want to see it reversed. Linda does something she’s been thinking of doing for years: She reaches out to Jim Bromgard. They agree to meet and remain in touch. Jim’s a dad now with two kids who mostly spent the millions awarded to him in a civil suit. Linda goes to work, lives her life and tries not to be angry about what happened. But sometimes she is. She wants people to know that problems with rape laws in the U.S. mean people like her never get justice, even when there’s DNA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Linda does something she’s been thinking of doing for years: She reaches out to Jim Bromgard. They agree to meet and remain in touch. Jim’s a dad now with two kids who mostly spent the millions awarded to him in a civil suit. Linda goes to work, lives her life and tries not to be angry about what happened. But sometimes she is. She wants people to know that problems with rape laws in the U.S. mean people like her never get justice, even when there’s DNA.

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]]> 2067 yes EP 6: New Decisions The case moves out of Billings and when the gavel drops in the state’s highest court, Linda, her mom and husband are in the front row. But Linda doesn’t feel great about her chances when it comes to this Supreme Court precedent. She’s just left her family in Glacier National Park when she gets the call: the Montana Supreme Court dismisses the charges against Tipton. But there’s still one move left if the Montana Attorney General can get the U.S. Supreme Court to re-examine its 5-4 decision in light of this case and the certainty of its DNA match. Hosted by Jule Banville Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:00:00 -0000 EP 6: New Decisions full 1 6 Mopac Audio & Glassbox Media The Montana State Supreme Court weighs in and its findings prove to be yet another setback to Linda’s attempts to finally find justice. The case moves out of Billings and when the gavel drops in the state’s highest court, Linda, her mom and husband are in the front row. But Linda doesn’t feel great about her chances when it comes to this Supreme Court precedent. She’s just left her family in Glacier National Park when she gets the call: the Montana Supreme Court dismisses the charges against Tipton. But there’s still one move left if the Montana Attorney General can get the U.S. Supreme Court to re-examine its 5-4 decision in light of this case and the certainty of its DNA match. Hosted by Jule Banville Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The case moves out of Billings and when the gavel drops in the state’s highest court, Linda, her mom and husband are in the front row. But Linda doesn’t feel great about her chances when it comes to this Supreme Court precedent. She’s just left her family in Glacier National Park when she gets the call: the Montana Supreme Court dismisses the charges against Tipton. But there’s still one move left if the Montana Attorney General can get the U.S. Supreme Court to re-examine its 5-4 decision in light of this case and the certainty of its DNA match.

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]]> 2062 yes EP 5: The Waiting Linda gets a visit from a prosecutor who tells her: We know who did this, and we’re going to charge him. But there’s a problem. It starts where a lot of old sexual assault cases do: with the statute of limitations. Montana’s clock to prosecute this case expired with the wrong man in prison. But a law that makes an exception for DNA comes into play. Tipton’s charged under this newer law, even though that move hits another roadblock: a 2003 Supreme Court decision that didn’t allow California to apply a new statute of limitation to an old rape case. A judge in Billings must decide if she’s going to go against the country’s highest court and let the charges stand. Hosted by Jule Banville Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Nov 2021 08:00:00 -0000 EP 5: The Waiting full 1 5 Mopac Audio & Glassbox Media Linda gets a painful lesson in the legal statute of limitations when she finds out the state of Montana is unable to prosecute the arrested man. Linda gets a visit from a prosecutor who tells her: We know who did this, and we’re going to charge him. But there’s a problem. It starts where a lot of old sexual assault cases do: with the statute of limitations. Montana’s clock to prosecute this case expired with the wrong man in prison. But a law that makes an exception for DNA comes into play. Tipton’s charged under this newer law, even though that move hits another roadblock: a 2003 Supreme Court decision that didn’t allow California to apply a new statute of limitation to an old rape case. A judge in Billings must decide if she’s going to go against the country’s highest court and let the charges stand. Hosted by Jule Banville Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Linda gets a visit from a prosecutor who tells her: We know who did this, and we’re going to charge him. But there’s a problem. It starts where a lot of old sexual assault cases do: with the statute of limitations. Montana’s clock to prosecute this case expired with the wrong man in prison. But a law that makes an exception for DNA comes into play. Tipton’s charged under this newer law, even though that move hits another roadblock: a 2003 Supreme Court decision that didn’t allow California to apply a new statute of limitation to an old rape case. A judge in Billings must decide if she’s going to go against the country’s highest court and let the charges stand.

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]]> 2006 yes EP 4: The Hit A former intern at the state crime lab is now the person in charge of the criminal DNA database that runs samples regularly. One morning, Megan Ashton discovers a hit on this case and links it to someone arrested on a felony marijuana charge. Ronald Dwight Tipton lives in White Sulphur Springs, about an hour from Linda. He meets detectives in a courthouse there who ask him about this crime. They start piecing together where he was in March 1987 and we knock on his door. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Nov 2021 08:00:00 -0000 EP 4: The Hit full 1 4 Mopac Audio & Glassbox Media The DNA sample proves to be crucial again when it definitively points to an attacker who had never been a suspect. A former intern at the state crime lab is now the person in charge of the criminal DNA database that runs samples regularly. One morning, Megan Ashton discovers a hit on this case and links it to someone arrested on a felony marijuana charge. Ronald Dwight Tipton lives in White Sulphur Springs, about an hour from Linda. He meets detectives in a courthouse there who ask him about this crime. They start piecing together where he was in March 1987 and we knock on his door. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A former intern at the state crime lab is now the person in charge of the criminal DNA database that runs samples regularly. One morning, Megan Ashton discovers a hit on this case and links it to someone arrested on a felony marijuana charge. Ronald Dwight Tipton lives in White Sulphur Springs, about an hour from Linda. He meets detectives in a courthouse there who ask him about this crime. They start piecing together where he was in March 1987 and we knock on his door.

