What the attorney thinks - Kara Garvin
From One Minute Remaining - Stories from the inmates by Jack Laurence
April 8, 2026 · 26 min · Season 52 · Episode 6
About this episode
The episode features an interview with Kara Garvin, who discusses her wrongful conviction and the impact of addiction on her life, alongside insights from attorney Michael Leonard.
We just wrapped up the story of Kara Garvin, sentenced to life without parole for a crime she says she didn't commit, we have heard her version of events and explored the case against her but now it's time to get the opinion of the man they call 'The Voice of Reason' a man with over 30 years experience as a criminal defence attorney from Chicago Illinois, it is Michael Leonard. Kara Garvin grew up in Franklin Furnace, Ohio, a small, tight-knit community nestled along the Ohio River, the kind of place where everybody knows everybody, and where the OxyContin crisis of the early 2000s didn't just make the news, it moved in next door. Like so many in her community, Kara's life became entangled with addiction. And like so many, that entanglement would come to define how the world saw her. On the evening of the 22nd of December 2008, three days before Christmas, Edward Mollett, his wife Juanita, and their daughter Christina were shot and killed inside their mobile home in Franklin Furnace. A six year old boy, covered in blood, ran down the hill to a neighbour's house for help. Within hours, Kara Garvin had voluntarily walked into the Scioto County Sheriff's Office. By morning, she was…
People in this episode
Host: Jack Laurence
Guest: Kara Garvin
Topics covered
- criminal defense
- wrongful conviction
- addiction
- murder case
- legal opinion
Keywords
- Kara Garvin
- Michael Leonard
- wrongful conviction
- murder
- addiction
- OxyContin
- criminal defense
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Franklin Furnace, Ohio, Chicago Illinois
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