This final episode of the podcast covers the last two days of the trial -- the victim impact statements, the defense's sole mitigation witness, and the jury's sentencing recommendations. As always, a content warning for discussion of the eve

The Trial of James Alex Fields - Episode 8: December 7

Dec 8th, 2018 4m 39s

This is a short but important update: James Alex Fields, Jr was found guilty on all counts. We'll hear victim impact statements & the defense's mitigation witnesses next week before the jury deliberates on sentencing recommendations. As always,

The Trial of James Alex Fields - Episode 7: December 6

Dec 7th, 2018 40m 17s

This episode covers the final two witnesses for the defense, jury instructions, and closing arguments. General content warning for discussion of the events of August 12, 2017. While there is little to no specifically graphic testimony, closi

The Trial of James Alex Fields - Episode 6: December 4

Dec 5th, 2018 30m 55s

CONTENT WARNING: this episode contains descriptions of audio and video of statements made by james alex fields in the immediate aftermath of his vehicular attack on august 12, 2017. while it does not contain any detailed descriptions of the att

The Trial of James Alex Fields - Episode 5: December 3

Dec 4th, 2018 20m 41s

CONTENT WARNING: this episode contains descriptions of extremely graphic testimony from victims of the august 12th car attack, including descriptions of death. This episode covers the testimony of the 9 witnesses for the commonwealth who test

The Trial of James Alex Fields - Episode 4: November 30

Dec 2nd, 2018 36m 28s

CONTENT WARNING: this episode contains descriptions of extremely graphic testimony from victims of the august 12th car attack, including descriptions of death. A transcript of the episode can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/

The Trial of James Alex Fields - Episode 3: November 29

Nov 30th, 2018 31m 46s

CONTENT WARNING: this episode contains descriptions of extremely graphic testimony from victims of the august 12th car attack. With jury selection completed, we started the morning with peremptory strikes. A final jury was sworn in and we he

The Trial of James Alex Fields - Episode 2: November 27

Nov 28th, 2018 8m 11s

Just a short (and fairly uninteresting) update tonight -- we're on day two of jury selection in the trial of James Alex Fields. We're still ten jurors short of the 28 required before the final 16 jurors can be chosen. Jury selection is expected

The Trial of James Alex Fields - Episode 1: November 26

Nov 27th, 2018 17m 19s

This episode covers the first day of the trial. Jury selection is moving along slowly and is expected to continue through Tuesday, possibly into Wednesday morning. This episode also contains discussion of possible witnesses for the defense & t

The Trial of James Alex Fields - Nov 24 - Episode Zero

Nov 24th, 2018 22m 42s

Everyone listening to this podcast already knows what James Alex Fields is accused of. Episode Zero is a preview of the upcoming trial. In August 2017, Nazis marched on our streets. They came with shields and guns and hate. They came ready to c

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