Rebuttal

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Today, 98% of all federal criminal cases are resolved with a guilty plea. Why? "Half a loaf is better than none. . . . When we have a weak case for any reason, we'll re...

5 Jun 1h 3min

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) In 1986, President Ronald Reagan gave a speech describing this plaintiff as "outrageous," "absurd," and "loony". His name was Charles Bigbee, and his leg had been torn...

28 Mai 29min

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) “I am astonished how successful these urban legends have been in influencing policy. . . .The people that created these stories did so with remarkable skill.” The Graz...

22 Mai 40min

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) This is our fourth **Reb's Round-Up** episode—A rapid-fire (or as rapid as Reb can make it) list of cases that deserve to be included in the Rebuttal Podcast universe b...

14 Mai 40min

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) "By all appearances, a man who went by William Woods had turned his life around. . . .There was just one problem: Although William Woods is a real person, the man is no...

7 Mai 47min

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from." –Cormac McCarthy, No Country For Old Men. Two tiger sharks, a tattoo, and a richocheted bullet of...

30 Apr 43min

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) One August day in 2019, Ina and David Steiner, a married couple in their late 50s and early 60s respectively, were in their offices at their Natick, Massachusetts home ...

23 Apr 42min

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) A psychic, a bitcoin influencer, a 70 year-old bank robber, and a University faculty p*rn star walk into a bar.... Case #1 - Fortune teller Rose Marks and her eigh...

17 Apr 39min