diff --git a/evidence/reactor.go b/evidence/reactor.go
index a6aa66b1f..de18f6b8e 100644
--- a/evidence/reactor.go
+++ b/evidence/reactor.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tendermint/go-amino"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tmlibs/log"
 
+	cstypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/consensus/types"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 )
@@ -118,21 +119,48 @@ func (evR *EvidenceReactor) broadcastRoutine() {
 		case evidence := <-evR.evpool.EvidenceChan():
 			// broadcast some new evidence
 			msg := &EvidenceListMessage{[]types.Evidence{evidence}}
-			evR.Switch.Broadcast(EvidenceChannel, cdc.MustMarshalBinaryBare(msg))
+			evR.broadcastEvidenceListMsg(msg)
 
-			// TODO: Broadcast runs asynchronously, so this should wait on the successChan
-			// in another routine before marking to be proper.
+			// TODO: the broadcast here is just doing TrySend.
+			// We should make sure the send succeeds before marking broadcasted.
 			evR.evpool.evidenceStore.MarkEvidenceAsBroadcasted(evidence)
 		case <-ticker.C:
 			// broadcast all pending evidence
 			msg := &EvidenceListMessage{evR.evpool.PendingEvidence()}
-			evR.Switch.Broadcast(EvidenceChannel, cdc.MustMarshalBinaryBare(msg))
+			evR.broadcastEvidenceListMsg(msg)
 		case <-evR.Quit():
 			return
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+func (evR *EvidenceReactor) broadcastEvidenceListMsg(msg *EvidenceListMessage) {
+	// NOTE: we dont send evidence to peers higher than their height,
+	// because they can't validate it (don't have validators from the height).
+	// So, for now, only send the `msg` to peers synced to the highest height in the list.
+	// TODO: send each peer all the evidence below its current height -
+	//  might require a routine per peer, like the mempool.
+
+	var maxHeight int64
+	for _, ev := range msg.Evidence {
+		if ev.Height() > maxHeight {
+			maxHeight = ev.Height()
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, peer := range evR.Switch.Peers().List() {
+		ps := peer.Get(types.PeerStateKey).(PeerState)
+		rs := ps.GetRoundState()
+		if rs.Height >= maxHeight {
+			peer.TrySend(EvidenceChannel, cdc.MustMarshalBinaryBare(msg))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+type PeerState interface {
+	GetRoundState() *cstypes.PeerRoundState
+}
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Messages
 
diff --git a/evidence/reactor_test.go b/evidence/reactor_test.go
index 11c63929b..6b4b24a07 100644
--- a/evidence/reactor_test.go
+++ b/evidence/reactor_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tendermint/tmlibs/log"
 
 	cfg "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/config"
+	cstypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/consensus/types"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 )
@@ -130,8 +131,50 @@ func TestReactorBroadcastEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 	// make reactors from statedb
 	reactors := makeAndConnectEvidenceReactors(config, stateDBs)
 
+	// set the peer height on each reactor
+	for _, r := range reactors {
+		for _, peer := range r.Switch.Peers().List() {
+			ps := peerState{height}
+			peer.Set(types.PeerStateKey, ps)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// send a bunch of valid evidence to the first reactor's evpool
 	// and wait for them all to be received in the others
 	evList := sendEvidence(t, reactors[0].evpool, valAddr, NUM_EVIDENCE)
 	waitForEvidence(t, evList, reactors)
 }
+
+type peerState struct {
+	height int64
+}
+
+func (ps peerState) GetRoundState() *cstypes.PeerRoundState {
+	return &cstypes.PeerRoundState{
+		Height: ps.height,
+	}
+}
+
+func TestReactorSelectiveBroadcast(t *testing.T) {
+	config := cfg.TestConfig()
+
+	valAddr := []byte("myval")
+	height1 := int64(NUM_EVIDENCE) + 10
+	height2 := int64(NUM_EVIDENCE) / 2
+
+	// DB1 is ahead of DB2
+	stateDB1 := initializeValidatorState(valAddr, height1)
+	stateDB2 := initializeValidatorState(valAddr, height2)
+
+	// make reactors from statedb
+	reactors := makeAndConnectEvidenceReactors(config, []dbm.DB{stateDB1, stateDB2})
+	peer := reactors[0].Switch.Peers().List()[0]
+	ps := peerState{height2}
+	peer.Set(types.PeerStateKey, ps)
+
+	// send a bunch of valid evidence to the first reactor's evpool
+	evList := sendEvidence(t, reactors[0].evpool, valAddr, NUM_EVIDENCE)
+
+	// only ones less than the peers height should make it through
+	waitForEvidence(t, evList[:NUM_EVIDENCE/2], reactors[1:2])
+}
diff --git a/evidence/store.go b/evidence/store.go
index 081715e3c..abfc5e1fe 100644
--- a/evidence/store.go
+++ b/evidence/store.go
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func (store *EvidenceStore) MarkEvidenceAsBroadcasted(evidence types.Evidence) {
 	store.db.Delete(key)
 }
 
-// MarkEvidenceAsPending removes evidence from pending and outqueue and sets the state to committed.
+// MarkEvidenceAsCommitted removes evidence from pending and outqueue and sets the state to committed.
 func (store *EvidenceStore) MarkEvidenceAsCommitted(evidence types.Evidence) {
 	// if its committed, its been broadcast
 	store.MarkEvidenceAsBroadcasted(evidence)
diff --git a/state/execution.go b/state/execution.go
index 3fe35e2fa..81d157f1d 100644
--- a/state/execution.go
+++ b/state/execution.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func (blockExec *BlockExecutor) ApplyBlock(s State, blockID types.BlockID, block
 
 	fail.Fail() // XXX
 
-	// Update evpool now that state is saved
+	// Update evpool now that state is saved.
 	// TODO: handle the crash/recover scenario
 	// ie. (may need to call Update for last block)
 	blockExec.evpool.Update(block)