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]]> 2090 yes EP 3: The Test Evidence that could have been destroyed from a trial in 1987 is instead discovered sealed in the basement of the Yellowstone County Courthouse. But in 2002, there aren’t many labs that will test it, and it’s expensive. After a donor comes forward, the results prove conclusively that Jimmy Bromgard is not a match. He’s the first person in Montana exonerated with DNA. Linda, who’s now living and working in Yellowstone National Park, has to reckon with watching the man she thought raped her walk out of prison. She asks: How could they be so wrong about all of it? And will they ever find who did this? Hosted by Jule Banville Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 Nov 2021 07:00:00 -0000 EP 3: The Test full 1 3 Mopac Audio & Glassbox Media A long-forgotten piece of evidence provides the crucial DNA sample that will have a huge effect on one man’s prison sentence. Evidence that could have been destroyed from a trial in 1987 is instead discovered sealed in the basement of the Yellowstone County Courthouse. But in 2002, there aren’t many labs that will test it, and it’s expensive. After a donor comes forward, the results prove conclusively that Jimmy Bromgard is not a match. He’s the first person in Montana exonerated with DNA. Linda, who’s now living and working in Yellowstone National Park, has to reckon with watching the man she thought raped her walk out of prison. She asks: How could they be so wrong about all of it? And will they ever find who did this? Hosted by Jule Banville Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Evidence that could have been destroyed from a trial in 1987 is instead discovered sealed in the basement of the Yellowstone County Courthouse. But in 2002, there aren’t many labs that will test it, and it’s expensive. After a donor comes forward, the results prove conclusively that Jimmy Bromgard is not a match. He’s the first person in Montana exonerated with DNA. Linda, who’s now living and working in Yellowstone National Park, has to reckon with watching the man she thought raped her walk out of prison. She asks: How could they be so wrong about all of it? And will they ever find who did this?

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]]> 2173 yes EP 2: The Arrest A police sketch leads police to Jimmy Ray Bromgard, a senior at Billings Senior High. They get him in a lineup in front of Linda, the victim, who visibly reacts. The founder of the crime lab compares hairs in Linda’s bedroom to Jimmy’s, leading to an arrest in front of his house. A trial and a conviction follow, but now the founder of the Innocence Project is interested in his case. All he needs is DNA. Hosted by Jule Banville Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Oct 2021 07:30:00 -0000 EP 2: The Arrest full 1 2 Mopac Audio & Glassbox Media The Billings Police Department makes a hasty arrest of a suspect. Linda is asked to identify her attacker. A man is quickly tried and subsequently sent to jail. A police sketch leads police to Jimmy Ray Bromgard, a senior at Billings Senior High. They get him in a lineup in front of Linda, the victim, who visibly reacts. The founder of the crime lab compares hairs in Linda’s bedroom to Jimmy’s, leading to an arrest in front of his house. A trial and a conviction follow, but now the founder of the Innocence Project is interested in his case. All he needs is DNA. Hosted by Jule Banville Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A police sketch leads police to Jimmy Ray Bromgard, a senior at Billings Senior High. They get him in a lineup in front of Linda, the victim, who visibly reacts. The founder of the crime lab compares hairs in Linda’s bedroom to Jimmy’s, leading to an arrest in front of his house. A trial and a conviction follow, but now the founder of the Innocence Project is interested in his case. All he needs is DNA.

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]]> 2281 yes EP 1: The Crime Episode 1: The Crime In the pre-dawn of March 20, 1987, a man moved a swingset closer to a house on Virginia Lane in Billings, Montana. He used it to climb into a bathroom window. He walked up the stairs and assaulted an 8-year-old girl in her bed. Six others in her family were home, but no one heard what happened and he left without getting caught. Then the investigation begins... Hosted by Jule Banville Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Oct 2021 07:00:00 -0000 EP 1: The Crime full 1 1 Mopac Audio & Glassbox Media In 1987, a family sleeps quietly in its Billings home when a stranger enters through a bathroom window and sexually assaults 8-year-old Linda Glantz. Episode 1: The Crime In the pre-dawn of March 20, 1987, a man moved a swingset closer to a house on Virginia Lane in Billings, Montana. He used it to climb into a bathroom window. He walked up the stairs and assaulted an 8-year-old girl in her bed. Six others in her family were home, but no one heard what happened and he left without getting caught. Then the investigation begins... Hosted by Jule Banville Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Episode 1: The Crime

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]]> 1746 yes NEW RELEASE: AN ABSURD RESULT - October 27th Coming October 27th - The home invasion and sexual assault of an 8-year old girl in Billings, Montana, begins a decades long recovery process and a painstaking search for justice. Hosted by Jule Banville Mopac Audio Productions See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 05 Oct 2021 20:22:00 -0000 NEW RELEASE: AN ABSURD RESULT - October 27th trailer 1 1 Mopac Audio & Glassbox Media Coming October 27th - The home invasion and sexual assault of an 8-year old girl in Billings, Montana, begins a decades long recovery process and a painstaking search for justice. Coming October 27th - The home invasion and sexual assault of an 8-year old girl in Billings, Montana, begins a decades long recovery process and a painstaking search for justice. Hosted by Jule Banville Mopac Audio Productions See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Coming October 27th - The home invasion and sexual assault of an 8-year old girl in Billings, Montana, begins a decades long recovery process and a painstaking search for justice. Hosted by Jule Banville


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