One Wrong Lie
Snap Judgment
Snap Judgment and PRX
4.7 • 11.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2019
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
When a man is falsely accused of kidnapping a police officer, he tells a lie to set himself free. But that lie comes at an enormous cost.
Season 10 Episode 2
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| 0:55.8 | Welcome back to Snap Judgment. |
| 0:59.7 | WNYC Studios. |
| 1:01.9 | We're diving into a very different type of story. |
| 1:05.4 | Picture this. |
| 1:06.4 | It's a few days before Christmas, 1981. |
| 1:10.1 | 2 a.m. |
| 1:11.9 | You're driving around town and a stolen vehicle you are high. |
| 1:17.2 | For many of you, hear the familiar sound, sirens behind you. |
| 1:21.8 | You may be pulled over. |
| 1:24.7 | Nick Yaris, he remembers the flashing lights, seeing the officer walk up to his car. |
| 1:31.4 | At the time, he's a 20 year old screw up living in Chester, Pennsylvania, in Addict, a beef. |
| 1:40.3 | He remembers the officer knocking on the door, then ripping it open, grabbing him by the shirt, |
| 1:47.2 | lifting him out of the car. |
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