A bonus episode for your listening pleasure. I started a new podcast, True Crime This Week. It's a wrap-up of all the major true crime news you may have missed this last week. Check it out every Friday morning, where ever you get your podcasts! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A bonus episode for your listening pleasure. I started a new podcast, True Crime This Week. It's a wrap-up of all the major true crime news you may have missed this last week. Check it out every Friday morning, where ever you get your podcasts! Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Bonus: True Crime This Week 

The most difficult case to bring to trial is a no-body homicide, which is why it so rarely happens. We dive deep into the history of such cases and the very nature of doubt.Covered topics: Alissa Turney, Michael Turney, Sarah Turney, Archibald Fisher, No-Body Homicide, Pyrrho, PyrrhonismaIW5G9PJEoqOzi7U49K8Further Reading:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemologyhttps://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3917&amp;context=flrhttps://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/no-body-homicide-cases-a-practical-approachhttps://www.nobodycases.com/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_murder_convictions_without_a_body#United_Stateshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Y3utIeTPghttps://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/alissa-turney-sarah-turney-voices-for-justice-podcast-phoenix-paradise-valley-tik-tok-11482721https://thehueandcry.com/alissa-turneyhttps://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/sister-alissa-turney-who-disappeared-last-day-school-phoenix-arizona-n1231014https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/567418/time-abraham-lincoln-stopped-murder-trial-its-trackshttps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/skepticism/#PyrrSkephttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsTWlKgXniwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_SAocFtliohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denialismhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhonism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The most difficult case to bring to trial is a no-body homicide, which is why it so rarely happens. We dive deep into the history of such cases and the very nature of doubt.Covered topics: Alissa Turney, Michael Turney, Sarah Turney, Archibald Fisher, No-Body Homicide, Pyrrho, PyrrhonismaIW5G9PJEoqOzi7U49K8Further Reading:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology</a><a href="https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3917&amp;context=flr" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3917&amp;context=flr</a><a href="https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/no-body-homicide-cases-a-practical-approach" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/no-body-homicide-cases-a-practical-approach</a><a href="https://www.nobodycases.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nobodycases.com/</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_murder_convictions_without_a_body#United_States" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_murder_convictions_without_a_body#United_States</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Y3utIeTPg" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Y3utIeTPg</a><a href="https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/alissa-turney-sarah-turney-voices-for-justice-podcast-phoenix-paradise-valley-tik-tok-11482721" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/alissa-turney-sarah-turney-voices-for-justice-podcast-phoenix-paradise-valley-tik-tok-11482721</a><a href="https://thehueandcry.com/alissa-turney" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://thehueandcry.com/alissa-turney</a><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/sister-alissa-turney-who-disappeared-last-day-school-phoenix-arizona-n1231014" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/sister-alissa-turney-who-disappeared-last-day-school-phoenix-arizona-n1231014</a><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/567418/time-abraham-lincoln-stopped-murder-trial-its-tracks" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/567418/time-abraham-lincoln-stopped-murder-trial-its-tracks</a><a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/skepticism/#PyrrSkep" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/skepticism/#PyrrSkep</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsTWlKgXniw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsTWlKgXniw</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_SAocFtlio" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_SAocFtlio</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denialism" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denialism</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrho" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrho</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhonism" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhonism</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

506: The Most Difficult Case - No Body Homicides

What is money laundering? And why does the government look the other way?Covered topics: Money laundering; Al Capone; Ozark; Paul Manafort; Hedonism; Marquis de Sade; SadismR4w6hEsxS3KWP6uFKH9cFurther reading:https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502449/myth-how-al-capone-gave-us-term-money-launderinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_Stateshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capone#Tax_evasionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_launderinghttps://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/27/paul-manafort-was-stupid-or-unlucky-most-money-launderers-get-away-with-it-217090/https://theintercept.com/2017/10/30/paul-manafort-money-laundering-scheme-was-identified-months-ago/https://www.artandobject.com/news/how-money-laundering-works-art-worldhttps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/money-finance/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_de_Sadehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is money laundering? And why does the government look the other way?Covered topics: Money laundering; Al Capone; Ozark; Paul Manafort; Hedonism; Marquis de Sade; SadismR4w6hEsxS3KWP6uFKH9cFurther reading:<a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502449/myth-how-al-capone-gave-us-term-money-laundering" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502449/myth-how-al-capone-gave-us-term-money-laundering</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capone#Tax_evasion" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capone#Tax_evasion</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_laundering" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_laundering</a><a href="https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/27/paul-manafort-was-stupid-or-unlucky-most-money-launderers-get-away-with-it-217090/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/27/paul-manafort-was-stupid-or-unlucky-most-money-launderers-get-away-with-it-217090/</a><a href="https://theintercept.com/2017/10/30/paul-manafort-money-laundering-scheme-was-identified-months-ago/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://theintercept.com/2017/10/30/paul-manafort-money-laundering-scheme-was-identified-months-ago/</a><a href="https://www.artandobject.com/news/how-money-laundering-works-art-world" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.artandobject.com/news/how-money-laundering-works-art-world</a><a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/money-finance/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/money-finance/</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_de_Sade" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_de_Sade</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonism" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonism</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

505: Help, I Still Don't Understand Money Laundering!

What is the connection between school shootings in the United States and toxic masculinity? Is there a way to end school shootings?Covered Topics: School shootings; Toxic masculinity, Sandy Hook, Adam Lanza, Douglas Kellner, Seung-Hui ChoFurther Reading:https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/marriage-equals/202008/masculinity-is-there-really-crisishttps://www.fastcompany.com/90696368/i-guess-we-have-to-talk-about-the-masculinity-crisis-in-america-againhttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/conversation-with-philoso_b_95530https://www.edweek.org/leadership/school-shootings-this-year-how-many-and-where/2021/03https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhtfQqKh7dEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvnZBVe4950https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2466582/Sandy-Hook-school-shooting-Jesse-Lewis-6-killed-telling-classmates-run.htmlhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/17/the-reckoning Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is the connection between school shootings in the United States and toxic masculinity? Is there a way to end school shootings?Covered Topics: School shootings; Toxic masculinity, Sandy Hook, Adam Lanza, Douglas Kellner, Seung-Hui ChoFurther Reading:<a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/marriage-equals/202008/masculinity-is-there-really-crisis" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/marriage-equals/202008/masculinity-is-there-really-crisis</a><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90696368/i-guess-we-have-to-talk-about-the-masculinity-crisis-in-america-again" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.fastcompany.com/90696368/i-guess-we-have-to-talk-about-the-masculinity-crisis-in-america-again</a><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/conversation-with-philoso_b_95530" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/conversation-with-philoso_b_95530</a><a href="https://www.edweek.org/leadership/school-shootings-this-year-how-many-and-where/2021/03" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.edweek.org/leadership/school-shootings-this-year-how-many-and-where/2021/03</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhtfQqKh7dE" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhtfQqKh7dE</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvnZBVe4950" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvnZBVe4950</a><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2466582/Sandy-Hook-school-shooting-Jesse-Lewis-6-killed-telling-classmates-run.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2466582/Sandy-Hook-school-shooting-Jesse-Lewis-6-killed-telling-classmates-run.html</a><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/17/the-reckoning" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/17/the-reckoning</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

