The lawyer-turned-journalist said the popularity of true crime shows like hers have added an unexpected layer of accountability to the justice system.
Unlike many mystery-of-the-week hosts, Erin Moriarty, a lawyer turned true crime luminary on the CBS series “48 Hours,” has followed cases for years, sometimes decades. While viewers like a well-constructed mystery with a beginning, middle and end, she’s learned that not all cases are that tidy.
Green was sentenced to death even though there was no evidence to connect him to the 1989 robbery and fatal shooting of a 22-year-old Florida man, Moriarty said. The story took a wild twist when Moriarty initially tracked down first responders, who offered a different take on the crime scene than what prosecutors presented at trial. Green’s conviction was overturned, but the case didn’t end there. He wasthis month after the conviction was reinstated on appeal.
“That’s the reason why I’ve never left ‘48,’ because the idea, if I can go to the executive producer, saying, ‘Look, there’s this new development. We’ve got to do this. This person may get out.’ There are as many people enthusiastic about doing it as me. It is. It is a gift to be able to work on a show that allows you to stay on a story.”
Erin Moriarty interviews Crosley Green, whose “bizarre and maddening” case is the subject of her new podcast, “Murder in the Orange Grove.”Advances in DNA technology have also exposed how regularly the criminal justice system has gotten it wrong. Moriarty added that the scrutiny that true crime fans have put on cases has inspired a “real trend” by prosecutor’s offices around the country to establish conviction review units.
“I might be a little optimistic here,” she said, “but I do see a change, and I like to think that some of it is because we cover true crime and people are so interested in it.”Thank you for your past contribution to HuffPost. We are sincerely grateful for readers like you who help us ensure that we can keep our journalism free for everyone.
The stakes are high this year, and our 2024 coverage could use continued support. We hope you'll consider contributing to HuffPost once more.“It is really important for some victims to be able to talk about what’s happened to them, and so for them, these stories are really important,” Moriarty said. “They want people to know what they’ve been through. They want to save people from having the same pain and tragedy, and they would say true crime done properly has value.
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