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In this bonus clip from Stay Tuned, David McCraw, the Deputy General Counsel of the New York Times, discusses "raving moderates," kidnapped reporters, indictment of Julian Assange, and confusing lawyers with their clients. 

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REFERENCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

DAVID ROHDE

• “Times Reporter Escapes Taliban After 7 Months,” New York Times, 6/20/09
• “The logic of not paying ransoms,” Washington Post, 8/21/14

JULIAN ASSANGE

• “Assange Indicted Under Espionage Act, Raising First Amendment Issues,” New York Times, 5/23/19

HARVARD DEAN

• “Winthrop Faculty Deans to Leave After Harvard Refuses to Renew Their Appointments,” The Harvard Crimson, 5/11/19
• “Harvey Weinstein's ex-lawyer loses position at Harvard despite bowing out of case,” ABC News, 5/12/19

In this episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, "Judgment Calls," Preet and Anne make sense of the headlines, including:

• A voicemail President Trump’s lawyer John Dowd left for Michael Flynn’s attorney, which has raised questions about witness tampering
• Criminal charges against former Broward County Sheriff Deputy Scot Peterson who failed to confront the Parkland high school shooter in Florida last year
• The Central Park Five case, back in the spotlight, after a new Netflix series by Ava Duvernay 

REFERENCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

JUDGE ANNE THOMPSON

• “Judge Anne Thompson has seen it all in long career,” The Trentonian, 11/25/12

STATE OF FLORIDA v. SCOT PETERSON

• Scot Peterson’s warrant and charging documents
• “Scot Peterson Is Released on Bond. Here’s How He’s Explained His Actions During the Parkland Shooting.,” New York Times, 6/6/19
• “Parkland Officer Who Stayed Outside During Shooting Faces Criminal Charges,” New York Times, 6/4/19
• Title XLVI § 827.03: Abuse, aggravated abuse, and neglect of a child; penalties, The 2018 Florida Statutes

MICHAEL FLYNN

• “Listen to Trump’s Lawyer Make Appeal After Flynn Agreed to Cooperate With Mueller,” New York Times, 6/6/19
• “Trump Lawyer’s Message Was a Clue for Mueller, Who Set It Aside,” New York Times, 6/9/19
• “The legal concept binding Team Trump in opposition to Team Mueller,” Washington Post, 7/9/18
• “Michael Cohen, Attorney-Client Privilege and the Crime-Fraud Exception,” Lawfare, 4/10/18
• “Michael Flynn fires his attorneys and retains new counsel as he awaits sentencing,” Washington Post, 6/6/19

CENTRAL PARK FIVE

• “When They See Us,” Ava DuVernay
• All documents, including videos of statements the Five made to prosecutors, can be found here
• Nancy Ryan’s memorandum in response to motion to vacate judgment of conviction
• “Linda Fairstein, Once Cheered, Faces Storm After ‘When They See Us,’” New York Times, 6/6/19
• “Ava DuVernay lets Trump 'speak for himself' in Central Park Five series 'When They See Us,'” USA Today, 6/3/19
• “A Crime Revisited: The Decision; 13 years later, official reversal in jogger attack,” New York Times, 12/6/02
• “A Profile of Matias Reyes,” New York Daily News, 4/9/13

MARS

• Donald Trump’s tweet about NASA
• Jason Gilbert’s tweet about JFK

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