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If you enjoy the true stories told in Not Guilty, check out this episode from our series Crimes of Passion: Just because John and Lorena Bobbitt were acquitted for their individual crimes in 1994 didn't mean their challenges were behind them. But while Lorena used her verdict to grow beyond her history of abuse, John devolved into a world of D-list celebrity and continued domestic violence.
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If you enjoy the true stories told in Not Guilty, check out this episode from our series Crimes of Passion: After the now-infamous maiming on June 23rd, 1993, Lorena and John both faced criminal charges. Lorena for the violent wounding and John for the years of abuse that led to her actions.
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If you enjoy the true stories told in Not Guilty, check out this episode from our series Crimes of Passion: Lorena Bobbitt thought she'd found her piece of the American dream when she married John Bobbitt in 1989. But her fantasy was quickly shattered; John was abusive. Eventually, after years of violence, Lorena tried to escape.
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For eight months, lawyers argued the case against O.J. Simpson. Prosecutors laid out a narrative of domestic violence and showed DNA evidence. The defense blamed racist cops. And the world waited as a jury would decide his fate.
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On the evening of June 12th, 1994, the body of Nicole Brown Simpson was found on the steps outside her condominium, in a pool of her own blood. The corpse of Ron Goldman was sprawled in the nearby bushes. And the bloody clues lead right to the door of Nicole's ex-husband...O.J. Simpson.
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Here’s one of our listeners’ most requested episodes of 2019: In October of 1819, the two Boorn brothers, 27-year-old Jesse and 31-year-old Stephen, stood trial for the murder of their brother-in-law, Russell Colvin.
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Here’s one of our listeners’ most requested episodes of 2019: Jesse and Stephen Boorn never liked their sister’s husband, Russell Colvin. They would become prime suspects in connection with Colvin’s disappearance in 1812.
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Here’s one of our listeners’ most requested episodes of 2019: In July of 1925, William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow finally faced off in Judge Raulston’s courtroom in Dayton, Tennessee. The future of American morality was on the line.
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Here’s one of our listeners’ most requested episodes of 2019: The state of Tennessee saw the Theory of Evolution as a direct assault on Christian values and therefore banned the subject from classrooms. The resulting criminal charges against science teacher John T. Scopes in 1925 grew into one of the most notable landmark court cases in American history.
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In the summer of 2000, Kareem White stood trial for drug charges that he insisted were false. Over 30 other defendants had been convicted ahead of him. But White insisted that all of the Tulia cases were shams, trumped-up charges fabricated by narcotics officer Tom Coleman.
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In 1999, the town of Tulia, Texas was rocked by the racially motivated arrests of 46 people—39 of them African American. This resulted in 38 convictions for various drug charges with sentences of up to 90 years in prison.
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Following the 1981 attempted assassination of President, Ronald Regan, FBI agents interviewed John Hinckley, Jr. and were certain they had an open and shut case. But they soon realized the case was much more complicated than they imagined.
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Driven by an obsessive fixation, John Hinckley Jr. would ultimately cause one of the most shocking events in recent American history: the 1981 attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan.
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On May 17, 1973, the Senate Select Committee began its hearings of several key witnesses in the Watergate break-in. What they would uncover would shock the country, dismantle a powerful presidency, and shake Americans' trust in the office of the president for years to come.
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In 1972, a break-in at the Watergate office complex in Washington D.C. had the FBI investigating what they thought was an ordinary burglary. But when the evidence led them to the White House, they uncovered what would become the biggest political scandal of the 20th century.
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After his wife Sunny von Bülow fell into a mysterious coma in 1980, Claus von Bülow was charged with her attempted murder. A high-profile trial would follow—resulting in a shocking verdict, and ultimately, a momentous acquittal.
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Sunny von Bülow collapsed in her Rhode Island home in December of 1980—inexplicably falling into a coma, ultimately never to recover. An investigation would soon be launched by her children into the possible involvement of their step-father, socialite Claus von Bülow.
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Buffalo, NY: After being arrested for the murder of her thirteen-year-old daughter in 1993, we follow Lynn Peters’ criminal proceedings, and also examine the shocking cold-case investigation that uncovered new evidence...13 years later.
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In 1993, Lynn DeJac Peters found her 13 year old daughter naked and dead. A year later, Peters found herself convicted of her daughter’s murder.
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By 1895, a middle-aged Charles Chilton Moore had been arrested three times due to libel, blasphemy, and the mailing of "obscene materials". But Moore simply used his subsequent imprisonments to further his cause, bringing national attention to his fight for separation between church and state. And ultimately, after more arrests and trials, becoming one of the major catalysts that helped expand the definition of free speech.
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