504: School Shooters and Toxic Masculinity

The Alford Plea provides a way for a defended to plead guilty while maintaining their innocence. Should this be allowed in criminal court? Where did it come from? Who benefits?Covered Topics: The West Memphis 3, Henry Alford, Act Utilitarianism, Jeremy BenthemFurther Reading:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alford_pleahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three#Releasehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-westmemphis3-arkansas/after-18-years-west-memphis-3-go-free-on-plea-deal-idUSTRE77I54A20110819https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism#Utility_ignores_justicehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVltykvceWwhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Benthamhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_utilitarianismhttps://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/1970/70-14_10-14-1970.pdfhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG3zGzY2hskhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_v._Alfordhttps://www.delgazette.com/opinion/24467/david-hejmanowski-the-lasting-legacy-of-henry-alfordhttps://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/then-now-the-west-memphis-three Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Alford Plea provides a way for a defended to plead guilty while maintaining their innocence. Should this be allowed in criminal court? Where did it come from? Who benefits?Covered Topics: The West Memphis 3, Henry Alford, Act Utilitarianism, Jeremy BenthemFurther Reading:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alford_plea" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alford_plea</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three#Release" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three#Release</a><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-westmemphis3-arkansas/after-18-years-west-memphis-3-go-free-on-plea-deal-idUSTRE77I54A20110819" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-westmemphis3-arkansas/after-18-years-west-memphis-3-go-free-on-plea-deal-idUSTRE77I54A20110819</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism#Utility_ignores_justice" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism#Utility_ignores_justice</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVltykvceWw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVltykvceWw</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Bentham" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Bentham</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_utilitarianism" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_utilitarianism</a><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/1970/70-14_10-14-1970.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/1970/70-14_10-14-1970.pdf</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG3zGzY2hsk" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG3zGzY2hsk</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_v._Alford" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_v._Alford</a><a href="https://www.delgazette.com/opinion/24467/david-hejmanowski-the-lasting-legacy-of-henry-alford" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.delgazette.com/opinion/24467/david-hejmanowski-the-lasting-legacy-of-henry-alford</a><a href="https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/then-now-the-west-memphis-three" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/then-now-the-west-memphis-three</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

503: The Alford Plea – Pleading Guilty When You’re Innocent

Does reward money help solve cold cases? When did we start offering money for tips? Is there a better way?Cover topics: Whitey Bulger, F.B.I. Top Ten, Little Crow, Action Theory, Donald Davidson, Maura MurrayFurther Reading:https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2047126/Anna-Bjornsdottir--2m-Whitey-Bulger-FBI-tipster-Miss-Iceland.htmlhttps://www.quora.com/What-was-the-highest-reward-ever-paid-to-a-person-by-the-United-States-government-for-a-wanted-criminalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_Bulger#Capturehttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-27763842https://law.jrank.org/pages/9869/Reward.htmlhttps://www.npr.org/2019/09/17/761183202/do-cash-rewards-for-crime-tips-workhttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/13/you-just-dont-know-whos-going-to-come-forward-why-do-police-offer-rewardshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_(reward)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI_Ten_Most_Wanted_Fugitiveshttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-history-of-the-most-wanted-poster_b_5851ba70e4b0865ab9d4e8d7https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRaVnn0vxEYhttps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/action/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Davidson_(philosopher)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_theory_(philosophy)https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/davidson/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-27763842https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/13/you-just-dont-know-whos-going-to-come-forward-why-do-police-offer-rewards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Does reward money help solve cold cases? When did we start offering money for tips? Is there a better way?Cover topics: Whitey Bulger, F.B.I. Top Ten, Little Crow, Action Theory, Donald Davidson, Maura MurrayFurther Reading:<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2047126/Anna-Bjornsdottir--2m-Whitey-Bulger-FBI-tipster-Miss-Iceland.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2047126/Anna-Bjornsdottir--2m-Whitey-Bulger-FBI-tipster-Miss-Iceland.html</a><a href="https://www.quora.com/What-was-the-highest-reward-ever-paid-to-a-person-by-the-United-States-government-for-a-wanted-criminal" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.quora.com/What-was-the-highest-reward-ever-paid-to-a-person-by-the-United-States-government-for-a-wanted-criminal</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_Bulger#Capture" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_Bulger#Capture</a><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-27763842" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-27763842</a><a href="https://law.jrank.org/pages/9869/Reward.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://law.jrank.org/pages/9869/Reward.html</a><a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/09/17/761183202/do-cash-rewards-for-crime-tips-work" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2019/09/17/761183202/do-cash-rewards-for-crime-tips-work</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/13/you-just-dont-know-whos-going-to-come-forward-why-do-police-offer-rewards" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/13/you-just-dont-know-whos-going-to-come-forward-why-do-police-offer-rewards</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_(reward)" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_(reward)</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI_Ten_Most_Wanted_Fugitives" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI_Ten_Most_Wanted_Fugitives</a><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-history-of-the-most-wanted-poster_b_5851ba70e4b0865ab9d4e8d7" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-history-of-the-most-wanted-poster_b_5851ba70e4b0865ab9d4e8d7</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRaVnn0vxEY" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRaVnn0vxEY</a><a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/action/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/action/</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Davidson_(philosopher)" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Davidson_(philosopher)</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_theory_(philosophy)" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_theory_(philosophy)</a><a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/davidson/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/davidson/</a><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-27763842" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-27763842</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/13/you-just-dont-know-whos-going-to-come-forward-why-do-police-offer-rewards" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/13/you-just-dont-know-whos-going-to-come-forward-why-do-police-offer-rewards</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

502: Does Reward Money Ever Help Solve Cold Cases?

