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Hannah’s Prayer
Five years ago, Hannah Overton, a church-going Corpus Christi mother of five, was convicted of murdering her soon-to-be adoptive child and sentenced to life in prison. In April, she returned to court—and watched her lawyers put the prosecution on defense.
The Scales of Injustice
Hannah and Andrew
On October 3, 2006, a four-year-old boy named Andrew Burd died in a Corpus Christi hospital. The cause of death was determined to be salt poisoning, an extremely unusual occurrence. Even more shocking was what happened next: his foster mother was found guilty of killing him. But could she really have done what the prosecutors say?
A Q&A With Pamela Colloff
The executive editor on writing about wrongful conviction cases, interviewing Hannah Overton in prison, and recognizing that things may not be as they seem.
About a Boy
Larry and Hannah Overton had a family of their own when they decided to adopt a little boy named Andrew Burd who had been attending their church. He quickly became an integral part of their lives, bonding with his new foster parents and siblings. Then one day in 2006 he mysteriously died of salt poisoning. Hannah was found guilty of killing him and sent to prison for life. She steadfastly proclaims her innocence, and Larry and the kids pray for the day when their mom will be able to come home.
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