Lidia Jean's been working on a new project — Examined: The Backfire Effect. It asks what happens when a system decides it already has an answer, when admitting a mistake feels harder than living with one, and when closing a case starts to matter more than getting it right. Examined: The Backfire Effect tells the story of Scott Macklem’s death, a murder that happened nearly 40 years ago in the parking lot of a community college in Michigan. The police quickly found their suspect. There was just one problem: The man they claimed did it was nowhere near the scene of the crime, and he had the alibi to back it up. Host Josie Duffy Rice — a journalist, former lawyer, and expert in the criminal legal system — tells a story of how justice and prosecutorial misconduct works in America, and why sometimes a case is about much more than innocence versus guilt. 

Find more episodes of Examined: The Backfire Effect wherever you get podcasts. Binge the full series now with a Pushkin+ subscription — sign up on the Examined Apple show page or at pushkin.fm/plus.

Lidia Jean's been working on a new project &mdash; Examined: The Backfire Effect. It asks what happens when a system decides it already has an answer, when admitting a mistake feels harder than living with one, and when closing a case starts to matter more than getting it right. Examined: The Backfire Effect tells the story of Scott Macklem&rsquo;s death, a murder that happened nearly 40 years ago in the parking lot of a community college in Michigan. The police quickly found their suspect. There was just one problem: The man they claimed did it was nowhere near the scene of the crime, and he had the alibi to back it up. Host Josie Duffy Rice &mdash; a journalist, former lawyer, and expert in the criminal legal system &mdash; tells a story of how justice and prosecutorial misconduct works in America, and why sometimes a case is about much more than innocence versus guilt.&nbsp;
Find more episodes of Examined: The Backfire Effect wherever you get podcasts. Binge the full series now with a Pushkin+ subscription &mdash; sign up on the Examined Apple <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/examined-the-backfire-effect/id1549249596">show page</a> or at <a href="http://pushkin.fm/plus" data-airgap-id="11">pushkin.fm/plus</a>.

In the late 1980s, a group of women connected through the mahjong parlors in Manhattan’s Chinatown were caught in a massive undercover drug bust. This bust was just the beginning of an even bigger case. Host Lidia Jean Kott and co-reporter Shuyu Wang interview sources who’ve never spoken on record before, including witnesses, defendants, and federal prosecutors, to reconstruct a case that still has repercussions today.

The Chinatown Sting drops weekly on Tuesdays.

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In the late 1980s, a group of women connected through the mahjong parlors in Manhattan&rsquo;s Chinatown were caught in a massive undercover drug bust. This bust was just the beginning of an even bigger case. Host Lidia Jean Kott and co-reporter Shuyu Wang interview sources who&rsquo;ve never spoken on record before, including witnesses, defendants, and federal prosecutors, to reconstruct a case that still has repercussions today.
The Chinatown Sting drops weekly on Tuesdays.
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The Chinatown Sting

The Good Cop | From Examined: The Backfire Effect 

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