How can lawyers defend guilty people? Is it ethical to help someone stay out of jail if you know they're guilty?Covered Topics: Susan Smith, Judy Clarke, Trial by Ordeal, Juan Catalan, J. L. Mackie, Moral Nihilism, Isabelle Coutant-Peyre,Further Reading:https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/sep/29/larry-david-long-shot-how-curb-your-enthusiasm-saved-a-man-from-death-rowhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powell_v._Alabamahttps://www.stcl.edu/blog/due-process-is-no-mere-technicality-even-for-the-most-obviously-guilty-defendant/https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemic-paradoxes/#MenParInqPuzAboGaiKnohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_eikWXzBU0https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/09/14/the-worst-of-the-worsthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Smith Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How can lawyers defend guilty people? Is it ethical to help someone stay out of jail if you know they're guilty?Covered Topics: Susan Smith, Judy Clarke, Trial by Ordeal, Juan Catalan, J. L. Mackie, Moral Nihilism, Isabelle Coutant-Peyre,Further Reading:<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/sep/29/larry-david-long-shot-how-curb-your-enthusiasm-saved-a-man-from-death-row" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/sep/29/larry-david-long-shot-how-curb-your-enthusiasm-saved-a-man-from-death-row</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powell_v._Alabama" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powell_v._Alabama</a><a href="https://www.stcl.edu/blog/due-process-is-no-mere-technicality-even-for-the-most-obviously-guilty-defendant/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.stcl.edu/blog/due-process-is-no-mere-technicality-even-for-the-most-obviously-guilty-defendant/</a><a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemic-paradoxes/#MenParInqPuzAboGaiKno" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemic-paradoxes/#MenParInqPuzAboGaiKno</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_eikWXzBU0" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_eikWXzBU0</a><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/09/14/the-worst-of-the-worst" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/09/14/the-worst-of-the-worst</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Smith" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Smith</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

501: How Can Lawyers Defend Guilty People?

This is a special, bonus episode of The Philosophy of Crime. It's a piece of long-form journalism I wrote about a man named Donny Soke, who I met while researching the unsolved murder of Lisa Pruett. Donny is serving a 888-year prison sentence for murders he did not commit. Please listen to his story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a special, bonus episode of The Philosophy of Crime. It's a piece of long-form journalism I wrote about a man named Donny Soke, who I met while researching the unsolved murder of Lisa Pruett. Donny is serving a 888-year prison sentence for murders he did not commit. Please listen to his story. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Bonus: Little Liars Everywhere - Four murders, two false confessions, one meddling cop.

What happens to the art when an artist becomes a criminal? Can we still enjoy a good song written by a maniac? Or does that make us enablers?Covered Topics: Michael Jackson, John Landis, Thriller, David Foster Wallace, Roland Barthes, Death of the Author, Hitler, John Wayne GacyFurther Reading:https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/21/michael-jackson-thriller-changed-music-videoshttps://www.vox.com/culture/2018/10/11/17933686/me-too-separating-artist-art-johnny-depp-woody-allen-michael-jackson-louis-ckhttps://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/05/the-world-still-spins-around-male-genius/559925/https://www.grunge.com/115638/respected-writers-actually-terrible-people/https://www.grunge.com/115638/respected-writers-actually-terrible-people/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeF6O6E9RQ8https://observer.com/2018/10/serial-killer-art-lucrative-charles-manson-richard-ramirez/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/apr/29/hitler-painting-arthttps://www.dailyartmagazine.com/art-hitler/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happens to the art when an artist becomes a criminal? Can we still enjoy a good song written by a maniac? Or does that make us enablers?Covered Topics: Michael Jackson, John Landis, Thriller, David Foster Wallace, Roland Barthes, Death of the Author, Hitler, John Wayne GacyFurther Reading:<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/21/michael-jackson-thriller-changed-music-videos" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/21/michael-jackson-thriller-changed-music-videos</a><a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/10/11/17933686/me-too-separating-artist-art-johnny-depp-woody-allen-michael-jackson-louis-ck" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/10/11/17933686/me-too-separating-artist-art-johnny-depp-woody-allen-michael-jackson-louis-ck</a><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/05/the-world-still-spins-around-male-genius/559925/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/05/the-world-still-spins-around-male-genius/559925/</a><a href="https://www.grunge.com/115638/respected-writers-actually-terrible-people/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.grunge.com/115638/respected-writers-actually-terrible-people/</a><a href="https://www.grunge.com/115638/respected-writers-actually-terrible-people/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.grunge.com/115638/respected-writers-actually-terrible-people/</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeF6O6E9RQ8" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeF6O6E9RQ8</a><a href="https://observer.com/2018/10/serial-killer-art-lucrative-charles-manson-richard-ramirez/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://observer.com/2018/10/serial-killer-art-lucrative-charles-manson-richard-ramirez/</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/apr/29/hitler-painting-art" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/apr/29/hitler-painting-art</a><a href="https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/art-hitler/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/art-hitler/</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

