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The Robert Durst Prosecutor Speaks — Audio-Visual Evidence and Jury Selection
On this episode of Jury Duty: The Robert Durst Prosecutor Speaks Los Angeles Deputy DA John Lewin discusses how he used footage from the Jinx in mapping out his case as well as his team’s approach to the jury selection process in the Durst...
The Robert Durst Prosecutor Speaks — The Bathroom Audio and the Other Conditional Examinations
On this episode of Jury Duty: The Robert Durst Prosecutor Speaks Los Angeles Deputy DA John Lewin discusses when he became aware of the infamous hot mic bathroom audio which captured Robert Durst saying, “there it is you're caught” and “killed them all of...
The Robert Durst Prosecutor Speaks — Telling the Jury a Story
On this episode of Jury Duty: The Robert Durst Prosecutor Speaks Los Angeles Deputy DA John Lewin steps back from the Conditional witness examinations and discusses his storytelling strategies as he sought to convince the jury that Robert Durst was guilty of killing Susan...
The Robert Durst Prosecutor Speaks — A Deep Dive into the Mike Struck Examination
On this episode of Jury Duty: The Robert Durst Prosecutor Speaks Los Angeles Deputy DA John Lewin does a deep dive of the conditional witness examination of NYPD Detective Michael Struck, the initial investigator of Kathie Durst’s disappearance.
The Robert Durst Prosecutor Speaks — The Examinations of Obst, Schwartz and Minutello
On this episode of Jury Duty: The Robert Durst Prosecutor Speaks Los Angeles Deputy DA John Lewin continues to guide us through the conditional witness examinations roughly in the chronological order that they happened. Among the testimonies we discuss are Susan Berman Ex-husband Paul...
“Black Bird” Breaking Through With Audiences
Crime Story-produced Black Bird on AppleTV+ is showing signs of intensifying popularity with audiences and critics alike.
Industry trend analysts Parrot Analytics relorted that Black Bird was the # 1 “trending recently released show in the US” according to the Film Updates Twitter account (which...
The Robert Durst Prosecutor Speaks — The Examinations of Chavin, Struck and Kuperman
On this episode of Jury Duty: The Robert Durst Prosecutor Speaks Los Angeles Deputy DA John Lewin describes his team’s process of interviewing witnesses, deciding which witnesses were critical to his case and the process by which conditional witness examinations were recorded in the...