Bob Ruff joins Defense Diaries LIVE to unpack the Chris Bynum wrongful conviction case — the Gary, Indiana quintuple homicide at the center of Truth & Justice Season 17 — and pull back the curtain on Season 18: Justice Warriors. A man in prison for 25 years. Five victims still waiting on real justice. Affidavits the original detectives never saw. Forensic evidence the jury never heard. Bob Motta and Ali sit down with one of the most recognized voices in the wrongful-conviction space to walk through how this case got built, where it's breaking, and what crowdsourced investigation actually looks like from the inside. Bob Ruff has spent more than a decade turning over rocks in cases the system would rather leave buried — from Adnan Syed to the West Memphis Three to Kenny Snow in Smith County, Texas. Tonight he's live on DD to tell us what made him pick up the Bynum file, what Justice Warriors is really about, and how defense attorneys and investigators on the outside can actually move the needle. WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO ↓ → Who is Bob Ruff — from Serial to Truth & Justice to NBI Studios → Gary, Indiana | February 17, 2000 — the night five lives were taken → The five victims: Sheila Bartee, Elizabeth "Liz" Dailey-Ayers, Anthony "Amp" Jeffers, Suzanne Wallace, Angela Wallace → How Chris Bynum got arrested within hours — before any meaningful investigation → 25 years in prison: the forensic evidence the jury never saw → The four affidavits from witnesses the original detectives never contacted → Alternate perpetrator theories and the leads pointing away from Bynum → Chris Bynum in his own words — what it's like to fight from behind the wall → Season 18: Justice Warriors — why Bob is spotlighting the people actually changing the system → The crowdsourced investigation model: what it is, what it gets right, what it costs → Two Bobs, one mission — defense attorney meets investigative podcaster → Live listener Q&A — your questions on the Bynum case, Justice Warriors, and how to help 🎙 LISTEN TO BOB RUFF: Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff → wherever you get your podcasts Season 17: The Chris Bynum Wrongful Conviction Season 18: Justice Warriors — out now Website: truthandjusticepod.com Patreon: patreon.com/truthandjustice 🔔 SUBSCRIBE & TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS Never miss a DD Live, Felonious Friday, or a Tunnel Vision drop. 📺 THE DEFENSE DIARIES NETWORK: → Defense Diaries (main podcast/YouTube) → Defense Diaries LIVE (single-case YouTube livestreams) → Tunnel Vision — Season 2: The Anthony Garcia Death Penalty Case → BURIED: Inside the John Wayne Gacy Investigation 💬 FOLLOW US: Instagram: @defensediariespodcast X/Twitter: @defense_diaries TikTok: @defensediariespodcast Website: defensediariespodcast.com DISCLAIMER The opinions expressed by Bob Motta, Ali Motta, and guests on Defense Diaries are their own and do not constitute legal advice or representation. Nothing said on this broadcast creates an attorney-client relationship. Analysis and commentary on pending or post-conviction matters reflect defense-side perspective and publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law. #BobRuff #TruthAndJustice #ChrisBynum #WrongfulConviction #JusticeWarriors #GaryIndiana #DefenseDiaries #DefenseDiariesLive #BobMotta #AliMotta #CriminalDefense #DDLive Justice by Bob Ruff 00:14:55 Michael Ausbrook joins the panel and the conversations continue.. 00:22:35 wrongful convictions 00:46:15 Police feed him information & even coerced him into confessing. 00:53:45 Successive postconviction petition and the Indiana Court of Appeals 01:01:30 Three different elements that are exceptionally exculpatory, 01:10:54 Trying to educate people 01:15:55 Thanks to guests, final thoughts & promotion podcast 01:20:10 Justice Warriors.Bob & Michael goodbyes 01:21:31 Final thoughts, thanks & goodbyes.Comments and chats. 01:25:27 12-hour marathon fundraiser for the Spencer family either next Tuesday Dashboard