406: Killer Art, Or How to Love Thriller While Still Hating Michael Jackson

For every tragedy, there exists an equal an opposite moment of grace. What is going on here? And what does it say about humanity?Covered Topics: Harvey Weinstein, Woody Allen, Ronan Farrow, Karma, Ka Like a Wheel, Amber Hagerman, Rae-Leigh Bradbury, Amber Alert, Karen Perez, Tim Miller, Texas EquuSearch, Adam Walsh, America’s Most Wanted, Otis Toole, Werhner von Braun, Martin Bryant, DJ Grandmaster Caz, Mr. RogersFurther Reading:https://www.insider.com/good-things-because-of-bad-things-2018-3#the-outcome-amber-alerts-were-born-14https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/my-father-woody-allen-danger-892572https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/from-aggressive-overtures-to-sexual-assault-harvey-weinsteins-accusers-tell-their-storieshttps://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2021/01/13/25-years-after-amber-hagermans-kidnapping-heres-why-detectives-stay-hopeful-for-a-breakthrough-in-her-case/https://amber-ic.org/news/amber-alerts-1000th-successful-recovery/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/college-game-plan/first-child-rescued-amber-alert-heading-college-n759736https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_alert#Namesakehttps://www.missingkids.org/content/dam/missingkids/pdfs/amber/2019%20Annual%20AMBER%20Report%20and%20Map%20Final.pdfhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/06/03/i-dont-want-to-die-cellphone-audio-captures-teens-sexual-assault-and-murder-prosecutors-say/https://texasequusearch.org/category/cases/located/found-by-txeq/https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/seeking-information-in-unsolved-killing-fields-murders-091819 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For every tragedy, there exists an equal an opposite moment of grace. What is going on here? And what does it say about humanity?Covered Topics: Harvey Weinstein, Woody Allen, Ronan Farrow, Karma, Ka Like a Wheel, Amber Hagerman, Rae-Leigh Bradbury, Amber Alert, Karen Perez, Tim Miller, Texas EquuSearch, Adam Walsh, America’s Most Wanted, Otis Toole, Werhner von Braun, Martin Bryant, DJ Grandmaster Caz, Mr. RogersFurther Reading:<a href="https://www.insider.com/good-things-because-of-bad-things-2018-3#the-outcome-amber-alerts-were-born-14" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.insider.com/good-things-because-of-bad-things-2018-3#the-outcome-amber-alerts-were-born-14</a><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/my-father-woody-allen-danger-892572" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/my-father-woody-allen-danger-892572</a><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/from-aggressive-overtures-to-sexual-assault-harvey-weinsteins-accusers-tell-their-stories" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/from-aggressive-overtures-to-sexual-assault-harvey-weinsteins-accusers-tell-their-stories</a><a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2021/01/13/25-years-after-amber-hagermans-kidnapping-heres-why-detectives-stay-hopeful-for-a-breakthrough-in-her-case/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2021/01/13/25-years-after-amber-hagermans-kidnapping-heres-why-detectives-stay-hopeful-for-a-breakthrough-in-her-case/</a><a href="https://amber-ic.org/news/amber-alerts-1000th-successful-recovery/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://amber-ic.org/news/amber-alerts-1000th-successful-recovery/</a><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/college-game-plan/first-child-rescued-amber-alert-heading-college-n759736" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/college-game-plan/first-child-rescued-amber-alert-heading-college-n759736</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_alert#Namesake" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_alert#Namesake</a><a href="https://www.missingkids.org/content/dam/missingkids/pdfs/amber/2019%20Annual%20AMBER%20Report%20and%20Map%20Final.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.missingkids.org/content/dam/missingkids/pdfs/amber/2019%20Annual%20AMBER%20Report%20and%20Map%20Final.pdf</a><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/06/03/i-dont-want-to-die-cellphone-audio-captures-teens-sexual-assault-and-murder-prosecutors-say/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/06/03/i-dont-want-to-die-cellphone-audio-captures-teens-sexual-assault-and-murder-prosecutors-say/</a><a href="https://texasequusearch.org/category/cases/located/found-by-txeq/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://texasequusearch.org/category/cases/located/found-by-txeq/</a><a href="https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/seeking-information-in-unsolved-killing-fields-murders-091819" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/seeking-information-in-unsolved-killing-fields-murders-091819</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

405: Renner's 2nd Law of True Crime Dynamics

Are killers born or are they made? Does everyone have the capacity to commit murder? Why is true crime so popular today? The Philosophy of Crime tackles the biggest questions about unsolved mysteries by looking to classical philosophy for answers. Hosted by award-winning journalist, James Renner, author of True Crime Addict. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What do we mean when we say we want to defund the police? Also, who came up with the idea of police originally, and how are they supposed to act?Covered topics: George Floyd, Derek Chauvin, Robert Peel, Peelian Principles, Rover’s Morning Glory, Steven Kinas, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Social Contract, Mariame KabaFurther Reading:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnxlq5XQMkghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_principleshttps://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2014/04/23/anger-managed-the-copy-who-arrested-rover-has-a-history-of-violence-and-plenty-to-say-about-that-july-fourth-nighthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contracthttps://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/police-abolitionist-lessons-for-america.htmlhttps://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/defund-the-police-1007254/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.htmlhttp://aworldwithoutpolice.org/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/opinion/defund-police-floyd-protests.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What do we mean when we say we want to defund the police? Also, who came up with the idea of police originally, and how are they supposed to act?Covered topics: George Floyd, Derek Chauvin, Robert Peel, Peelian Principles, Rover’s Morning Glory, Steven Kinas, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Social Contract, Mariame KabaFurther Reading:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnxlq5XQMkg" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnxlq5XQMkg</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_principles" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_principles</a><a href="https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2014/04/23/anger-managed-the-copy-who-arrested-rover-has-a-history-of-violence-and-plenty-to-say-about-that-july-fourth-night" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2014/04/23/anger-managed-the-copy-who-arrested-rover-has-a-history-of-violence-and-plenty-to-say-about-that-july-fourth-night</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contract" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contract</a><a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/police-abolitionist-lessons-for-america.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/police-abolitionist-lessons-for-america.html</a><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/defund-the-police-1007254/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/defund-the-police-1007254/</a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.html</a><a href="http://aworldwithoutpolice.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://aworldwithoutpolice.org/</a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/opinion/defund-police-floyd-protests.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/opinion/defund-police-floyd-protests.html</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

404: Should We Defund the Police?

