In September 2022, Daniel Green had a hearing before Judge Winston Gilchrist. That day, Daniel fired his longtime attorney and proceeded to represent himself. At stake was whether the judge would grant an evidentiary hearing (the first step to a new trial).  More than a year later, Judge Gilchrist issues his ruling, all 97 pages of it.

The events that took place in Chester County, Pennsylvania in August 1978 were unthinkable. Family killing family. A father calling for the murder of his own son. For years The Johnston Gang got away with everything—theft, burglary, violence—until the brazen attacks of August 1978 crossed a line, and the family crime empire began to crumble. Host and writer Amanda Lamb shares her own memories of the murders and the trials that followed. Her father was the lead prosecutor who helped bring the...

In September, Daniel Green came to court, fired his attorney of more than six years, and made a 30-minute oral argument on his own behalf for an evidentiary hearing. It’s not the way anyone expected the court proceeding to go down, even Daniel. Finally, we were able to speak with Daniel from prison and get his take on what happened that day and why he chose to argue for his own freedom.

After nearly 3 decades in prison for the murder of Michael Jordan's father, Daniel Green finally has the chance to get a hearing that could lead to a new trial and even his freedom. But instead of letting his attorney of more than 6 years argue on his behalf, in the eleventh hour, he fires her and makes his own off-the-cuff argument in front of the judge. Spectators in court are stunned, fearing Green may have thrown away his last chance of coming home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

After nearly three decades in prison for the murder of Michael Jordan's father, Daniel Green finally has the chance to get a hearing that could lead to a new trial and even his freedom. But instead of letting his attorney of more than 6 years argue on his behalf, in the eleventh hour, he fires her and makes his own off-the-cuff argument in front of the judge. Spectators in court are stunned, fearing Green may have thrown away his last chance of coming home. Learn more about your ad choices....

For Follow the Truth listeners, episode one of What Remains, the newest podcast from WRAL Studios and Amanda Lamb. More than twenty years ago, a newborn baby was found dead inside a garbage bag on the side of the road near a military base in North Carolina. The officers working to solve his murder called him Baby Michael, named for the patron saint of police. With no leads on who the baby was, or who his mother was, the mystery turned into a cold case – another unsolved murder – but...

After Daniel Green’s last appeal and his first chance at parole were denied, his hope that he would get a chance at freedom was slipping away. Then a surprise decision from the NC Court of Appeals changes everything. It’s the first legal decision in his favor in 28 years. In this episode we talk about what a huge break this could be in the case, and what happens next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Larry Demery has served 28 years behind bars for the murder of Michael Jordan's father, James. In 2020 he was granted parole and required to complete a three-year pre-release program. If he stayed out of trouble in prison, he would be released in August 2023. A few months later, due to some infractions, his release date was pushed to August 2024. Recently, the parole commission announced they were cancelling Demery's parole completely. What happened to cause this rare termination of...

Since 1996 Daniel Green has been serving a life sentence for the murder of Michael Jordan’s dad. For the first time, he is eligible for parole.  Fortunately for Daniel, there is a devoted team of people working to make his case to the parole commission. Who are they and what did they say to try to convince the four-person panel to make Daniel Andre Green a free man?  In this episode: The three key people making Daniel’s case to the parole commission. How does parole work in North Carolina?...

After 27 years years of silence, Larry Demery meets with Daniel Green's attorney, a conversation that sets off a chain of unexpected events. In this episode: Big, new developments in the case. What's the truth? What happens now? Thanks to BetterHelp for supporting the show. Get 10% off your first month at www.betterhelp.com/followthetruth/ Thanks, Raycon! Go to buyraycon.com/followthetruth for 15% off your entire Raycon order.

For decades, co-defendant Larry Demery has been a locked box. When journalists went to his family for a statement, they were met with gunfire. Since his conviction, he’s turned down every interview. But it turns out, he did speak up once. Before the trial, Larry told a reporter it was someone other than Daniel Green who pulled the trigger on James Jordan. Why did this information never come out at trial? And what kind of deal convinced him to pin the murder on his best friend? In this...

After winning exoneration for a falsely-accused murderer in North Carolina and blowing the lid off a pattern of corrupt behavior at the State Bureau of Investigation, her name is one spoken in hushed tones around prison yards. She’s won every wrongful conviction case she’s ever taken on. And now, Christine Mumma and the NC Center on Actual Innocence is in Daniel Green’s corner.  In this episode, we go through the evidence she says should be enough to earn Daniel his freedom. Thanks to...

For Elizabeth Green, more than one life was lost in the summer of 1993. While the Jordan family mourned for their father, she wept for her son. And when Daniel’s childhood friend–a boy welcomed in their home–testified against him, it was traumatic for the whole family. In this episode, we talk about the lives changed on the other side of murder – what it means for your whole family to be branded as the killers of Michael Jordan’s father. Thanks to BetterHelp for supporting the show. Get 10%...

As a kid, Daniel Green begged his mom to buy him Wheaties so he could collect the Michael Jordan posters on each “Breakfast of Champions” box. He says, to a young Black guy back then, Michael Jordan was everything. He was status. He was swag. And he was proof you could make it, too. So when Daniel was arrested in 1993 for killing his childhood idol’s father, no one was more surprised than him. In this episode we hear Daniel’s version of what happened the night of the murder and the days that...

Three years after James Jordan was murdered, the accused faces a jury – and the media, who come out in a frenzy, cameras loaded, hungry for the next OJ trial phenomenon. As the world learns what law enforcement thinks happened the night Mr. Jordan drove through rural North Carolina in the middle of the night, all eyes turn to the state’s star witness: Larry Demery, Daniel Green’s co-defendant and childhood best friend, who testifies it was Daniel who fired the shot to end James Jordan’s...