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Podcast director @NHPR (Civics101, Outside/In, Bear Brook, The 13th Step). Host @crimewriterson , @Netflix (You Can’t Make This Up) & @lawandorderpod

New Hampshire
Joined February 2009
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Rebecca Lavoie
2 years
Since you’re here, consider checking out one of my podcasts, Crime Writers On…we critique other podcasts (TV, too!) and we’re honest when something’s really bad, even when other people are pretending it’s really good. Listen/follow on the app you like:
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4 years
This moth exists in nature and it’s ON MY DECK
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4 years
Update: Now there are TWO of them!
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2 years
@nandoticon @moorehn There are so many!
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4 years
Here’s the kind of moth it is:
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2 years
These two. #AdnanSyed
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@redliz @whatKTdoes_now It’s a Rosy Maple moth
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4 years
Right now Fox News is reporting how it’s not possible to cheat in these vote counts. This is really something.
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3 years
A lot of people have unvaccinated children. Like, a lot. I don’t think we think about those people enough when we talk about workplaces, gatherings, vaccinations, and masks.
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BTW I solved the Kate photo thing.
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6 years
Tonight I learned my husband enjoys performing an interpretive dance to The Daily podcast theme song (cc @mikiebarb )
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2 years
Good morning to everyone except Adnan Syed “guilters”
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4 years
It never feels good as an atheist to ask others to send good thoughts my way...but man, Kevin and I could use them today.
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3 years
Next time someone asks me why women like true crime I’m gonna ask why no one ever asks why men like those asinine superhero movies.
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6 years
Let me be clear: I already thought Adnan Syed was innocent. And I really don’t understand how people can still think otherwise, especially after learning about the plea deal, Kristy’s mistaken timeline, and the total lack of Adnan’s DNA. There. Is. No. Evidence.
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Crime Writers On
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Did HBO's The Case Against #AdnanSyed give us new answers in the Hae Min Lee murder case? Is it a good true crime documentary? Get our full breakdown and review of the finale on this week's Crime Writers On... podcast! Listen now:
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5 years
Tip for protesters: Speak in unison so we at home can hear what you’re protesting about. #DemDebate
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2 years
Hey, friends. Rabia gave you everything you needed to come to the same conclusions this new investigation was able to reach in just a couple of months. I know how journalism works, you needed to do your own digging. But the cops were not “basically good guys,” for a start.
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Sarah was at the courthouse when Adnan was released, a new episode is coming tomorrow morning.
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My son wants to make a podcast in which he reads the hate mail his mom receives for her podcast. 100% would listen.
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5 years
. @ewarren writes a high school absence excuse note for two students who attended the @nhpr 2020 Forum this morning
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Tell me again how great true crime reporting doesn’t matter.
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Here he is. Curtis Flowers walks out of jail after 23 years.
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Dogception!
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This is Lucy. She was born with a portrait of herself on her ear. Always has a little friend wherever she goes. 13/10 for both (IG: selfie_pup)
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Regarding “I’ll Be Gone In The Dark” - It’s getting a lot of deserved attention for @pattonoswalt ‘s dogged quest to get it published. But you should also know this: The book is a GD masterpiece of true crime for about a million reasons. Run, don’t walk, and get yourself a copy.
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4 years
I never thought I’d see it and I’m so so grateful I did. - Charges against Curtis Flowers are dropped | It's Over | APM Reports
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4 years
Honestly I’m so upset that the Meghan Markle interview and now the Grammys are airing at the same time as Allen v. Farrow. EVERYONE needs to watch this. Please On Demand it tomorrow. Please. #AllenVFarrow
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Rebecca Lavoie
4 years
My husband @kevinpflynn got his first shot today and boy does that feel good. He’s a cancer survivor and we lost his wonderful dad to this GD pandemic. To me, the last year has been a marathon exercise in keeping the love of my life alive. Thanks, science.
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2 years
Working with one eye and reading this Adnan Syed filing with the other. They cite the HBO Documentary in which "Cathy not Cathy" figures out that she had the WRONG DAY when she told Sarah Koenig (and the cops) that Adnan and Jay visited her house!