The United States is one of only a few countries that has executed children in modern times. In some states, teens are still regularly tried as adults for serious crimes. But should we actually be raising the age of culpability? Covered Topics: Sean Sellers, Age of Culpability, Lionel Tate, Christopher Pittman, Juvenile Court, Aristotle, Gideon Yaffe, Raise the Age, Mark WahlbergFurther Reading:http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/sellers512.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Sellers#cite_note-Devil-4https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_for_juveniles_in_the_United_Stateshttps://eji.org/news/13-states-lack-minimum-age-for-trying-kids-as-adults/https://www.ncsl.org/research/civil-and-criminal-justice/juvenile-age-of-jurisdiction-and-transfer-to-adult-court-laws.aspxhttps://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_interest/child_law/resources/child_law_practiceonline/child_law_practice/vol-34/august-2015/understanding-the-adolescent-brain-and-legal-culpability/https://humanimpact.org/hipprojects/juvenile-injustice-charging-youth-as-adults-is-ineffective-biased-and-harmful/http://www.faqs.org/childhood/Ar-Bo/Aristotle-384-322-B-C-E.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5kBQb-QftQhttps://newrepublic.com/article/138133/25-year-olds-tried-juveniles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The United States is one of only a few countries that has executed children in modern times. In some states, teens are still regularly tried as adults for serious crimes. But should we actually be raising the age of culpability? Covered Topics: Sean Sellers, Age of Culpability, Lionel Tate, Christopher Pittman, Juvenile Court, Aristotle, Gideon Yaffe, Raise the Age, Mark WahlbergFurther Reading:<a href="http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/sellers512.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/sellers512.htm</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Sellers#cite_note-Devil-4" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Sellers#cite_note-Devil-4</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_for_juveniles_in_the_United_States" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_for_juveniles_in_the_United_States</a><a href="https://eji.org/news/13-states-lack-minimum-age-for-trying-kids-as-adults/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://eji.org/news/13-states-lack-minimum-age-for-trying-kids-as-adults/</a><a href="https://www.ncsl.org/research/civil-and-criminal-justice/juvenile-age-of-jurisdiction-and-transfer-to-adult-court-laws.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ncsl.org/research/civil-and-criminal-justice/juvenile-age-of-jurisdiction-and-transfer-to-adult-court-laws.aspx</a><a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_interest/child_law/resources/child_law_practiceonline/child_law_practice/vol-34/august-2015/understanding-the-adolescent-brain-and-legal-culpability/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_interest/child_law/resources/child_law_practiceonline/child_law_practice/vol-34/august-2015/understanding-the-adolescent-brain-and-legal-culpability/</a><a href="https://humanimpact.org/hipprojects/juvenile-injustice-charging-youth-as-adults-is-ineffective-biased-and-harmful/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://humanimpact.org/hipprojects/juvenile-injustice-charging-youth-as-adults-is-ineffective-biased-and-harmful/</a><a href="http://www.faqs.org/childhood/Ar-Bo/Aristotle-384-322-B-C-E.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.faqs.org/childhood/Ar-Bo/Aristotle-384-322-B-C-E.html</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5kBQb-QftQ" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5kBQb-QftQ</a><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/138133/25-year-olds-tried-juveniles" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://newrepublic.com/article/138133/25-year-olds-tried-juveniles</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

403: Tried As an Adult, Still a Kid

It's 2021 and we still have secret courts in the United States. What are Grand Juries anyway? How do they work? What are they for? And why are they the worst?Covered Topics: Breonna Taylor, Grand Juries, Sol Wachtler, Karl Popper, Plato, George Schwartz, Social Contract, George Soros, Tamir RiceFurther Reading:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jury.htmlhttps://www.cnn.com/2020/10/29/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jurors/index.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDaNU7yDnschttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7thxae0AFMhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/us/breonna-taylor-police-killing.htmlhttp://www.ephemerajournal.org/contribution/open-source-open-government-critique-open-politics-0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDrTkvFB6Zkhttps://www.businessinsider.com/ohio-prosecutor-tamir-rice-said-to-be-trying-to-lose-2015-12https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-30220700https://abcnews.go.com/US/tamir-rice-case-prosecutor-abused-manipulated-grand-jury/story?id=35979452https://www.cbsnews.com/news/breonna-taylor-grand-juror-homicide-charges-police-mistakes/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's 2021 and we still have secret courts in the United States. What are Grand Juries anyway? How do they work? What are they for? And why are they the worst?Covered Topics: Breonna Taylor, Grand Juries, Sol Wachtler, Karl Popper, Plato, George Schwartz, Social Contract, George Soros, Tamir RiceFurther Reading:<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jury.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jury.html</a><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/29/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jurors/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/29/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jurors/index.html</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDaNU7yDnsc" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDaNU7yDnsc</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7thxae0AFM" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7thxae0AFM</a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/us/breonna-taylor-police-killing.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/us/breonna-taylor-police-killing.html</a><a href="http://www.ephemerajournal.org/contribution/open-source-open-government-critique-open-politics-0" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ephemerajournal.org/contribution/open-source-open-government-critique-open-politics-0</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDrTkvFB6Zk" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDrTkvFB6Zk</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ohio-prosecutor-tamir-rice-said-to-be-trying-to-lose-2015-12" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.businessinsider.com/ohio-prosecutor-tamir-rice-said-to-be-trying-to-lose-2015-12</a><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-30220700" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-30220700</a><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/tamir-rice-case-prosecutor-abused-manipulated-grand-jury/story?id=35979452" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://abcnews.go.com/US/tamir-rice-case-prosecutor-abused-manipulated-grand-jury/story?id=35979452</a><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/breonna-taylor-grand-juror-homicide-charges-police-mistakes/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/breonna-taylor-grand-juror-homicide-charges-police-mistakes/</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

402: What Are Grand Juries and Why Do They Need To Go?

