Today's episode introduces MTIP's newest client, Bradley Hillious, and provides an inside look at the investigation that led MTIP to take on his case and prepare a petition for post-conviction relief seeking a new trial.

Bradley is serving a 100-year sentence for the death of his wife, Amanda Hillious. Amanda's death was initially believed to be the result of a fall down a staircase, but an autopsy later determined that her death was a homicide. At the time of her death, only two adults were present in the home: Bradley and his father, Scott Hillious. The same day that investigators informed both men that they would be questioned in connection with Amanda's death, Scott told Bradley, "I'm not going to jail," and died by suicide.

The defense was barred from presenting its theory that Scott may have been responsible for Amanda's death a ...