2: The Kolojaco Case
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In 1998 two people were sentenced to life in prison for murder. Diamantina Kolojaco was found guilty of persuading her young lover to kill her husband for the insurance money. But a year after she went to prison Resendiz wrote to her with a message: that he had committed the murder.  In this episode Alex interviews Diamantina in prison — her first ever media interview.  Could an innocent couple die in prison for a murder Resendiz committed?
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