Getting Off

Jessa and Nick launch into some of the responsibilities a prosecutor has with regard to exculpatory evidence, as well as some of the social science about false allegations, all as a backdrop to discussing the Duke Lacrosse "rape" case.

Jessa and Nick conclude their discussion of the Michael Peterson case, including some of the rogue alternative theories of the cause of death.

Jessa and Nick are back, and launch into the North Carolina homicide case involving Michael Peterson.

Nick makes an honest and concerted effort to defend the system that resulted in Kalief Browder's suicide whilst Jessa basically loses her mind.

Jessa and Nick rage against the machine while discussing the tragic circumstances of Kalief Browder's incarceration.

Jessa and Nick finish their discussion of bail reform, and introduce the case they'll cover next week.

Jessa and Nick cover odds and ends relating to the Casey Anthony case, listener contributions, and introduce the topic of bail pre-trial.

Jessa and Nick struggle to work through the evidence presented at trial and reconcile it with the verdict.

Nick and Jessa talk about the extremely weird circumstances that led up to the capital trial of Casey Anthony.  We cannot stress enough: THIS CASE IS SO WEIRD.

After more than a little bit of a struggle, Jessa and Nick successfully upload the conclusion to their discussion of Larry Nassar.  (Spoiler alert: we just learned how to upload in longer increments than 45 minutes.  Yes, we're idiots.  But that means you'll get MORE from us.  So hurrah!)

Jessa and Nick talk about the sentencing in the Nassar case.

Jessa and Nick finish the historical timeline about the crimes of Larry Nassar and start to delve into the sentencing held in January 2018\.

Jessa and Nick present a previously unplanned series of episodes on Larry Nassar, the disgraced former Olympic doctor.  They cover the first part of the timeline in this episode, and, like many other serial abuser timelines (see also, R. Kelly), it takes them forever.

Nick and Jessa share their all time favorite commentary on how the news sometimes handles (or is forced to handle) cases, and announce their next "deep dive" case, which was chosen as a tribute to our friend Chelsea Cox, writer/producer of the podcast Deliberations. It's gonna be a big one, folks.

Jessa and Nick conclude their conversation about the Jordan Johnson trial.

Jessa & Nick cover the prosecution of the Johnson case.

Jessa and Nick finish their discussion of the disciplinary hearings against Jordan Johnson and then tackle pre-trial litigation.

Jessa & Nick sidebar to discuss Title IX disciplinary hearings.

Nick and Jessa begin their coverage of the Jordan Johnson university disciplinary hearings and trial.

Jessa and Nick talk affirmative consent, confusing jury verdicts, and the tension between the presumption of innocence and wanting to support victims/survivors of violence.  Chelsea Cox, the brilliant host of Deliberations Podcast guests and talks about her motivations for starting the compelling audio drama and what we can expect in Season 2\.