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

the courtrooms of high profile and notorious cases from across the country. I'm

your host Joshua Ritter, I'm a Criminal Defense lawyer based in Los Angeles and previously an LA County prosecutor for nearly a decade.

You can find me on all social media at Joshua Ritter ESQ or at Joshua Ritter.com. We're recording this on Friday, June 14, 2024. In this

week's episode, a former police officer convicted for the kidnapping and

murder of a 16 year old girl.

Plus a father sentenced to jail time after pleading guilty to drugging his daughter's

friends with sedatives during a sleepover.

But first, high drama in the RICO prosecution

of Young Thug as the rapper's defense attorney

is held in contempt of court.

Today, we are very happy to be joined by Jack Rice a former

prosecutor criminal defense attorney law teacher and legal analyst you can

find on court TV and many other outlets, Jack, welcome back.

That's great to be with you as always.

Why is this taking so long?

I don't know.

I have no idea, but it doesn't happen often enough, and I got to let everybody know too that as sometimes happens we had

some scheduling issues come up this morning and I thought to myself who can fill in quickly and think on their feet and it follows all these cases and I called up Jack and he said let me throw on a tie and open up my laptop and I'm ready to go and so as always the consummate

professional thank you again sir we appreciate you being here well if nothing

else I have to tell you and this is the truth is that you get this like I do. We're trial lawyers and the thing about

trial lawyers is maybe the strongest most important skill set that we have is we have to be

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