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There can be problems when using confidential informants and hearsay evidence, especially when a man's freedom is at stake. Lawyer Dean Embry's conversation with Kevin Donovan provides a back story for our Murder on Mount Olive investigation. 

In this bonus episode, we hear a top cop's story of being Black and on the job in one of Canada's biggest police forces. Listen to Keith Merith's conversation with Kevin Donovan, providing a back story for our Murder on Mount Olive investigation. 

It's now been 13 years. Chris reflects on decisions he made. The friends he had. Staying out that hot night in August instead of going home. And on what he would do if he is ever released. In the final episode of the series, we offer him a potential lifeline. Tell us what really ... Show More

There’s been a major development this week for the appeal hopes of one of the country’s most notorious criminals. Tony Mokbel, who became a household name during Melbourne’s gangland wars in the early noughties, could soon walk free, after a judge ruled his lawyer had perverted t ... Show More

Former attorney Alex Murdaugh received a 40-year prison sentence in federal court for his financial crimes.United States District Judge Richard M. Gergel handed down the sentence on April 1 at the United States District Courthouse in Charleston.In this latest episode, Anne Emerso ... Show More

On Wednesday, Bryan Kohberger pled guilty to the 2022 Idaho student murders at a hearing inside the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho. Kohberger initially pled not guilty to the murders when indicted in 2023. Given the gruesome nature of the crimes, prosecutors voiced their i ... Show More

<p>Brian McHugh has been found guilty of killing Lisa Thompson at her home in Ballymun in 2022, a gangland killer has his trial for threatening to kill a prison officer moved due to fears he’ll be shot dead by the Hutch Organised Crime Group, and the judge in the trial of Nikita ... Show More

<p>Josh Mankiewicz talks with Dennis Murphy about his episode “Shining Star.” In 2009, criminal defense attorney, Chiquita Tate, was found stabbed to death in her Baton Rouge, Louisiana law office. After an exhaustive investigation, authorities zero in on their suspect. Chiquita’ ... Show More

<p>In Texas, a verdict in the trial of the woman prosecutors say poisoned her fifth husband. In Manhattan, Sean Combs is sentenced to more than four years in prison by a federal judge. Updates in the Karina Cooper, Ghislane Maxwell, and Brian Walshe cases. Plus, Lester Holt joins ... Show More

<p>Tim Owen KC is a criminal barrister who has sat as a Deputy High Court Judge. He is a co-host of <a href= "https://pod.link/1633485236"><em>Double Jeopardy: The Law and Politics Podcast</em></a>. </p> <p>You can find the sentencing guidelines for all offences heard in the Magi ... Show More

In a shocking turn of events, Alex Murdaugh, the once-revered attorney, has admitted guilt to a series of financial crimes, a move that has rippled through the legal community and the public alike. With the looming shadow of his murder trial still hanging overhead, Murdaugh's con ... Show More