Hello and welcome to True Crime Daily's The Sidebar taking you inside the court rooms

of high profile and notorious cases from across the country.

I'm your host, Joshua Ritter, I'm a criminal defense lawyer based here in Los Angeles

and previously an LA County prosecutor for nearly a decade.

We are recording this on Friday, October 14, 2022 and we have a really exciting episode

this week, lots to cover.

We're going to be talking about breaking news that Nicholas Cruz avoids the death penalty

after a Florida jury spared his life recommending life in prison without the possibility of parole

plus two high profile sexual assault cases underway in Los Angeles at the same time as Harvey

Weinstein and Danny Masterson each have their respective trials begin.

And lastly we'll talk about the landmark defamation verdict as a jury has ordered Alex Jones

to pay nearly one billion to the families of victims for the Sandy Hook massacre.

Today we're excited to be joined by Imran and Sari, a trial lawyer, former prosecutor

with hundreds of cases under his belt, specializing in civil litigation, personal injury

and criminal law.

He is also a legal analyst and host for the Law and Crime Network Imran, welcome.

Josh, thanks for having me.

Absolutely.

You've been on the show before but for listeners who have not heard that podcast, can you

tell us a little bit about your background and your current practice today?

Sure, so Josh, I started originally before I was a lawyer, I was a TV producer at court

TV.

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