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Ballerina accused of husband’s murder; Man kills his mom and family dog with a hatchet – TCN Sidebar

True Crime News: The Podcast

True Crime News

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Andrea Burkhart joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss a former ballerina pleading self-defense in her husband’s death, a man convicted for the hatchet murders of his mother and the family dog, and a father charged in his daughter’s death after he allegedly left the child in a hot car while he played video games. Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the sidebar presented by True Crime News taking you inside the

0:15.1

courtrooms of high profile and notorious cases from across the country. I am your

0:19.9

host Joshua Ritter. I'm a criminal defense lawyer based in Los Angeles and previously an LA County prosecutor for a decade.

0:27.0

We are recording this on Friday, July 19, 2024.

0:31.0

In this week's episode, The senseless death of a child after her father allegedly left her in a hot car because he was distracted while playing video games.

0:42.0

Plus a defendant accused of murdering his mother

0:44.9

and the family dog with a hatchet who was refusing

0:48.1

to appear in court on alleged religious grounds.

0:52.2

But first, a former ballerina pleading self-defense in her

0:55.5

husband's murder as potential jurors are screened to deliberate the

0:59.7

contentious trial. Today we are joined by Andrea Burkhardt, a criminal defense attorney experienced in trial and appellate litigation and an accomplished legal commentator you can find on YouTube at Birkard Law.

1:13.0

Andrea, welcome to the show.

1:14.8

Thanks so much for having me.

1:16.8

I am, I gotta admit, I'm a big fan.

1:19.5

I've been watching your YouTube channel.

1:22.3

I was telling you beforehand, but I figured I would tell you here so everybody could hear it.

1:26.7

That one of the things I really enjoy about your analysis is that you let the trials speak for themselves.

1:34.3

I think that a lot of people who get into kind of analyzing courtroom drama like to bring a little

1:40.7

drama themselves, but I really appreciate your very even-handed approach to these cases.

1:45.7

You're obviously very experienced and your analysis, that shows through with all of your analysis. So thank you so much for coming on.

1:55.0

Well, thank you so much. I really appreciate it.

1:58.0

Absolutely. And I know that you have been following these cases in particular closely so let's go ahead and

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