A fugitive wanted for murder stares at two newlyweds through a window on their back porch in Dover, Kansas on a Saturday morning in 2009. He makes them an offer: $10,000 to hide him, please. Cheetos, Dr. Pepper, and a Robin Williams movie seal the deal. Or did it? In State v. Dimmick, Reb begs you to either get it in writing or lock your door. CASE STARTS: 4:50 WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/NcziP4Q0Prk Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and @Rebmasel on TikTok :) Learn more...

Today, there are over five million Native Americans in the United States, 22% of whom live on reservations. Native American women are murdered at a rate 10x the national average, and are 2.5x more likely to be victims of sexual assault. A majority of these violent crimes are perpetrated by non-tribal members on Tribal Lands, and over half of them are never investigated or prosecuted. Why? Reb has a few ideas. Listen to her untangle every "what the f*#k?!" in United States v. Cooley...

The 1980s were a lawless time for the funeral home community. This is the insane true story of David Sconce, the mortician who would stop at nothing to corner the market on death in the City of Angels. Listen to Reb dodge burning feet and murder conspiracies in People v. Sconce. CASE BEGINS: 10:20 *** WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/neF3ie5dtbA *** Sources: Article: "The Mortician and The Murderer," by Angella d'Avignon for Topic.com (2019) Book: "A Family Business," by Ken...

The Guantánamo Bay detention center is a 45-mile stretch of land the U.S. has leased from Cuba since the Spanish-American War. After 9/11, President Bush needed a place where Due Process, the courts, and lawyers couldn't reach 780 men and boys, many of whom were sold to the U.S. military for a $5,000 bounty. Who and what have we kept at Guantánamo Bay for the last 22 years? Terrorists? No. A legal blackhole? Yes. *** WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@RebuttalPod Follow @RebuttalPod...

Trigger Warnings: Graphic descriptions of execution by lethal injection and men who whine on the record. In that order. *** U.S. District Judge Deborah A. Batts, the *first* openly gay federal judge in the U.S. (!!!): https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/annual-observances/pride-month Support the Human Rights Defense Center: https://www.humanrightsdefensecenter.org/donate/ *** FOLLOW US: https://www.instagram.com/rebuttalpod/ WATCH US:...

Our powers in the sky (the NTSB and the FAA) apparently think liars are more dangerous than absolutely terrible pilots. Crack open a bottle of wine and listen to a pilot horror story. Fly at your own risk. Hopefully the moose waves back at us before we hit a mountain. Reb flies you through clear, Alaskan, pathological skies in U.S. v. Kirst (2022). WATCH ON YOUTUBE: ⁠https://youtu.be/6c4HX85g1wk Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and @Rebmasel on TikTok :) *** Alaska Pilot Sentenced in...

Deadly weapons are between our legs, trains, and automobiles. Yep, you read that right. Reb gives us a front row seat to three freak "accidents" that will convince you the universe hates some people a little more than most. Buckle up. Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and @Rebmasel on TikTok :) *** WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/pqNYYww8nQw *** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reb picks up where we left off in Part 1. The cannibals have been saved....Or so they thought. Hear how the 1883 murder case of Regina v. Dudley & Stephens shaped the defense of "necessity" and decided, once and for all, that eating people is........? WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/NLpgPmRaZFo *** SOURCE: "Is Eating People Wrong?" by Allan C. Huchinson. *** FOLLOW REB ON: TikTok: @rebmasel Instagram: @rebmasel Twitter: @rebmasel FOLLOW REBUTTAL POD ON: Instagram:...

In 1883, one rich lawyer's dream of being in a yacht club ends with the answer to a very important legal question: "Is eating people wrong?" Reb takes us back to a controversial case on the sea that changed criminal law forever. REB'S LIFE UPDATE: 0:00 to 9:20 CASE STARTS: 9:20- WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/N2TLONFBQBs Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and @Rebmasel on TikTok :) *** SOURCE: "Is Eating People Wrong?" by Allan C. Hutchinson. *** Learn more about your ad...

In 2004, Taruk Ben-Ali left his new wife to start a new life....somewhere else. At least, that's what his dad said. Reb shows you what's behind a dad's love and a very thin wall in the case of Estate of Ben-Ali (2013). WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: ⁠ https://youtu.be/KnbEgRWcgSw Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and @Rebmasel on TikTok :) *** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A lumberjack, a frying pan, a diaper, a shootout, and a fridge that severed a hand. **Select BONUS EPISODES will be available in video format to future Patreon subscribers at a later date** *** SUPPORT CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM HERE: ⁠⁠https://givingcompass.org/topics/criminal-justice?subcategories=criminal-justice⁠ AND HERE: ⁠⁠https://www.sentencingproject.org⁠ SUPPORT PUBLIC DEFENSE HERE: ⁠⁠https://www.gideonspromise.org/⁠⁠ AND HERE: ⁠www.innocenceproject.org⁠⁠⁠ AND HERE:...

On October 23, 2000, 12-year old Ansche Hedgepeth ate a single french fry in the Tenleytown-AU Metro station in Washington, D.C. on her way home from Alice Deal Junior High. Within seconds, she was in handcuffs. Why? Because a D.C. law dared to ask a simple question: "What if we just...arrested all the kids?"....Reb unpacks Hedgepeth v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit. [TW: ARREST OF MINOR CHILDREN] FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/i4bYMAB1BAc Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram...

What is a “sterile area” of an airport? What happens if a man enters one, poses as a foreign ambassador, and then flies with a mystery pouch from Chicago to LA? Does that man at least have a G&T on the plane before the FBI starts scrambling? Reb breaks it all down in United States v. Flint. FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/4wBpED4AXv8 *** SUPPORT CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM HERE: ⁠https://givingcompass.org/topics/criminal-justice?subcategories=criminal-justice⁠ AND HERE:...