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5 years
FYI: The Undisclosed podcast is four for four in helping wrongfully convicted men get released in Philadelphia.
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5 years
GREAT NEWS! Willie Veasy has been exonerated of the 1992 murder of John Lewis! @Undisclosedpod
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I'm still astonished when I hear credible journalists (including from NPR) glibly using the phrase "culture wars" to describe politics/stances that are about constitutional, civil, and human rights - and, generally speaking, coordinated attacks on those rights.
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9 years
Check out the super meta anniversary card @kevinpflynn made for me. #MakingAMurderer @netflix
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2 years
I have previously heralded Serial as a seminal piece of media and even made a podcast originally based on reviewing it. But given the facts of the case, Rabia’s analogy is precise. Serial doesn’t hold up. And its biggest crime is its abandonment of its own reporting.
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rabia O'chaudry
2 years
Ppl keep telling me we wouldn’t be here who @Serial - true but here’s the best analogy I can come up with about it. Imagine you ask someone to help renovate your house. Instead they set fire to it. The story about the fire brings thousands to your aid that rebuild your house.
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2 years
The responses to Michael’s tweets are as chilling and telling as anything I’ve ever seen on the internet.
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Michael Hobbes
2 years
Thread. Amber Heard has more evidence of abuse than the vast majority of domestic violence victims. Numerous photos, contemporaneous texts, almost a dozen witnesses. If you cannot believe her you cannot believe anyone.
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4 years
Can we just talk about the fact that all these people actually brought pots and pans out of their apartments
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4 years
My 85 year old mom who waited 5 hours in line to vote just sent me this video from NYC
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This could very well be the final day this hoodie is relevant #FreeAdnan
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@LindseyBoylan It’s real! And now he has a friend! I hope they never leave!
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Anyone else turning in to a legit agoraphobe during this pandemic or is it just me?
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It’s been just the worst week and I really recommend dogs
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I’ve been really angry lately and my tweets have reflected that. Here’s why. My father in-law was one of the best people I’ve ever known and it wasn’t his time. Not even close. Thanks to everyone who’s tried to help.
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This news kind of blows Serial's "either Jay is lying or Adnan is lying" framing up, eh?
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This is big news. For the first time, Baltimore prosecutors are saying they don't have confidence in Adnan Syed's conviction and are asking for his release.
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HE IS OUT.
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Judge also orders Syed released under home detention. Removing his shackles now. Orders new trial.
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YUGE news. TLDR: Adnan Syed is being represented by the Innocence Project at UB. And the STATE has signed on to a petition to test DNA that has never before been tested in the Hae Min Lee case. This is a BIG DEAL. Read on:
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rabia O'chaudry
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Today is a big day for Adnan and everyone who has been fighting for him! A DNA motion has been filed seeking testing of the victim Hae Min Lee's clothing and shoes and the rape kit. Items that HAVE NEVER BEEN TESTED BEFORE. This could literally lead to the killer. ALSO... 1/
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Forget everything else you think you know about @rabiasquared and just look at her shoes for a minute.
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I have a new job at my job!
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4 years
I will never stop being angry at the people who made masks political or just refused to wear them because they don’t care. Never.
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2 years
It’s really worth emphasizing how both-sides journalism has fueled this false narrative, propping up bad-faith, discriminatory arguments as regular politics and “culture wars”
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2 years
Yeah it's really worth emphasizing how much of the trans "debate" has been straight-up lies. The experience of medical transition is one of onerous obstacles for the vast majority of trans people, and yet we're four years into a panic about transition being too easy.
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5 years
If you aren’t watching #Watchmen you are legit missing the best and most surprising television you’ve ever not watched.
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2 years
The podcast industry should be paying WAY more attention to the True Crime Obsessed/Obsessed Network phenomenon and the kinds of crowds and top-notch community that will show up for their live events. This is a FIRST YEAR CON, guys, and it’s GREAT. @TrueCrimeObsess #ObsessedFest
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@rabiasquared Doesn’t hurt that he has maybe the best legs that have ever been legs
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4 years
There are *jurors* who opposed this execution
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Yashar Ali 🐘
4 years
Brandon Bernard died at 9:27 PM after being executed by the federal government. He was the 9th person to be executed this year.
