This is Crime House.

There's no one way to react to grief. Most of the time people cycle through a few different emotions as they process their loss.

Some of us experience depression. Others may feel

angry, or sometimes nothing at all. In some rare cases, grief can motivate someone. It can help

them take unfathomable loss and transform it into something good. That's exactly what Doreen

Lawrence did after losing her son, Stephen. When he was just

a teenager, Stephen was killed in a cold-blooded hate crime. Doreen was crushed, but she found

the strength to enact lasting change, not just for herself, but for an entire nation.

The human mind is powerful.

It shapes how we think, feel, love, and hate.

But sometimes it drives people to commit the unthinkable.

This is serial killers and murderous minds, a crimehouse original.

I'm Vanessa Richardson.

And I'm forensic psychologist Dr. Tristan Engels.

Every Monday and Thursday, we uncover the darkest minds

in history, analyzing what makes a killer. Crime House is made possible by you. Follow serial

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access to each two-part series.

Before we get started, be advised that this episode contains discussion of racism,

hate crimes, and murder.

Today, we begin our deep dive into the tragic murder of Stephen Lawrence.

Stephen's death was the result of a hate crime, and in her fight for justice, his mother Doreen, helped uncover layers of police incompetence and corruption.

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