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Eric Faddis provides a legal analysis of three major true crime cases, focusing on the implications and strategies involved.

Former felony prosecutor and defense attorney Eric Faddis delivers a comprehensive legal analysis across three major cases — examining the legal frameworks, the strategic decisions, and the accountability gaps that define each one. In the Nancy Guthrie case, Faddis examines every legal avenue reportedly available to the family of the 84-year-old woman who has been missing from her Tucson-area home for over three months — including civil defamation claims against content creators who allegedly targeted cleared family members, potential liability for alleged investigative failures publicly questioned by the FBI Director, mechanisms for petitioning alternative investigative oversight, and Arizona's victim rights protections. In the D4VD case, Faddis breaks down the prosecution's newly unsealed People's Brief alleging David Burke sexually abused and murdered Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the defense's complete strategic reversal on the preliminary hearing timeline, the alleged discovery of child sexual abuse material on Burke's phone, and the fight over trial timing. The preliminary hearing is set for May 26. In the Bryan Kohberger case, Faddis assesses the claims in the book "Broken…

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Guest: Eric Faddis

Topics covered

• legal analysis
• true crime
• missing persons
• sexual abuse
• investigative oversight
• defense strategy

Keywords

• Nancy Guthrie
• D4VD
• Bryan Kohberger
• legal analysis
• true crime
• investigative failures
• defense strategy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FBI

Books & works: Broken Plea

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