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Wow, you guys really like moths. I love that about you.
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Ten years ago today, the tuxes arrived for my kiddos to wear to my wedding to @kevinpflynn - The immediately put them on, ran outside, slicked their hair back with hose water, and played James Bond for three hours. We didn’t mind the mud stains at all.
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Yet, there's a whole episode of Serial still up in which those "pings" are reported as likely placing Adnan at the burial site, without a disclaimer or correction of any kind.
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Lee Sanderlin
2 years
Feldman discussing cellphone location evidence now saying it shouldn't have been admissible in court. That's because they allowed incoming calls to be used to determine location data, which AT&T said in its own legal disclaimer at the time it may not be entirely accurate.
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(Cue spontaneous sobbing)
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This is Smiley. He dedicated his life to making others smile. Today, his battle with cancer ends. He is our first 15/10. Rest easy Smiley ❤️
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If I die tragically, please don't let the news people ID me as "wife" - this is some sexist BS, @NBCNightlyNews
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It’s official: Our industry just got a little bit better. Thank you, Wondery.
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We have decided to part ways with Mike Boudet and Sword and Scale.
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2 years
It is? Would have been nice to hear that in the podcast.
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2 years
Dropping the charges is the only fair outcome, but everything the prosecutors put in that motion to vacate was known or knowable to detectives and prosecutors 23 years ago. And all of it—shady police practices, shaky forensics, withholding of exculpatory evidence—is common.
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4 years
President Trump just told the mob storming the Capitol, “I love you.”
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6 years
I bet male podcasters get this kind of feedback CONSTANTLY.
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This should make everyone sick.
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The state of Missouri has executed Marcellus Williams
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6 years
Very solid theory
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What if Melania just cut her bangs real weird and is waiting for them to grow out
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2 years
A thing I’d NEVER thought I’d see…people on the subreddit for Serial (a notoriously stubborn, angry, pro-guilt bunch) admitting they were wrong all along. #AdnanSyed
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6 years
You wanna feel better about how you look for your age? Watch Evil Genius on Netflix. You’re welcome in advance.
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My 2019 sucked. My leg was broken. My husband had cancer. One of my dogs died. But good news...2020 has a *very* low bar for actually being awesome!
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Reading this today. It’s one of the best pieces of true crime writing I’ve read, ever. (And as a true crime author, I’ve got a huge sample size.)
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How @pattonoswalt steered his late wife's brilliant final book to completion, via @ew : I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara is on sale today.
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Someone hasn't listened to the lyrics of "Born This Way."
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Gov. Mike Huckabee
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Lady Gaga left politics out but added some high octane talent. She needed to drop the mic. She crushed it.
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4 years
Is anyone besides me worried about what might happen at the inauguration? Asking for a friend who is also me.
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I am very bad at embroidery but to be fair, this was my very first try and it was *hella* relaxing. Just don’t zoom in and FFS don’t EVER look at the back.
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This FB post from my husband @kevinpflynn made me so happy. He has had a shit couple of years and no one deserves this brand of joy more than he does.
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Our long national nightmare is over, guys.
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Judge orders Syed’s shackles removed. Overflow courtroom burst into applause
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I have never in my life gone on vacation for two weeks but at 48 I can tell you that it’s worth doing at least once a half-century.
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I know my intermittent soap content is jarring to some of you but @MauraWest is legit one of the best actors working right now on *any* screen and I’ve been waiting for her to get these scenes for a YEAR.
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Ava: I thought I married a man. You are no man. You are a spineless weakling. And I’m going to burn you to the ground.
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Rebecca Lavoie
2 years
The Undisclosed podcast just re-dropped their three episodes where they debunk a bunch of the stuff you learned in Serial. Also, watch the HBO doc The Case Against Adnan Syed if you still have questions.
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5 years
I have now watched this 18 times.
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4 years
What’s funny (to me) about the people who think @rabiasquared is somehow lying about Adnan Syed being innocent is that she would TOTALLY TELL YOU if he were actually guilty. She doesn’t mess around, even if the truth is bad.
