Amicus Presents: Legal Wars
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2018
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The courtroom can be a battlefield over money, people’s rights, and even their lives. For some cases, the consequences can affect us long after the verdict is read. Based on extensive interviews and court transcripts, Wondery’s new podcast LEGAL WARS puts you inside the jury box of some of the most famous court cases in American history. Subscribe to Legal Wars today at wondery.fm/amicus
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Dahlia. And if you're listening to this podcast, you probably care an awful lot about litigation and court cases and the law. |
| 0:08.5 | And there are a handful of cases every once in a while that have just riveted the nation, grabbed headlines, and made a serious impact on the entire society. |
| 0:19.2 | And I want to tell you about a new podcast from Wondry called |
| 0:22.7 | Legal Wars. The host of the show, Hill Harper, will give you a behind-the-scenes look at some of the |
| 0:30.0 | most famous cases ever to have graced America's courtrooms. You're going to hear about |
| 0:34.9 | influential cases that provoked international attention, |
| 0:38.3 | the Rodney King trial that sparked the riots in L.A. and Nicole Smith's battle for her inheritance |
| 0:43.6 | and the takedown of the gossip site Gawker. You're about to hear a preview of legal wars in which |
| 0:50.3 | you are going to meet, host, Hill Harper, and hear the start of the case that went on |
| 0:56.3 | to become the biggest, most expensive celebrity sex tape scandal to see the inside of a |
| 1:03.4 | courtroom and that really put issues of press freedom in America under the microscope. |
| 1:09.2 | While you're listening, go subscribe to Legal Wars on Apple Podcasts or wherever you're listening right now. There's also a link in the episode notes that will take you there. It's a really fun show. I think you're going to love it. Have a listen. |
| 1:24.6 | This episode contains scenes of a sexual nature. |
| 1:35.1 | In the middle of a candlelit bedroom is a large four-poster bed. |
| 1:38.9 | There are two people on the bed, a man and a woman. |
| 1:40.8 | The woman is naked. |
| 1:47.3 | The man is not her husband, but her husband is in the other room. He calls into the man and woman. |
| 1:49.1 | All right, listen, you guys. |
| 1:50.3 | Do your thing. |
| 1:51.3 | I'll be in the office if you need me. |
| 1:53.5 | And shuts the door. |
| 1:55.9 | We just did it earlier today. |
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