Lifelong Friends on Death Row

There is an adage made popular in 1954 by President Eisenhower, that there are “no atheists in a fox hole.” The idea behind the phrase is that anyone who finds themselves in position of extreme stress, where death is all but imminent, he or she will seek comfort of a higher power ...  Show more

Craig Haney, who represented Jarvis Masters at his capital trial, is a social psychologist and a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, renown for is work on the front lines of the criminal justice system. Professor Haney explains why, ‘Jarvis’s case continues to ...  Show more

In this episode of True Crime Daily The Sidebar Podcast: Peter Tragos joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss Buster Murdaugh publicly stating he was not involved in Stephen Smith’s death, a judge’s ruling to remov ...  Show more

A jury finds Howard Pierson incapable of standing trial because he is insane. He’ll be sent to a mental health facility, not a prison. But there’s a caveat: if Howard is ever determined to be sane, he can be tried for killing his parents. We also find out more about Will Piers ...

The murder of Robbie O’Connor behind the walls of Mountjoy Jail has been a shocking and rare killing of an inmate in the Irish Prison System.Lured to a cell by his attackers and fatally injured in a matter of seconds, his brutal death is a reminder of the highly dangerous and vol ...  Show more

It was a murder that broke all rules with a male victim, two unlikely killers and a family torn apart. Now the killing of dad Jason Corbett is to be played out again in a US courtroom as murderers Molly Martens and her father Tom make a bid for freedom. But behind the legal tape ...  Show more