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Canary: The Washington Post Investigates

Chapter 4: "To serve as a judge"

Canary: The Washington Post Investigates

The Washington Post

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

A judge rises to national prominence, fueled by 40 years of experience and activism.

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0:00.0

A warning to listeners.

0:04.6

This episode contains explicit language and descriptions of sexual violence.

0:17.0

I'm Amy Britton and this is Canary, an investigative podcast from the Washington Post.

0:30.0

Chapter 4.

0:42.0

To Serve As A Judge

0:45.3

After that first trip to Birmingham, it felt like something rare had been sent into

0:49.6

motion.

0:51.2

Something that Carol had kept quiet and hidden for decades was now starting to make its

0:55.6

way to the surface.

0:58.8

As I was back in DC, Carol and I would talk frequently.

1:08.1

And often she would circle back to the connection she felt to another woman who she didn't actually

1:12.8

know.

1:14.1

Lauren Clark.

1:15.6

Lauren's attacker was sent at spy judge Morrison to 10 days in jail.

1:19.0

If she had not come forward the way she did and got neurodenton and did that story,

1:28.6

if she hadn't done that, I probably would be just rolling along like I was before and

1:34.8

it's completely changed my life.

1:38.4

Carol didn't know Lauren, but Carol said this loyalty to Lauren, a stranger, had propelled

1:44.0

her this far.

1:45.4

Her moments of fear that gripped me, but I've really come so far in a strange way.

1:53.1

She's really important to me.

1:55.8

And Carol said she believed she needed to keep going.

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