Jury Duty

On this episode of Jury Duty: The Robert Durst Prosecutor Speaks Los Angeles Deputy DA John Lewin continues his look at the examination of Nick Chavin and reviews the significance of conditional witness examinations of Miriam Barnes, Lynda Obst and Emily and Stuart Altman. Lewin also offers his thoughts on the idea of  prosecuting witnesses who gave untruthful testimony for perjury.

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You can also find out more information about each of the trials covered by Jury Duty at CrimeStory.com.

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The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse

The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery

The Trial of Robert Durst

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On this episode of Jury Duty: The Robert Durst Prosecutor Speaks Los Angeles Deputy DA John Lewin describes his team’s process of interviewing witnesses, deciding which witnesses were critical to his case and the process by which conditional witness examinations were recorded in the years after the charges were filed but before the trial began. Specifically, he discusses the examinations of Durst friend Nick Chavin, Medical School Dean Albert Kuperman, and NYPD Detective Michael Struck.

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You can also find out more information about each of the trials covered by Jury Duty at CrimeStory.com.

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The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse

The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery

The Trial of Robert Durst

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On this episode of Jury Duty: The Robert Durst Prosecutor Speaks Los Angeles Deputy DA John Lewin takes us through his epic two and a half hour interview with Robert Durst in a New Orleans Jail.

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You can also find out more information about each of the trials covered by Jury Duty at CrimeStory.com.

Or at these dedicated links...

The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse

The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery

The Trial of Robert Durst

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On this episode of Jury Duty: The Robert Durst Prosecutor Speaks Los Angeles Deputy DA John Lewin explains how he became involved in the Robert Durst case and the pivotal role that the filmmakers of the HBO documentary, The Jinx, played in his involvement.

Looking to listen to Jury Duty ad-free? Become a patron on our Patreon page! In addition to ad-free content, you'll receive exclusive access to the full Crime Story Media catalog—including our Storyteller Interview Series featuring Kary Antholis' conversations with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon, George Pelecanos, Vince Gilligan, and David Chase; all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion and interview pieces; and Judge Katherine Mader’s INSIDE THE ROBE.

You can also find out more information about each of the trials covered by Jury Duty at CrimeStory.com.

Or at these dedicated links...

The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse

The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery

The Trial of Robert Durst

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The first two seasons of this podcast explored the trial of Robert Durst, who was convicted in 2021 of the murder of his good friend and confidante, Susan Berman.

This Bonus fifth season of Jury Duty is a special deep dive back into that case.

In Jury Duty: The Robert Durst Prosecutor Speaks, we have secured a series of exclusive interviews with LA Deputy District Attorney John Lewin, the lead prosecutor in that trial. We will present our conversations with John by tracking his journey from the very beginning of his involvement with the case, through the trial, and through the death of Robert Durst on January 10th, 2022.

Today we begin our conversation with Prosecutor Lewin about that journey.

This groundbreaking podcast created, hosted and produced by Oscar and Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Kary Antholis tells the story of a high-profile criminal trial. Jury Duty returns with a new interview series that takes a deeper dive into the trial of Robert Durst—this time from the perspective of the no-holds-barred prosecuting attorney, John Lewin.

Looking to listen to Jury Duty ad-free? Become a patron on our Patreon page! In addition to ad-free content, you'll receive exclusive access to the full Crime Story Media catalog—including our Storyteller Interview Series featuring Kary Antholis' conversations with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon, George Pelecanos, Vince Gilligan, and David Chase; all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion and interview pieces; and Judge Katherine Mader’s INSIDE THE ROBE.

You can also find out more information about each of the trials covered by Jury Duty at CrimeStory.com.

Or at these dedicated links...

The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse

The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery

The Trial of Robert Durst

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On this episode of Jury Duty: The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, host Kary Antholis is joined one last time by Abbe Smith who serves as Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Defense and Prisoner Advocacy Clinic at Georgetown University. Together, Kary and Abbe discuss the strategy and the effectiveness of the rebuttal closing by Prosecutor James Kraus, as well as the jury questions to the judge, the defense team’s second motion for mistrial, some of the comments by Judge Bruce Schroeder during deliberations and of course the verdict in the trial.

Looking to listen to Jury Duty ad-free? Become a patron on our Patreon page! In addition to ad-free content, you'll receive exclusive access to the full Crime Story Media catalog—including our Storyteller Interview Series featuring Kary Antholis' conversations with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon, George Pelecanos, Vince Gilligan, and David Chase; all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion and interview pieces; and Judge Katherine Mader’s INSIDE THE ROBE.