We see it in thrillers like SPLIT, but does it ever happen in real life? Are there people in this world with multiple personalities? And if so, what does it take to fracture a mind?Covered Topics: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Multiple Personalities, Alters, Billy Milligan, Zoo Man of Knoxville, David Chalmers, Hard Problem of Consciousness, Douglas Hofstadter, Panpsychism, Thales of Miletus, Joseph DeAngeloFurther Reading: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/could-multiple-personality-disorder-explain-life-the-universe-and-everything/https://www.thecut.com/2015/11/blind-woman-had-10-personalities-some-could-see.htmlhttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/91244/5-criminals-who-claimed-have-multiple-personalities.https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/crazy-not-insane-did-ted-bundy-have-multiple-personalityhttps://www.dispatch.com/article/20071028/NEWS/310289729https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAPPzmRb4r0https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shadow-boxing/202005/the-zoo-man-murdershttps://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/huskey-thomas.htmhttps://ndpr.nd.edu/news/philosophy-of-personal-identity-and-multiple-personality/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-07/david-chalmers-and-the-puzzle-of-consciousness/8679884 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We see it in thrillers like SPLIT, but does it ever happen in real life? Are there people in this world with multiple personalities? And if so, what does it take to fracture a mind?Covered Topics: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Multiple Personalities, Alters, Billy Milligan, Zoo Man of Knoxville, David Chalmers, Hard Problem of Consciousness, Douglas Hofstadter, Panpsychism, Thales of Miletus, Joseph DeAngeloFurther Reading: <a href="https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/could-multiple-personality-disorder-explain-life-the-universe-and-everything/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/could-multiple-personality-disorder-explain-life-the-universe-and-everything/</a><a href="https://www.thecut.com/2015/11/blind-woman-had-10-personalities-some-could-see.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thecut.com/2015/11/blind-woman-had-10-personalities-some-could-see.html</a><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/91244/5-criminals-who-claimed-have-multiple-personalities." rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/91244/5-criminals-who-claimed-have-multiple-personalities.</a><a href="https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/crazy-not-insane-did-ted-bundy-have-multiple-personality" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/crazy-not-insane-did-ted-bundy-have-multiple-personality</a><a href="https://www.dispatch.com/article/20071028/NEWS/310289729" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dispatch.com/article/20071028/NEWS/310289729</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAPPzmRb4r0" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAPPzmRb4r0</a><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shadow-boxing/202005/the-zoo-man-murders" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shadow-boxing/202005/the-zoo-man-murders</a><a href="https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/huskey-thomas.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/huskey-thomas.htm</a><a href="https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/philosophy-of-personal-identity-and-multiple-personality/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/philosophy-of-personal-identity-and-multiple-personality/</a><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-07/david-chalmers-and-the-puzzle-of-consciousness/8679884" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-07/david-chalmers-and-the-puzzle-of-consciousness/8679884</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

401: Do Serial Killers Ever Really Have Mulitple Personalities?

50 years ago this week, 4 students were killed by National Guardsmen at Kent State. But nobody can agree on who fired first. And the only man who knows the truth is a car salesmen who lives on a mountain. Covered Topics: Kent State, Terry Norman, National Guard, Kent State Shootings, My Lai Massacre, Vietnam, Pontius Pilate, Objective Truth, Friedrich Nietzsche, Eugene Wigner, Massimiliano Proietti, Perspectivism, Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer, William SchroederFurther Reading:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y5cftds7-8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN7PUy8ZrQEhttps://www.sciencealert.com/watch-how-repetition-creates-an-illusion-of-truthhttps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/truth/https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40129https://web.archive.org/web/20080516080032/http://www.tbo.com/life/kentstate.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Normanhttps://dks.library.kent.edu/cgi-bin/kentstate?a=d&amp;d=dks20101116-01.2.2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R9QROhm1Sk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

50 years ago this week, 4 students were killed by National Guardsmen at Kent State. But nobody can agree on who fired first. And the only man who knows the truth is a car salesmen who lives on a mountain. Covered Topics: Kent State, Terry Norman, National Guard, Kent State Shootings, My Lai Massacre, Vietnam, Pontius Pilate, Objective Truth, Friedrich Nietzsche, Eugene Wigner, Massimiliano Proietti, Perspectivism, Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer, William SchroederFurther Reading:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y5cftds7-8" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y5cftds7-8</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN7PUy8ZrQE" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN7PUy8ZrQE</a><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-how-repetition-creates-an-illusion-of-truth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-how-repetition-creates-an-illusion-of-truth</a><a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/truth/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/truth/</a><a href="https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40129" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40129</a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080516080032/http:/www.tbo.com/life/kentstate.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080516080032/http://www.tbo.com/life/kentstate.htm</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Norman" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Norman</a><a href="https://dks.library.kent.edu/cgi-bin/kentstate?a=d&amp;d=dks20101116-01.2.2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://dks.library.kent.edu/cgi-bin/kentstate?a=d&amp;d=dks20101116-01.2.2</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R9QROhm1Sk" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R9QROhm1Sk</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

306: What Really Happened at Kent State?

When I was a reporter, I got the chance to talk to a man after he died. If you're close enough to someone, perhaps you're carrying a little piece of them inside you. Jump in and let's get weird.Covered Topics: Joe Kupchik, Optography, Wilhelm Kuhne, Erhard Reif, Elva Heaster, Douglas Hofstadter, Godel, Escher, Bach, Recursion, Edgar Allan Poe, Maura MurrayFurther Reading:https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/oh-joseph-kupchik-19-cleveland-12-feb-2006.113513/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/30608/elva-zona-heaster-ghost-who-helped-solve-her-own-murderhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jReX7qKU2ychttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-consciousness/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hofstadterhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201912/how-our-loved-ones-live-after-deathhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWZ2Bz0tS-s Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When I was a reporter, I got the chance to talk to a man after he died. If you're close enough to someone, perhaps you're carrying a little piece of them inside you. Jump in and let's get weird.Covered Topics: Joe Kupchik, Optography, Wilhelm Kuhne, Erhard Reif, Elva Heaster, Douglas Hofstadter, Godel, Escher, Bach, Recursion, Edgar Allan Poe, Maura MurrayFurther Reading:<a href="https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/oh-joseph-kupchik-19-cleveland-12-feb-2006.113513/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/oh-joseph-kupchik-19-cleveland-12-feb-2006.113513/</a><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/30608/elva-zona-heaster-ghost-who-helped-solve-her-own-murder" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/30608/elva-zona-heaster-ghost-who-helped-solve-her-own-murder</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jReX7qKU2yc" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jReX7qKU2yc</a><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-consciousness/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-consciousness/</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hofstadter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hofstadter</a><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201912/how-our-loved-ones-live-after-death" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201912/how-our-loved-ones-live-after-death</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWZ2Bz0tS-s" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWZ2Bz0tS-</a>s Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