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In case you’re wondering why so many people are triggered by Andy Mills hosting The Daily today: He led the *making* of Caliphate. That’s why he is the one actually *holding* the Peabody in this photo. The other (important) stuff (read The Cut) aside, this is blantanty not okay.
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Happy eight year anniversary of that day I saw a dog and a goat waiting in this car outside my local market.
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My baby son moved to college today. 😭😭😭
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Perhaps *only* having your podcasts available on an app 25-30% of podcast listeners use isn’t the best way to grow audiences, after all. The good news is a few dudes got rich, I guess.
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I am openly estranged from my father but that doesn’t stop certain family members from regularly encouraging me to “reach out.” For those with relatives/friends in similar situations, please understand that estrangement doesn’t just *happen.* It’s a survival thing.
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So what’s super fun to think about is that Dateline and 20/20 and Investigation Discovery and Ann Rule and America’s Most Wanted have been around forever but we’re just *now* thinking true crime is popular?
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My husband yesterday: “I think I’d prefer sleeping without the dog on the bed. My husband today:
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Fully vaccinated, and not sleeping in our own house tonight.
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4 years
Reupping...for reasons.
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4 years
It never feels good as an atheist to ask others to send good thoughts my way...but man, Kevin and I could use them today.
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Hey @BradyCarlson you’ll be happy to hear that we named our new puppy Briscoe. @lawandorderpod
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3 years
I just dove in to Lake Winnipesaukee and lost my engagement and wedding rings (which are apparently too big now) to the silty depths. Then my friend Drew jumped in with a circa 1960s snorkel mask, dove down once, and retrieved both in ten seconds.
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What it sounds like when @rabiasquared arrives anywhere #ObsessedFest
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2 years
What’s VERY important to remember is that the original @serial feed is still up in its original version, without updates like “hey this cell tower thing we are telling you about right now - turns out, the prosecutor knew it wasn’t true!”
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Rebecca Lavoie
2 years
Holy shit
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Justin Fenton
2 years
Breaking: Adnan Syed could be released Monday, as court sets hearing to consider petition to vacate his conviction and release him pending possible retrial, reports @Tim_Prudente & @Dylan_Segelbaum
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Okay since you’re asking - my OPINION is that Kate *might* simply be retreating to negotiate a new/better marital agreement. Or non-marital one. What better way than to show him what bad press actually feels like.
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Rebecca Lavoie
2 years
Don’t forget the reason Adnan was freed. Because the STATE failed to share EXCULPATORY evidence with the defense. These are the same folks trying to put him back in prison for a crime he did not commit, which would make their own misconduct…what, disappear?
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rabia O'chaudry
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Exactly: “It seems likely that the court invented these rules because it believes Syed is guilty and disapproves of the state’s actions. Indeed, the court began its opinion with a lengthy, legally irrelevant section questioning Syed’s innocence”
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5 years
I make a podcast in my basement and my audio quality is 1000% better than CNN's. #DemDebate
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Rebecca Lavoie
4 years
I made a cheesecake (water bath and everything!) and it came out so perfectly that I wanted you to see it.
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There is no shame in doing a sleeve of frozen Thin Mints, right?
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2 years
I’m in @Slate (you’ll hear the full convo on the ICYMI podcast soon) with some thoughts on Serial’s role in #AdnanSyed case and why I understand @rabiasquared ‘s feelings on the matter. Here are a few of ‘em…
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3 years
I very much agree with @kevinpflynn ’s shirt
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Rebecca Lavoie
5 years
So @kevinpflynn is in the hospital and son #1 just got dropped at college and therefore I had two Golden Oreos, six pickle spears, and a strong AF screwdriver for dinner.
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Rebecca Lavoie
2 years
This is honestly disappointing. Serial is the reason we are all here for this case. If this murder is solved, and this team doesn’t cover it…how can the New York Times justify that?
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Serial
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We won’t be covering Adnan’s case anymore, or the now-unsolved case of Hae Min Lee’s murder. But we know many other capable reporters will be, and so we’ll be watching and reading and listening.
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