About this episode

The episode discusses Karmelo Anthony's defense strategy, Nick Reiner's trust fund request, and insights from criminal defense attorney Teny Geragos on high-profile cases.

In The Well host Mark Geragos and guest co-host Ashleigh Merchant join the show to discuss why Karmelo Anthony’s defense strategy should have included a plea for mercy, why Texas allows a jury to determine the sentence for a defendant, the politics of state court, Nick Reiner’s request for access to his trust fund, why Reiner wants to rehire attorney Alan Jackson, why Mark thinks Reiner will be granted access to his trust to fund his defense, why this move will actually benefit taxpayers, Teny Geragos, criminal defense attorney and founding partner of Agnifilo Intrater LLP, joins the show to discuss how her dad (Mark)inspired her law career, how the Scott Peterson trial affected her at an early age, why criminal defense is such a gratifying, yet difficult job, why she is known for representing high profile clients, like Harvey Weinstein and Diddy, accused of sex crimes, the shocking statistics behind defendants accused of sex crimes, if she will get involved with the Luigi Mangione case, and more. Mark Geragos: https://geragos.com Ashleigh Merchant: https://www.criminaldefenseattorneysmarietta.com Teny Geragos: https://agilawgroup.com Follow MK True Crime on all social platforms…

People in this episode

Host: Mark Geragos

Guests: Ashleigh Merchant, Teny Geragos

Topics covered

• criminal defense
• high profile cases
• legal strategy
• trust fund
• sex crimes
• jury sentencing
• law career inspiration

Keywords

• Karmelo Anthony
• Nick Reiner
• trust fund
• criminal defense
• Harvey Weinstein
• Diddy
• sex crimes
• jury sentencing
• law career

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Agnifilo Intrater LLP, MK Media

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