A sexual predator with prior convictions holds a woman hostage in a small box for four months. How do we as a society determine a person's likelihood to reoffend? On what grounds?
In this episode, the protocol for measuring the probability of future crimes is examined, along with the severe cost of getting it wrong.
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Justice for Baby Eli - Part II
The man accused of killing Baby Eli fled the United States and disappeared into Mexico. What followed was a years-long international manhunt involving the United States Marshals Service, local detectives, Interpol, and Mexican authorities.In Episode Two, hear how investigators tr ... Show More
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May 11
Justice for Baby Eli - Part I
A six-week-old baby is rushed to a hospital in upstate New York after first responders find him blue and struggling to breathe. Hours later, Baby Eli is dead. What begins as a tragic emergency quickly turns into a shocking homicide investigation involving drugs, abuse, deception, ... Show More
49m 38s
Jul 2021
"Felony at the Firing Range" Theora Hix Pt. 2
Dr. James Snook was a respected veterinarian, family man, and former Olympian. But by the time his trial was over, he was a condemned murderer. Revealing details about his affair with Theora that were too salacious to print, Snook confessed to the gruesome events that ended his y ... Show More
38m 48s
Jan 2014
Jungle Deep - Episode 28 Tigers Forever
How do camera traps work? How has poaching changed over time? How many tigers are left in the wild? What is the greatest need for saving tigers from extinction? Science and nature writer, Sharon Guynup, and National Geographic photographer, Steve Winter, answer these and many mor ... Show More
32m 37s
Oct 2022
Susan Polk Pt. 1: Meeting the Therapist
Twenty years ago, a heinous crime unfolded in a California pool house. The seeds of it were planted in the 1970s, when the Bay Area’s rising star in adolescent therapy, Dr. Felix Polk, met a new patient: 15-year-old Susan Bolling. They took a shine to each other almost immediatel ... Show More
46m 31s
Sep 2022
Chapter 2 | Combee Critters
Chapter 2 of 9 Leo’s friends and family search desperately for Michelle around Lakeland, Florida. Three days later, her body is found in a phosphate mining pit with 26 stab wounds. Leo is arrested, charged with first degree murder, and faces the electric chair. For photos, images ... Show More
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