305: How to Interview a Victim After They’re Dead

What is reasonable doubt? Can it be defined? Who does it really help?Covered topics: Caylee Anthony, Reasonable Doubt, Standard of Proof, William Blackstone, Victor V. Nebraska, Rene Descartes, Cartesian DoubtFurther Reading:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvIdgW74LCkhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-anthony-reaction/anthony-verdict-a-victory-for-reasonable-doubt-experts-say-idUSTRE7646U820110705http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2011/07/nancy_grace_explains_what_the.htmlhttps://abcnews.go.com/US/casey_anthony_trial/casey-anthony-juror-jury-sick-stomach-guilty-verdict/story?id=14005609https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD3rqRwPPckhttps://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/10/supreme-court-nonunanimous-juries-oral-argument.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/15/magazine/split-jurors.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is reasonable doubt? Can it be defined? Who does it really help?Covered topics: Caylee Anthony, Reasonable Doubt, Standard of Proof, William Blackstone, Victor V. Nebraska, Rene Descartes, Cartesian DoubtFurther Reading:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvIdgW74LCk" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvIdgW74LCk</a><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-anthony-reaction/anthony-verdict-a-victory-for-reasonable-doubt-experts-say-idUSTRE7646U820110705" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-anthony-reaction/anthony-verdict-a-victory-for-reasonable-doubt-experts-say-idUSTRE7646U820110705</a><a href="http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2011/07/nancy_grace_explains_what_the.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2011/07/nancy_grace_explains_what_the.html</a><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/casey_anthony_trial/casey-anthony-juror-jury-sick-stomach-guilty-verdict/story?id=14005609" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://abcnews.go.com/US/casey_anthony_trial/casey-anthony-juror-jury-sick-stomach-guilty-verdict/story?id=14005609</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD3rqRwPPck" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD3rqRwPPck</a><a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/10/supreme-court-nonunanimous-juries-oral-argument.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/10/supreme-court-nonunanimous-juries-oral-argument.html</a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/15/magazine/split-jurors.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/15/magazine/split-jurors.html</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

304: Is Reasonable Doubt Reasonable?

Not all those who wander are lost. Most of us fantasize about started a new life somewhere. Few of us succeed.Covered Topics: Maura Murray, John List, Patrick McDermott, John J. Nazarian, Evan Ratliff, Alan Watts, Ken Lay, Plato, David HumeFurther Reading:https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-personal/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trqDnLNRuSc&amp;t=312shttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-06-18-mn-3671-story.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Listhttps://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/list-john-emil.htmhttp://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2009445_2009447_2009502,00.htmlhttps://medium.com/@ephromjosine/after-the-death-of-jeffery-epstein-its-time-we-revisit-ken-lay-69ea22f41545https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2006/07/07/225351/-Ken-Lay-escapes-life-conviction-by-faking-his-deathhttps://www.wired.com/2009/11/ff-vanish2/https://www.wired.com/2009/08/gone-forever-what-does-it-take-to-really-disappear/https://www.alanwatts.org/life-of-alan-watts/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Wattshttps://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/08/24/alan-watts-this-is-it/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7ufX3VaTJc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Not all those who wander are lost. Most of us fantasize about started a new life somewhere. Few of us succeed.Covered Topics: Maura Murray, John List, Patrick McDermott, John J. Nazarian, Evan Ratliff, Alan Watts, Ken Lay, Plato, David HumeFurther Reading:<a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-personal/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-personal/</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trqDnLNRuSc&amp;t=312s" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trqDnLNRuSc&amp;t=312s</a><a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-06-18-mn-3671-story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-06-18-mn-3671-story.html</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_List" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_List</a><a href="https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/list-john-emil.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/list-john-emil.htm</a><a href="http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2009445_2009447_2009502,00.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2009445_2009447_2009502,00.html</a><a href="https://medium.com/@ephromjosine/after-the-death-of-jeffery-epstein-its-time-we-revisit-ken-lay-69ea22f41545" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://medium.com/@ephromjosine/after-the-death-of-jeffery-epstein-its-time-we-revisit-ken-lay-69ea22f41545</a><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2006/07/07/225351/-Ken-Lay-escapes-life-conviction-by-faking-his-death" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2006/07/07/225351/-Ken-Lay-escapes-life-conviction-by-faking-his-death</a><a href="https://www.wired.com/2009/11/ff-vanish2/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/2009/11/ff-vanish2/</a><a href="https://www.wired.com/2009/08/gone-forever-what-does-it-take-to-really-disappear/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/2009/08/gone-forever-what-does-it-take-to-really-disappear/</a><a href="https://www.alanwatts.org/life-of-alan-watts/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.alanwatts.org/life-of-alan-watts/</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Watts" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Watts</a><a href="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/08/24/alan-watts-this-is-it/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/08/24/alan-watts-this-is-it/</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7ufX3VaTJc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7ufX3VaTJc</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

303: Is It Still Possible to Disappear Without A Trace And Start A New Life?

Learn about the "Mean World Syndrome" and how the world is actually safer than you think.Topics: Mean World Syndrome, George Gerbner, Logical Fallacies, Aristotle, Serial Killer's ApprenticeFurther reading:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_world_syndromehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gerbnerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-0E4qHqZ5ohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacyhttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/relationships/the-rise-of-mean-world-syndrome-in-social-media/article21481089/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/oscars-la-la-land-moonlight-arab-muslim-actor-audition-terrorist-i-am-done-a7595261.htmlhttps://www.cleveland.com/metro/2010/01/gun_bullets_knives_pulled_from.htmlhttps://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1997/05/the-man-who-counts-the-killings/376850/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/03/obituaries/george-gerbner-86-researcher-who-studied-violence-on-tv-is-dead.htmlhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-citys-murder-rate-hit-new-low-in-2018-11546559793https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/10/17/facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/https://www.txstate.edu/philosophy/resources/fallacy-definitions/Equivocation.htmlhttps://www2.palomar.edu/users/bthompson/Secundum%20Quid.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qb-h0sXkH4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn about the "Mean World Syndrome" and how the world is actually safer than you think.Topics: Mean World Syndrome, George Gerbner, Logical Fallacies, Aristotle, Serial Killer's ApprenticeFurther reading:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_world_syndrome" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_world_syndrome</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gerbner" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gerbner</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-0E4qHqZ5o" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-0E4qHqZ5o</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy</a><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/relationships/the-rise-of-mean-world-syndrome-in-social-media/article21481089/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/relationships/the-rise-of-mean-world-syndrome-in-social-media/article21481089/</a><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/oscars-la-la-land-moonlight-arab-muslim-actor-audition-terrorist-i-am-done-a7595261.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/oscars-la-la-land-moonlight-arab-muslim-actor-audition-terrorist-i-am-done-a7595261.html</a><a href="https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2010/01/gun_bullets_knives_pulled_from.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2010/01/gun_bullets_knives_pulled_from.html</a><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1997/05/the-man-who-counts-the-killings/376850/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1997/05/the-man-who-counts-the-killings/376850/</a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/03/obituaries/george-gerbner-86-researcher-who-studied-violence-on-tv-is-dead.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/03/obituaries/george-gerbner-86-researcher-who-studied-violence-on-tv-is-dead.html</a><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-citys-murder-rate-hit-new-low-in-2018-11546559793" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-citys-murder-rate-hit-new-low-in-2018-11546559793</a><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/10/17/facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/10/17/facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/</a><a href="https://www.txstate.edu/philosophy/resources/fallacy-definitions/Equivocation.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.txstate.edu/philosophy/resources/fallacy-definitions/Equivocation.html</a><a href="https://www2.palomar.edu/users/bthompson/Secundum%20Quid.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www2.palomar.edu/users/bthompson/Secundum%20Quid.html</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qb-h0sXkH4" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qb-h0sXkH4</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

