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TO BE MODERATING THIS HERO. I AM AN ENGLISH PROFESSOR. I HAVE NOT WRITTEN A BOOK LIKE THIS THAT I VERY MUCH ENJOYED READING BOTH OF THESE BOOKS. I HAPPENED...
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| 00:02:38 |
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AFTERNOON. I AM ALSO GLAD YOU DECIDED TO JOIN US INSIDE. OF LIGHT TO START WITH A QUESTION FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT FOR A SECOND. DO YOU REMEMBER THE...
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| 00:08:24 |
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AN HONOR TO BE ON THIS PANEL BEFORE US WITH ALLISON. ALSO ABOUT A PROSECUTION THAT WAS OVERZEALOUS AND IN MY CASE IN THIS CASE IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT...
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| 00:18:09 |
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YOU. I AM ONE OF A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAS READ THOSE BOOKS AND I WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS AND GET SOME DIALOGUE GOING BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU. IT SEEMS LOGICAL...
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| 00:22:08 |
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STARTED AS THERAPY FOR ME. THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE REALLY JOLTED ME AND I WAS NUMB FROM HEAD TO COTE FOR A LONG TIME. ONE OF THE WAYS I WAS TRYING TO...
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| 00:25:14 |
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AND THEN HE WOULD REWRITE THEM AND VICE VERSA? OR WAS THERE ALWAYS THE SAME SYSTEM OF THE ENTIRE DRAFT? >> INITIALLY WE AGREED
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| 00:25:24 |
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I WOULD WRITE THE CHRIS STORY AS STUDENTS IN HIS HOME AND HE WOULD WRITE THE LEGAL PEACE. HE IS ALSO A LAWYER. HE IS A LAWYER AND PROFESSOR AND AUTHOR....
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| 00:32:08 |
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ABOUT DECIDING WHAT STORY TO TELL. DID YOU GO THROUGH A SIMILAR TRANSITION AND HAVING TO FIND OUT? I KNOW YOU HAD TO CHANGE THE ORGANIZATION OF THE...
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| 00:32:25 |
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STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE STORY AND HOW DO YOU TELL IT, I MEAN AS I SAID CHRIS COMMITTED MURDER, BUT THE STORY AND AGAIN IT IS A LITTLE MORE THAN I CAN...
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| 00:32:43 |
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LITTLE MORE? >> CHRIS AND HOW MANY OF
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| 00:32:48 |
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YOU WERE 17 YEARS OLD WANTS? [LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW, AND MEAN THINK ABOUT HOW WE WERE AT AGE 17 AND HOW VERY MATURE WE WERE AND HOW HER DECISIONS WERE...
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| 00:37:23 |
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INTO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. >>
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| 00:37:25 |
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THEY BOTH WERE. >> HE WAS IN JUVENILE
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| 00:37:28 |
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DETENTION. AS SOON AS HE WENT BACK TO THIS UNSUPERVISED PLACE. A CLEARLY HORRIBLE VIOLENT STORY. >> ACTUALLY I DIDN'T
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| 00:37:39 |
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HEAR THIS UNTIL ALMOST THE DAY OF HIS DEATH. IT WAS ALMOST NINE YEARS LATER THAT I HEARD THE STORIES, THAT JESSICA HAD BEEN TOLD BY HER PARENTS YOU...
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| 00:43:02 |
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UP TO AUDIENCE QUESTIONS AND REMEMBER THAT YOU SHOULD RAISE YOUR HAND. I WILL TRY TO SEE YOU AND WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS, VOLUNTEERS WITH A MITE. OVER THERE,...
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| 00:43:21 |
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HAPPENED TO JESSICA? >> EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW
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| 00:43:23 |
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WHAT HAPPENED TO JESSICA. JESSICA WAS 14 YEARS OLD, AND AT THE TIME OF HER CRIME, OF THE CRIME, IN 1990, THE LAW WAS THAT 14 AND YOUNGER BE TRIED AS...
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| 00:44:54 |
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ROW. >> HE COULD NOT
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| 00:44:56 |
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HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF CAPITAL CRIME IF HE KILLED JUST ONE PERSON? IS THAT A STANDARD? I'M JUST CONFUSED BUT IF HE HAD POINT-BLANK MURDERED AND PROVEN...
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| 00:45:12 |
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CASE. NOT IN EVERY CASE BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE THEY WOULD NOT HAVE SOUGHT THE DEATH PENALTY WITH JUST THE DEATH OF THE FATHER. THEY WOULD HAVE...
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| 00:48:42 |
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HUNG. >> LETS HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION AND IF THERE COULD BE A QUESTION FOR LYNN POWELL. >>
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| 00:48:53 |
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LAND, I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN HOW IN A SMALL COMMUNITY LIKE OBERLIN THIS AFFECTED THE COMMUNITY AND HOW THINGS MIGHT OF HAVE CHANGED? IN PARTICULAR...
