Kary Antholis

This week at Crime Story we presented the story of a pivotal moment in the history of human rights law. Mike Romano shared news on a Three Strikes Project client, and we continued our serialization of Judge Katherine Mader's memoir. Welcome to our summary of the week's events at CrimeStory.com and The Crime Story Podcast. On Friday, we presented Part 4 of Sean Smith's Crime Story series Nuremberg. In this installment, Sean examines the United States prosecuting team’s preparation and presentation of the documentary “Nazi Concentration Camps,” and then follows with an assessment of the unprecedented dramatic impact of that film on the proceedings. On...

This week at Crime Story we presented my interview with one of the major contributors to the way crime stories are told in popular culture. Mike Romano shared an important update on the work of the Three Strikes Project, and we continued our serialization of Judge Katherine Mader's memoir. Welcome to our summary of the week's events at CrimeStory.com and The Crime Story Podcast. On Thursday we celebrated the 300th episode of the Crime Story Podcast by presenting a conversation with Peter Jankowski, President and Chief Operating Officer of Dick Wolf Enterprises, and Executive Producer of all of the iterations of the Law...

This week at Crime Story we presented two special reports from the City News Service on key reforms to the criminal legal process in Los Angeles and we continued our presentation of Katherine Mader's serializiation of her memoir. Welcome to our summary of the week's events at CrimeStory.com and The Crime Story Podcast. On Wednesday, we reported that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors took the first steps today to move all jail inmates charged with misdemeanors but judged incompetent to stand trial out of jail and into community-based treatment. The move is part of the county’s commitment to a “care first, jails...

This week at Crime Story we presented new developments in a high profile murder trial. We offered a report on the LA DA's first 100 days in office and we continued our presentation of Katherine Mader's serializiation of her memoir.Welcome to our summary of the week's events at CrimeStory.com and The Crime Story Podcast. On Thursday we presented my story Robert Durst Wants To Be Heard about the hearing in the murder trial of Durst in which he broke his year long silence and sought to personally raise legal issues with Judge Windham at the end of the hearing. We also presented the...

You can find links to all of CRIME STORY’S coverage of the Robert Durst trial here. Today, we reported on a readiness hearing for the resumption of the murder trial of Robert Durst. During the hearing, Durst surprisingly asked to speak to the Judge. Below we present audio, video and transcript of those proceedings. https://youtu.be/Pr9A6fo6LRI Judge Mark E. Windham: The People of the State of California versus Robert Durst. On the phone, we have Mr. DeGuerin, Mr. Chesnoff, Mr. Lewis and Mr. Re. For the people in person, Mr. Lewin, Mr. Balian, Milius, Mr. Miyata Mr. Henderson. The Court conferred telephonically with all parties...

You can find links to all of CRIME STORY’S coverage of the Robert Durst trial here. Robert Durst — who's story became an international sensation through the HBO Series "The Jinx" — was back in an LA courthouse yesterday. Durst has been residing a hospital room at the LA County Jail since his trial for the murder of his friend Susan Berman was suspended almost exactly one year ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of the hearing was for Judge Mark E. Windham to assess the readiness of the parties to resume the trial on May 17 of this...