302: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Or Is It?

When a crime is committed, a clock begins to tick. If you're not charged before time runs out, you can never be prosecuted. But why?Topics Covered: Ted Conrad, Demosthenes, Statute of Limitations, Phormion, Bill Cosby, Andrea Constand, John Demjanjuk, Amnesty, Thirty Tyrants, Critias, Emmanuel Levinas, Hannah Arendt, Charles Griswold, Amy MihaljevicFurther Reading:https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1107&amp;context=facpubshttps://www.cleveland.com/metro/2008/01/theodore_john_conrad_the_fbi_h.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlT5Ez_Hfaohttps://people.com/crime/who-is-andrea-constand-bill-cosby-accuser/https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/forgiveness/https://www.cleveland.com/crime/2019/10/east-cleveland-event-gives-job-seeking-residents-convicted-of-non-violent-crimes-chance-to-apply-for-amnesty-or-expungement.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When a crime is committed, a clock begins to tick. If you're not charged before time runs out, you can never be prosecuted. But why?Topics Covered: Ted Conrad, Demosthenes, Statute of Limitations, Phormion, Bill Cosby, Andrea Constand, John Demjanjuk, Amnesty, Thirty Tyrants, Critias, Emmanuel Levinas, Hannah Arendt, Charles Griswold, Amy MihaljevicFurther Reading:<a href="https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1107&amp;context=facpubs" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1107&amp;context=facpubs</a><a href="https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2008/01/theodore_john_conrad_the_fbi_h.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2008/01/theodore_john_conrad_the_fbi_h.html</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlT5Ez_Hfao" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlT5Ez_Hfao</a><a href="https://people.com/crime/who-is-andrea-constand-bill-cosby-accuser/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://people.com/crime/who-is-andrea-constand-bill-cosby-accuser/</a><a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/forgiveness/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/forgiveness/</a><a href="https://www.cleveland.com/crime/2019/10/east-cleveland-event-gives-job-seeking-residents-convicted-of-non-violent-crimes-chance-to-apply-for-amnesty-or-expungement.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cleveland.com/crime/2019/10/east-cleveland-event-gives-job-seeking-residents-convicted-of-non-violent-crimes-chance-to-apply-for-amnesty-or-expungement.html</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

301: Why Do Some Crimes Have a Statute of Limitations?

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Are killers born or are they made? Does everyone have the capacity to commit murder? Why is true crime so popular today? The Philosophy of Crime tackles the biggest questions about unsolved mysteries by looking to classical philosophy for answers. Hosted by award-winning journalist, James Renner, author of True Crime Addict. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Philosophy of Crime

One of the most important tools to detectives is a heuristic known as Occam's Razor. But you must wield it carefully or you end up hurting the wrong people.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One of the most important tools to detectives is a heuristic known as Occam's Razor. But you must wield it carefully or you end up hurting the wrong people. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

103: What is Occam's Razor?

A brief history of crime reporting and how we screwed it up in America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A brief history of crime reporting and how we screwed it up in America. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

104: How Should the Media Cover Crime?

You're not a murderer, right? You wouldn't even hurt a fly, would you? Don't be so sure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You're not a murderer, right? You wouldn't even hurt a fly, would you? Don't be so sure. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

105: Does Everyone Have the Capacity to Kill?

We want so desperately to go back in time and stop a crime from happening. But we can't change the past. Or can we? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We want so desperately to go back in time and stop a crime from happening. But we can't change the past. Or can we? Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

106: Effect & Cause

The world has changed. A new tool has been created to solve the coldest cases. And if we're not careful, it'll be taken away from us in a heartbeat.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The world has changed. A new tool has been created to solve the coldest cases. And if we're not careful, it'll be taken away from us in a heartbeat. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

206: The Ethics of Familial DNA

FBI profilers are the mystical heroes of law enforcement, with the ability to look at a crime and imagine the suspect. But is it science or just wishful thinking? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FBI profilers are the mystical heroes of law enforcement, with the ability to look at a crime and imagine the suspect. But is it science or just wishful thinking? Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

203: Does Psychological Profiling Really Work?

On the record, police rarely admit to using psychics to solve crimes. But a surprising number of detectives often consult with soothsayers to discover new leads. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the record, police rarely admit to using psychics to solve crimes. But a surprising number of detectives often consult with soothsayers to discover new leads. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

205: Psychics and Crime

We've all heard the saying, "Lie detectors can't be used in a court of law." But is that really true? And can a machine ever really know the mind of a man? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've all heard the saying, "Lie detectors can't be used in a court of law." But is that really true? And can a machine ever really know the mind of a man? Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

201: Are Lie Detectors Reliable?

Charles Manson never killed anybody. He tricked his friends into doing it for him. But how? And could any one of us be tricked into doing evil deeds? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charles Manson never killed anybody. He tricked his friends into doing it for him. But how? And could any one of us be tricked into doing evil deeds? Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

202: How Do Psychopaths Convince Others to Kill?

In the United States, we still execute prisoners for a variety of crimes. We are one of the last civilized societies to do so. Why is capital punishment so popular, here?  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the United States, we still execute prisoners for a variety of crimes. We are one of the last civilized societies to do so. Why is capital punishment so popular, here? Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

204: Why Do We Still Have the Death Penalty?

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