Episode 5: ”True Crime on Trial”

Grace & Kyleigh go to court. Three experts — researcher Kat Albretch, lawyer Laura Menninger, and professor Emily Murphy — help make sense of the tangled relationship between true crime media and criminal justice. 

“How Science Solves Crime,” Time Magazine, 2002

“‘CSI’ is going ballistic,” Variety, 2002

“The CSI Effect,” U.S. News, 2005 

“The Serial Effect,” Kat Albrecht & Kaitlyn Filip, New Mexico Law Review, 2023

“Timeline: The Adnan Syed Case.” NYT, 2024. 

“Remembering O.J. Simpson’s Bronco chase,” NYT, 2019

“Sam Bankman-Fried Is Found Guilty of 7 Counts of Fraud and Conspiracy,” NYT, 2023

“Johnny Depp Jury Finds That Amber Heard Defamed Him,” NYT, 2022

“The Actual Malice of the Johnny Depp Trial,” NYT, 2022

“The Cases Against Trump: A Guide,” The Atlantic, 2024 

“Trying on Bloody Gloves, Simpson Finds Them Tight,” NYT, 1995

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