You can also find out more information about each of the trials covered by Jury Duty at CrimeStory.com.

Or at these dedicated links...

The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse

The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery

The Trial of Robert Durst

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This season of Jury Duty explores the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. In The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: Conclusion of Jury Deliberations & Verdict, we conclude our coverage of the trial proceedings with some of the events that occurred during the final two days of Jury deliberations as well as the reading of the verdicts in the trial.

Looking to listen to Jury Duty ad-free? Become a patron on our Patreon page! In addition to ad-free content, you'll receive exclusive access to the full Crime Story Media catalog—including our Storyteller Interview Series featuring Kary Antholis' conversations with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon, George Pelecanos, Vince Gilligan, and David Chase; all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion and interview pieces; and Judge Katherine Mader’s INSIDE THE ROBE.

You can also find out more information about each of the trials covered by Jury Duty at CrimeStory.com.

Or at these dedicated links...

The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse

The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery

The Trial of Robert Durst

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This season of Jury Duty explores the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. In The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: Jury Deliberations, we take a look at the conferences that took place between the Judge, the State, and the Defense team while the jury was deliberating.

Looking to listen to Jury Duty ad-free? Become a patron on our Patreon page! In addition to ad-free content, you'll receive exclusive access to the full Crime Story Media catalog—including our Storyteller Interview Series featuring Kary Antholis' conversations with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon, George Pelecanos, Vince Gilligan, and David Chase; all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion and interview pieces; and Judge Katherine Mader’s INSIDE THE ROBE.

You can also find out more information about each of the trials covered by Jury Duty at CrimeStory.com.

Or at these dedicated links...

The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse

The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery

The Trial of Robert Durst

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This season of Jury Duty explores the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. In The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: Prosecution Rebuttal — Part 2, we conclude our review of Prosecutor James Kraus’ rebuttal and listen as Judge Bruce Schroeder hands the fate of Kyle Rittenhouse over to the twelve members of the jury.

Looking to listen to Jury Duty ad-free? Become a patron on our Patreon page! In addition to ad-free content, you'll receive exclusive access to the full Crime Story Media catalog—including our Storyteller Interview Series featuring Kary Antholis' conversations with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon, George Pelecanos, Vince Gilligan, and David Chase; all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion and interview pieces; and Judge Katherine Mader’s INSIDE THE ROBE.

You can also find out more information about each of the trials covered by Jury Duty at CrimeStory.com.

Or at these dedicated links...

The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse

The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery

The Trial of Robert Durst

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We are delighted tell you about a special Jury Duty Bonus Season of our coverage of the trial of Robert Durst. Beginning next week and covering over thirty episodes, that’s right OVER THIRTY EPISODES, we will present a series of interviews that I conducted with John Lewin the Los Angeles Prosecutor who lead the team that secured the conviction of Robert Durst for the murder of his friend Susan Berman.

Jury Duty: The Robert Durst Prosecutor Speaks will cover the case from its very beginnings as John Lewin sought his boss’s permission to take on the case… through his dramatic two and a half hour interview of Durst in a New Orleans jail… through the pivotal moments in the proceedings… and Lewin's no-holds-barred comments about the Defense attorneys who represented Durst, including Dick DeGuerin…

Join us beginning in August for Jury Duty: The Robert Durst Prosecutor Speaks.

This groundbreaking podcast created, hosted and produced by Oscar and Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Kary Antholis tells the story of a high-profile criminal trial. Jury Duty returns with a new, limited interview series that takes a deeper dive into the trial of Robert Durst—this time from the perspective of the no-holds-barred prosecuting attorney, John Lewin.

Looking to listen to Jury Duty ad-free? Become a patron on our Patreon page! In addition to ad-free content, you'll receive exclusive access to the full Crime Story Media catalog—including our Storyteller Interview Series featuring Kary Antholis' conversations with ground-breaking, award-winning storytellers like David Simon, George Pelecanos, Vince Gilligan, and David Chase; all of our Amanda Knox Project opinion and interview pieces; and Judge Katherine Mader’s INSIDE THE ROBE.

You can also find out more information about each of the trials covered by Jury Duty at CrimeStory.com.

Or at these dedicated links...

The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse

The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery

The Trial of Robert Durst

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.