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| 00:49:31 |
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IN RESPONSE READ ONE PARAGRAPH FROM THE BOOK AND IT GIVES YOU A VOICE TO THE BOOK TOO. IT IS AT THAT MOMENT WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS FIRST BEING HIT WITH...
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| 00:56:21 |
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QUESTION? >> I AM CURIOUS IF YOU
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| 00:56:23 |
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COULD COMMENT ON I GUESS KIND OF A FOLLOW-UP TO THE SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION WHICH I'M NOT SURE YOU YOU WERE GOING TO ADDRESS. THE ADVOCATE FOR...
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| 00:56:55 |
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SO. THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT RELIGION HAD ANY PART. A LOT OF PEOPLE SPECULATE ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON FROM THE PROSECUTOR'S POINT OF VIEW AND THEN...
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| 01:02:00 |
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I THINK YOU HAVE GOT THE DEFENDANT NOT REALLY HELPING HIS OR HER OWN CASE. I MEAN MUCH MORE EXTREME AND CHRIS' CASE THEN SENT THE US BUT HER REFUSAL...
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| 01:02:32 |
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BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO NORA? >> NOR IS A SOPHOMORE
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| 01:02:35 |
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AT YALE. SHE HAS LANDED ON HER FEET. BUT I THINK THIS CASE WAS IT, THAT WILL AFFECT HER ALWAYS. CYNTHIA AND DAVID'S RELATIONSHIP YOU LEARN IN THE AFTERWARD...
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| 01:03:52 |
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LENT. YOU SAID YOU INTERVIEWED EVERYONE WHO I TALK TO YOU. DID YOU TALK TO EITHER OF THE TWO PROSECUTORS OR THE PITBULL CHILD WELFARE PERSON WHO ALSO...
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| 01:04:13 |
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PROSECUTOR, THE ONE WHO WAS THE PITBULL SLAMMED THE PHONE DOWN ON ME SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A CONVERSATION. THE COUNTY PROSECUTOR, BY THE TIME I TRY TO TALK...
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| 01:05:31 |
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ANDERSON. >> HOW ABOUT CHRIS'
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| 01:05:33 |
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FAMILY? DID THEY JUST -- TO THE MOTHER JUST TOTALLY NEVER DO A THING? >> SHE WAS
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| 01:05:43 |
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NOT THERE WHEN THE POLICE QUESTIONED HIM. SHE DROVE FROM CHESTERFIELD TO SEE HIM AND LEFT, SO HE WAS QUESTIONED WITHOUT ANY PARENTAL SUPERVISION. ONCE...
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| 01:06:28 |
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TO CHRIS BEING RAISED BY THE GRANDPARENTS AND NOT BY THE MOTHER INITIALLY? >>
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| 01:06:36 |
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AT AGE TWO, MARGARET FELT THAT SHE WAS NOT CAPABLE OF RAISING HIM, SO SHE GAVE HIM UP FOR ADOPTION TO HER PARENTS, AND SHE MOVED AWAY TO LIVE WITH A...
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| 01:07:27 |
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ANY CONTACT? DURING THAT TIME, DID MARGARET HAVE ANY CONTINUING CONTACT WITH CHRIS DURING THE TIME HE WAS BEING RAISED BY HER PARENTS? >>
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| 01:07:40 |
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HE KNEW WHO SHE WAS THROUGHOUT HIS WHOLE LIFE. HE KNEW THAT SHE WAS HIS MOTHER AND SO THEY WOULD SEE EACH OTHER LIKE A CHRISTMAS OR BIRTHDAYS, BUT THEY...
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| 01:08:00 |
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YOU, SIR. >> THIS IS FOR
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| 01:08:04 |
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LYNN. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE STANDARDS OR GUIDELINES ARE WITH THE FILM PROCESSORS, BECAUSE AREN'T THEY THE ONES WHO INITIATE THE ENTIRE ACTION? >> THAT'S
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| 01:08:17 |
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RIGHT. SO THE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE FLAG OF THE PROCESSING LAB SENT TO THE POLICE AND THAT IS HOW THE WHOLE THING GOT STARTED. ALL THAT EXISTS IS THE LAW...
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| 01:09:28 |
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QUESTIONS. INTERBRED OVER HERE IF YOU DON'T MIND. >> I
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| 01:09:45 |
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HAVE TO APOLOGIZE FOR MY SPEAKING, BUT I THINK WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY IS THE QUESTION IN THE END? RIGHT NOW IN ON CHARLOTTESVILLE, WE ARE HAVING THIS...
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