Criminal defense attorneys Jessa Nicholson Goetz and Nicholas (Nick) Gansner discuss high profile trials, defense strategies, popular culture’s fixation on crime, and all other things related to criminal justice and criminal law. We try to use actual trial records and motions to explain how a verdict is reached in cases that surprise people, and to highlight some lesser known cases. We also like to talk about bail, criminal justice reform, juvenile justice, etc. We think we are kind of funny some days, and hope you do, too. Other days, we're pretty angry, and we hope you are, too. This is...
In the final episode in the Rodney King series Jessa and Nick point out exactly where they think the defense won the case. They also find facts that could have supported a different verdict as they discuss the defendants' testimony and the prosecutor’s style of cross examination. The episodes...
Published 08/26/20
Done talking about jury selection now! On to....why a victim might not testify, opening statements, and the like.
Published 08/12/20
In this episode, Jessa and Nick take turns yelling into the void. In the first half, Nick continues to be psychologically tortured by the second change of venue question that prioritises convenience over The Constitution. He then passes the soapbox to Jessa, who careens off track to yell about...
Published 08/05/20