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In this episode, Jackie explores a variety of wacky legal defenses and their applications in court.
In the forty second episode of Jackie On:, Jackie explores a variety of wacky legal defenses and some of the ways they have been used in the court of law. Sources: Pogash, Carol. 2003. “Myth of the ‘Twinkie Defense’ / the Verdict in the Dan White Case Wasn’t Based on His Ingestion of Junk Food.” Archive.org. November 23, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20031202025625/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/11/23/INGRE343501.DTL. Price, Chris. 2009. “Identical Twin Escapes Hanging in Malaysia after Judge Fails to Tell Brothers Apart.” The Telegraph. February 8, 2009. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/4559065/Identical-twin-escapes-hanging-in-Malaysia-after-judge-fails-to-tell-brothers-apart.html. Schone, Mark. 2003. “Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Ideas / the Matrix Defense.” Web.archive.org. November 9, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20120324091019/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2003/11/09/the_matrix_defense/. Wallin, Paul. 2014. “7 Unusual Criminal Defenses That Actually Worked | WK Law.” Wallin & Klarich. November 17, 2014. https://www.wklaw.com/7-unusual-criminal-defenses-actually-worked/. Additional sources…
People in this episode
Host: Jackie
Topics covered
- legal defenses
- court cases
- wacky defenses
- society
- culture
Keywords
- legal defenses
- court law
- Twinkie Defense
- identical twins
- Matrix Defense
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: WDRT
Books & works: Myth of the ‘Twinkie Defense’, Identical Twin Escapes Hanging in Malaysia after Judge Fails to Tell Brothers Apart, the Matrix Defense, 7 Unusual Criminal Defenses That Actually Worked
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