The Netflix documentary was supposed to be Mackenzie Shirilla’s moment. The first time the public heard her voice since the conviction. A chance to tell her side. Instead, it may have been the worst decision she’s made since the crash Read more…
The State of Utah convicted Ted Bundy of kidnapping in March 1976. One count. Colorado charged him with one murder. That is what the system believed it was holding: a kidnapper and a single-count defendant. The actual man had killed Read more…
Most people, when arrested for murder, let their attorneys handle the case. Kouri Richins wrote a six-page letter hidden in an LSAT prep book with scripted testimony for her brother. She read other inmates’ letters to her mother over recorded Read more…
The prosecution’s case against Mackenzie Shirilla sounds devastating in a headline — surveillance footage, black box data showing full throttle and no braking, threatening texts, a prior incident treated as a rehearsal. But a criminal defense attorney who has spent Read more…
A medical condition that could explain loss of consciousness — raised at trial but never supported with expert testimony. A post-conviction petition containing a neurologist’s opinion — filed one day late. A key prosecution witness whose account was contradicted by Read more…
On May 5, FBI Director Kash Patel went on a national podcast and said the Pima County Sheriff’s Department did not initially cooperate with the bureau in the Nancy Guthrie investigation in the way the FBI expected. Sheriff Chris Nanos Read more…
The distance between “Mackenzie Shirilla did something catastrophically reckless that killed two people” and “Mackenzie Shirilla executed a premeditated mission of death” is enormous. The verdict says it was murder. The evidence lives somewhere between those two conclusions — and Read more…
Twelve and a half hours. That’s how long prosecutors spent putting on financial crimes testimony in Alex Murdaugh’s first trial. The Supreme Court said it was too much. Way too much. They told the state to cut it back in Read more…
One of the fathers in Netflix’s The Crash says something that stays with you. He says he needs the truth so he can grieve properly. It’s a gut-level statement from a man who lost his child, and you feel it Read more…
Ted Bundy crossed a state line in September 1974 and became a new person. Washington had his name. Washington had his composite. Washington had two hundred thousand tips. None of it followed him to Utah. He arrived in Salt Lake Read more…
