Due Process. Presumption of Innocence. Constitutional Accountability.
Deep-dive legal analysis of criminal trials. No cheerleading for prosecution or defense. Just the truth about how the system works, and doesn't.
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Former Michigan football coach charged with assault. A national championship program. A domestic violence arrest. Everything you need to know.
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The disappearance of Ana Walshe, the investigation, and everything leading to trial.
Opening
Both sides lay out their case. The prosecution promises evidence. The defense promises doubt.
Day 2
Investigators reveal where they looked and what they found.
Day 3
Physical evidence emerges that puts the investigation into sharp focus.
Day 4
The most anticipated witness of the trial delivers testimony that changes everything.
Day 5
The prosecution connects dots between luxury and horror.
Day 6
More witnesses, more evidence, and more questions for the jury to consider.
Day 7
The prosecution's case moves forward as more pieces fall into place.
Day 8
The jury sees more evidence as the prosecution's case takes shape.
Day 9
Key witnesses take the stand as the prosecution builds toward its conclusion.
Day 10
The prosecution presses forward as the jury weighs the mounting evidence.
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Day 11
Guilty of first-degree murder. Life without parole. The defense gamble failed.
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Everything you need to know before watching the trial. The people, the charges, and what's at stake.
Day 1
Romeo Angeles was eighteen months old. Trinity Poague was a scholarship recipient. Now one is dead and the other faces life.
Day 2
New witnesses take the stand as contradictions emerge in the narrative.
Day 3
Expert witnesses break down the medical findings as the prosecution builds its case.
Day 4
Questions mount about how this investigation was conducted. What the jury saw raises serious concerns.
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A state trooper driving 91 mph killed two teenage girls. Ten years later, the families finally got their day in court.
Day 1
Dylan Wall was 18 when the crash shattered his skull. Ten years later, he still can't remember a thing. But the prosecution doesn't need his memory.
Day 2
The math is in: At 55 mph, Scott stops in time. At 82, two girls die. The prosecution's speed evidence lands, while the defense plants seeds about alcohol in the other car.
Day 3
The prosecution rests. The defense begins. And an accident reconstructionist spends hours arguing that two dead teenagers are responsible for their own deaths.
Day 4
A.J. Scott tells his story to the jury. Cross-examination reveals he stopped someone for 96 mph just two hours before the crash. Both sides rest.
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Day 5 + Verdict
Ten years of waiting ends with a split verdict. Guilty on five counts, not guilty on one. The jury convicts Scott for one death but acquits on the other.
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A 20-year-old mother faces murder charges after her 1-year-old died in a hot car. The jury must decide: tragic mistake or conscious disregard for life?
Complete video coverage of every trial day. Live broadcasts, commercial-free editions, and podcast-style analysis.
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One Decision Changes Everything
A CPA's life is destroyed after a tragic accident. But was the process that convicted him actually just?
Dave Schrader had everything. A successful practice. A family who loved him. Then came the party, the dark country road, and the split-second choice that would cost a sixteen-year-old boy his life. What follows isn't just a story about guilt or punishment. It's a story about what happens when a man enters a system designed to produce outcomes, not fairness.
Justice isn't an outcome. Justice is a process.
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I'm not a lawyer. I'm trained differently.
At age 12, I watched my father get indicted. I sat in the courtroom audience. I reviewed his files. I got an education no law school provides. I became a criminal defendant's family member facing the possibility of losing everything.
My father, Steven M. Askin, was a renowned West Virginia criminal defense attorney for 23 years. He was prosecuted twice by the system he challenged. First for protecting attorney-client privilege. Later for teaching people their constitutional rights from a coffee shop.
"The system only works if we force it to work. If we watch. If we question. If we refuse to let them operate in darkness."
Justice Is A Process continues his legacy. We cover trials not to entertain, but to educate. To teach people how the system really works. To be the watchdog the justice system needs.
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1948 — 2024
Steven M. Askin was a West Virginia criminal defense attorney for 23 years. He wasn't just a lawyer. He was a fighter who believed that constitutional rights belong to everyone, not just those who can afford them.
In 1994, the federal government came for him. He refused to violate attorney-client privilege, even when a judge ordered him to testify. He went to prison for seven months. The West Virginia Supreme Court disbarred him in 1998.
But he didn't stop. He rebuilt. He became a street lawyer, working from coffee shops in Martinsburg, helping people the system abandoned. People who couldn't afford lawyers. People fighting Pro Se against a machine designed to crush them. He taught them the law. He showed them how to stand up for their rights. He did it for free, or for whatever they could afford.
In 2009, on the morning he was supposed to get his law license back, he was indicted on 11 counts of unauthorized practice of law. For helping people from a coffee shop. For teaching them their constitutional rights. The prosecutor said she feared he would "disrupt the legal system."
She was right to be afraid. His mission lives on.
"The system only works if we force it to work. If we watch. If we question. If we refuse to let them operate in darkness."
Follow his story in the documentary podcast series
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