What's better than getting a case dismissed? A NOT GUILTY Verdict, that's what!Check out this special second episode of Legally Unfiltered where Franz and Rich sit down with Jimmy Manasseh and Andre Belanger of the defense team for NBA Youngb

S4 E6 NBA Youngboy NOT GUILTY Pt. 1 01

Jul 28th, 2022 21m 37s

NBA Youngboy was recently found not guilty of illegally being in possession of a firearm. Anyone in criminal defense knows this is a unicorn of a win, so when one like this happens it makes a big splash. Especially when it involves someone who

S4 E5 Depp Trial Straight Poop

Apr 28th, 2022 21m 58s

Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard... there is so much to unpack here!!! Franz and Rich are back with another great episode discussing the things in life that really matter. Like the private lives of celebrities...If you want to get the straight poo

S4 E2 Lost Evidence And The January 6 Insurrection

Feb 5th, 2022 21m 35s

When evidence gets lost, bad things can happen. People can be wrongly convicted, or sometimes guilty can go free. It happened in Louisiana in a high level child pornography trial, and it may be happening on the national stage with regards to th

S4 E1 Bad Jurors, Lost Evidence, NIL Deals

Jan 24th, 2022 21m 41s

What do Ghislaine Maxwell and college athletes all have in common? They are all topics on this, the season 4 premier of Legally Unfiltered!That's right, gang! Franz and Rich are back on the mics again! Pull up a chair, grab your favorite beve

S3 E16 Attorney General Sues Reporter Over Public Records Request

Feb 13th, 2021 21m 51s

When the media wants to know information from government entities, they typically file public information requests. These are usually granted, unless there is some very good reason to deny them. What happens when the press wants to know about a

S3 E15 Virtual Classrooms And BB Guns

Oct 29th, 2020 20m 33s

Aside from obvious exceptions, what you do in your own home is your business, right? Likewise, what you have in your home is your business right? What about your bedroom? Is what you lawfully have in your own bedroom your business? Not accordin

S3 E14 Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Hearings

Oct 22nd, 2020 20m 41s

Even wondered how a Supreme Court Nomination hearing is supposed to work? If you watched the hearings for Amy Coney Barrett, you may be wondering "Is this how it is supposed to be?" Spoiler alert - It isn't.Check out this episode where your h

S3 E13 Mandatory Vaccines

Oct 15th, 2020 20m 28s

What if a vaccine were developed and approved for use on humans, and the government REQUIRED everyone to get it? Would you? Would you refuse? What if there were penalties for disobeying this order? Can the government force you to place things

S3 E12 Presidential Tax Problems

Oct 3rd, 2020 21m 25s

News reports about President Trump's tax returns are EVERYWHERE, but Attorneys Franz and Richard like to get their info from the best source possible. Enter Prof. Phillip Hackney, of the Pittsburgh University School of Law who joined us to exp

S3 E11 Pandemic Tort Reform

May 9th, 2020 22m 45s

Does the law protect employers from suits stemming from the pandemic? If not, should it? Should legislatures also change other tort laws while they are at it? Franz and Rich dive into this contentious topic this time on Legally Unfiltered.

S3 E10 Church And COVID - 19

Apr 2nd, 2020 44m 37s

Quarantined... not much fun. Especially if you are a pastor who really wants to hold church services. Recently a Pastor in Central, Louisiana was issued summons for 6 counts of violating the Governor's stay at home order. Is this a constitut

S3 E9 Pandemic Unfiltered

Mar 25th, 2020 22m 23s

The pandemic is upon us, but we have one last show ready to go. Franz and Rich sat down last week to discuss the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic on life as we know it. Things are going to be much different that what we are all used to, bu

S3 E8 No Gun Sales During Pandemic

Mar 18th, 2020 22m 23s

We are living in a whole new world...With the outbreak and spread of the Coronavirus, federal, state and local governments have enacted numerous restrictions aimed at protecting the public from the spread of this new contagion, but do they al

S3 E7 What You Never Knew You Didn't Know About Sexual Assualt Cases

Feb 19th, 2020 22m 14s

Sexual cases are all over the news, but what do you REALLY know about how these cases are handled? The Prosecutors represent the "State" while the Defense represents the accused, but who really stands up for the victims? Tune in to this all n

S3 E6 Racism On The Bench And Juror Bias

Feb 15th, 2020 22m 31s

The courtroom is intended to be the place where fairness is the fundamental ideology and judges are supposed to be the arbiters of justice and equity. What happens when a Judge turns out to be a blatant racist? How are we to view judicial dec

S3 E5 Coronavirus And The Law

Jan 29th, 2020 22m 10s

Can an outbreak of Coronavirus create legal problems? You better believe it can! Check out this all-new episode of Legally Unfiltered and listen to our hosts Richard Sprinkle and Franz N. Borghardt discuss ways that bugs can trigger legal iss

S3 E4 Fing Pig And New Orleans Clerk Shutdown

Jan 8th, 2020 21m 24s

Happy New Year! You know you missed us, and now Franz and Rich are back. On this episode we'll discuss the Police Officer who made a viral social media splash when he faked some anti-police hate speech by posting a picture of his coffee cup wh

S3 E3 Federal Animal Abuse Laws And Dudes In Diapers

Dec 19th, 2019 22m 8s

The President recently signed a law into effect making animal cruelty a federal crime punishable by a fine and up to 7 years in prison. Do we need a federal law when there are already state laws in place to cover such acts? Should we be affor

S3 E2 Is a $50 Million Dollar Bond Even Legal?

Dec 11th, 2019 22m 10s

When people get arrested, they usually are allowed to post a bond (also known as bail) to get out of jail pending trial. The price of the bond is often linked to the crime the individual defendant is accused of. The more serious the crime, th

S3 E1 Project Nightingale

Nov 20th, 2019 22m 22s

What if we told you that all of your medical records were now the property of a giant internet company? What if we told you your private medical information was now a product being traded on the open market?Sound crazy? It isn't...Google

S2 E23 Sandy Hook AR Lawsuit

Nov 13th, 2019 22m 21s

The Supreme Court has denied Remington's move to block a lawsuit filed by the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims. What does this mean? The case against the arms maker will proceed in a Connecticut court. Does this mean that gun manu

S2 E22 Difficulties With Domestic Abuse Cases

Nov 6th, 2019 22m 4s

One of the largest areas of criminal law that occupies a great deal of courts' time is domestic violence. You may be surprised to learn just how difficult it is to prosecute these cases as well as defend them. Listen in this week as Franz an

S2 E21 What Would You Do? - Jody Plauche Interview

Oct 30th, 2019 22m 7s

What would you do? Imagine your child was sexually assaulted and then kidnapped by his attacker. Gary Plauche answered that question publicly and in full view of television cameras when he shot and killed the man who sexually assaulted and ki

S2 E20 Sex In A Police Car And Death By Sex On The Job

Oct 2nd, 2019 21m 31s

When you gotta have it, you gotta have it.Imagine being struck by cupid's arrow as you are being arrested. What do you do? Do you scratch that itch even though you are about to be taken to jail? Spoiler alert: A couple in Florida recently di