Trace of Suspicion - Ep. 6: Reversal of Fortune
5/22/202636 min
A fresh look at the evidence leads to an almost unimaginable twist. This episode originally published on March 26, 2026.
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First 90 secondsCraig Melvin0:00
I'm Craig Melvin. Cheers.
Speaker 10:01
Cheers.
Speaker 20:02
Cheers.
Craig Melvin0:02
I've always been a glass half full kind of guy, and now I'm talking to some people who look at the world that way, too. Some really fascinating folks who shared their defining moments, their triumphs, their challenges. Their stories are funny and quite candid. So I hope you'll join me each week, and who knows? You might just come away with your own glass half full.
Speaker 30:24
Search Glass Half Full with Craig Melvin from TODAY on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts.
Josh Mankiewicz· Host0:29
[gentle music] A prisoner transport bus is not generally the happiest of places. Inmates, shackled and chained to one another, are either on their way to court or headed back to the slammer. It is almost always a commuter ride of misery. Except on the afternoon of November 30th, 2007, the trip from the San Diego courthouse back to the Las Colinas Women's Detention Center was positively joyous.
Cindy Sommer· Soundbite1:05
A lot better now. Yeah, a lot better.
Josh Mankiewicz· Host1:09
Word had spread. One of their own, inmate number 6400265, had just had her conviction overturned. Cindy Summer was getting a new trial.
Cindy Sommer· Soundbite1:22
It was a long shot. It was like going through a mouse hole with a Mack truck, so.
Josh Mankiewicz· Host1:27
[laughs] There had been a lot of smiles and high