S21 Ep95: The Politics Of Murder: The Power and Ambition Behind "The Altar Boy Murder Case" w/Margo Nash
True Crime Tuesday presents: The Politics Of Murder: The Power and Ambition Behind "The Altar Boy Murder Case" with Litigator/Author, Margo Nash! On a hot July night in 1995, Janet Downing was stabbed 98 times inside her Somerville, Massachusetts, home. Within hours, police identified 15-year-old Eddie O'Brien, the best friend of one of her sons, as the suspect.Eddie had no criminal history, no clear motive, and no apparent opportunity. Yet his case emerged during a national panic over juvenile "superpredators," when Massachusetts officials were pushing to prosecute more children as adults…
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