Episodes
Monday Nov 07, 2016
260. Jesse "The Body" Ventura on his "Marijuana Manifesto"
Monday Nov 07, 2016
Monday Nov 07, 2016
- The similarities between the world of professional wrestling and the world of politics, and how the former prepared the Governor for the latter.
- How Governor Ventura first got into politics, and how he was able to become the Governor of a state without being beholden to either the Democratic or Republican parties.
- Why, after having been an advocate for marijuana legalization for nearly his entire political career, now is the time to push full forward ahead on the issue of marijuana legalization.
- How myths about marijuana have been perpetuated over the years, and just what interested parties benefit from them.
- How Jesse was personally affected by medical marijuana in his own life.
- So. Much. More.
Friday Nov 04, 2016
Friday Nov 04, 2016
On today's show former Washington, D.C., homicide detective James Trainum joins Felony Friday. James spent 17 years in homicide for the Metropolitan Police Department, before retiring in 2010. He was the lead detective on the high-profile Starbucks triple murder in Georgetown in 1997, which he eventually helped solve in 1999. He started his career as a firefighter and paramedic, before becoming a police officer. During his early years in law enforcement, James worked various job functions including patrol, undercover work, and burglary investigations. Finally, he made the move into homicide investigations. James recently published a book titled: How the Police Generate False Confessions: An Inside Look at the Interrogation Room.
Discussed on the show:
- James shares what led him to pursue a career in law enforcement and explains how he solved a high-profile homicide while investigating a robbery, which started his career as a homicide detective.
- There are three types of false confessions that James notes in his book, voluntary confessions, compliant confessions and internalized confessions. James explains how each occurs and the most common of the three.
- James shares the details of the Norfolk 4 case. It's a famous case that has been in the news recently because the falsely accused were recently exonerated. Detectives on the case interrogated four sailors into falsely confessing that they raped and murdered a woman. There was one major problem, none of the sailors' DNA matched the DNA found on the scene.
- Lastly, James discusses tactics and countermeasures that should be put in place to minimize the likelihood of a false confession.
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Friday Sep 30, 2016
Friday Sep 30, 2016
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Introduction:
During today's show Brian McWilliams, the host of the incredibly popular Mr. Johnson's Libertyhood, joins Felony Friday host John Odermatt to discuss some incredibly important criminal justice stories trending in the news. This is Brian's third appearance on Felony Friday he previously joined the show for Episode 009 and Episode 016.
Here's what we talked about:
- If you thought "stop and frisk" was bad, then wait until you here about "stop and spit"
- Police departments in small towns across the country have been collecting DNA from people who have not been charged with a crime. In order to build DNA databases, some jurisdictions have ask individuals to submit DNA voluntarily during traffic stops, or even during random encounters with police. These small towns have partnered with private labs that are able to offer expedient and inexpensive DNA forensic analysis that allow police departments to utilize DNA evidence to investigate even minor crimes, from burglary to vandalism.
- Canada has just approved prescription heroin
- The Canadian government has approved drug regulations that will permit doctors to prescribe pharmaceutical-grade heroin to treat heroin addicts who have not responded to conventional treatments.
- Is this a case of the government finding a government "solution" for government created problems?
- 17-Year-Old Faces Child Porn, Assault Charges for Consensual Sexual Relations with Girlfriend
- If this story doesn't make you question the common sense of the local government officials in the case, then you're probably an idiot! In order to get the full story you're going to have to listen to the show.
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Friday Jul 29, 2016
Friday Jul 29, 2016
On today's show fingerprint expert Eric Ray joins Felony Friday host John Odermatt. Eric Ray has been a Criminalist with the Arizona Department of Public Safety in the Latent Print Unit since 2007 and is a Certified Latent Print Examiner. Eric earned a BS in Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology from the University of Arizona. He is on the Editorial Board of the JFI and on the Special Committee on Latent Print Probability Modeling. Eric is also the Treasurer and Webmaster for the Arizona Identification Council. Eric has published and presented extensively on Reducing Erroneous Exclusions. His company, Ray Forensics, provides expert latent print training and consultation and in his spare time he co-hosts the Double Loop Podcast, a weekly show on fingerprint topics.
During this episode Eric shares the journey that led him to a career in the field of criminal justice and ultimately to a career in latent print forensics. Eric explains in detail how prints are gathered from a crime scenes and shatters faulty commonly held beliefs about fingerprints that movies have gotten wrong. Eric also goes into detail to explain the process used for comparing prints. You can learn more about the finger print process by viewing the following video link supplied by Eric titled: How to Compare Fingerprints - The Basics.
Eric and John also discussed two cases involving fingerprint errors that made headlines recently. The cases of Melissa Neylon and Lana Canen. The Melissa Neylon is the more recent fingerprint nightmare and was covered by Felony Friday in December 2015, before Felony Friday had transitioned into becoming a weekly podcast. Melissa Neylon's troubles began when she went on a tour of the Inyo County jail for work. When she was going through security deputies arrested her for an outstanding warrant. Authorities claim a live scan of her fingerprints matched Melissa Chapman, a felon wanted in Indiana for identity theft and other crimes. Neylon was arrested and detained for weeks. Eventually Melissa Neylon was cleared. Eric Rays explains what he believes led to the error that caused Melissa Neylon to be falsely identified.
Eric provided me with other fingerprint examples and research papers on latent print analysis that I'll likely put together for another post. For now, enjoy today's podcast with Eric Ray and check out RayForensics.com!
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Submit any questions, comments, suggestions, or ideas to felonyfriday@lionsofliberty.com. This show is not my soapbox, it is a vehicle to communicate and amplify the injustices rampant in the criminal justice system. We need your help to make it the best it can possibly be! If you like what you hear please share it with a friend and subscribe for free via iTunes (don’t forget to leave us a rating and review ) or the Stitcher Radio App
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