Ep 6: A Very Dangerous Argument

Breakdown

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

True Crime, Politics, News

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Ashley and Albert's attorneys have fought all the way to the Georgia Supreme Court. The stakes couldn't be higher. Ultimately, the justices find fault with what happened at the couple's trial and vacate their sentences. But they aren't free hanging over their heads is the chance the district attorney will try them again. But an unexpected turn once again changes the couple's lives forever. And they each must adapt to a new life, one haunted by loss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This area was sort of a shark tank for predators,
0:05.0	not just the Green River Killer, but others.
0:08.0	In Who Took Misty Copsie,
0:10.0	I'm investigating the disappearance of a 14-year-old girl
0:13.0	who vanished from the Washington State Fair in 1992.
0:18.0	How? Why?
0:20.0	She was so sweet and so young. What happened to her?
0:24.6	Listen to who took Misty Copsie wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.6	A warning. This episode contains sensitive subject matter which may be disturbing to some listeners. Previously, on Breakdown, three days in May.
0:42.3	I wore two uniforms in my life.
0:46.3	My army fatigues and prison browns.
0:51.3	One uniform, you're a hero. And the other one, you're a monster.
0:58.0	You know the baby receives skull fractures because you put them there.
1:04.0	No, I didn't.
1:06.0	Is that why you didn't have to ask your wife?
1:09.0	Man, I love my daughter so much.
1:11.2	Just keep in mind, reasonable doubt does not mean beyond all doubt.
1:15.4	It does not mean to a mathematical certainty.
1:19.0	I don't know how to go about fighting the system, and I'm just going to give up.
1:23.4	Let them have it.
1:24.3	I guess I'll be 54 years old and I leave out of here.
1:27.7	And he called me on my cell and said, we have a situation and I need you to take this case.
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