Hi, Crime Junkies. I'm your host, Ashley Flowers. And remember, this week is going to be a little different.

This is the second of two episodes we dropped today. So already winning on a Monday.

And if you missed it, I have some pretty great news this month. I gave birth to my very own mini crime junkie.

Her name is Josie. She is perfect. She's everything.

And you can actually catch a peek at her on my Instagram at Ashley Flowers.

So because I literally pushed a baby out of my body a minute ago, I need a breather.

But I also would never leave you guys hanging on a Monday.

So instead of giving you no episodes, I'm giving you two stories told by yours truly.

Our partners at Sirius and Stitcher are amazing. And they're letting me give you guys for free a series I did that was behind their paywall.

It was a series called precedent. And it's actually just like a crime junkie episode.

But there's a little more meat behind it because not only am I going to tell you a true crime story.

I'm going to specifically tell you the stories behind the words and phrases that are integral to our true crime vocabulary.

The cases that set a precedent forever changing our criminal justice system.

Sometimes it changed it for the better. And sometimes for the worse.

This is the second story we dropped this Monday. Then me and Britt will be back.

Now in the other episode we dropped today, I told you how the sex offender registry became a thing.

That was a giant leap forward for law enforcement for public safety for everyone.

But sometimes when legislation is new, there are holes.

Holes that can't be spotted until it's too late.

The same year that the Wetterling Act was passed in 1994,

one little girl fell through just such a hole and into the abyss of evil.

Because even though sex offenders were now required to register with law enforcement,

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