Jan 31 2024 53 mins
Welcome Back Listeners!
In this episode of In Summation, Paul discusses a horror movie turned real life. Inspired by the 1996 horror classic, Scream, Brian Draper and Torey Adamcik donned ghostface masks, black robes, and hunting knives to murder their high school classmate and friend, Cassie Jo Stoddart. Not only did they stab her 30 times while she was alone, house sitting for relatives, but they filmed themselves talking about the act before, and after, the crime.
We look how two teenagers can sink to such moral depravity. We talk through interrogation techniques, and how good investigators narrow their focus on leads and ask the right questions. We discuss how and when a judge might decide to hold two trials, trying each defendant separately, instead of at the same time. And we answer one of the most common, and difficult, questions about being a defense attorney, "how can you defend awful people who have done such awful things?"
Strap in Slasher Flick fans, because this installment shows how real life puts Hollywood to shame. Enjoy!