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4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 247 minutes

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Summary

In May 2022, a high school party escalated into a brawl, which then ended with four people stabbed. Three survived, but seventeen-year-old James McGrath did not. Now, the young man accused of committing these stabbings stands trial for murder. Will the jury see Raul Valle’s actions as self-defense? Hear his first-hand account of the chaotic night from his testimony on 6/30/2025 and 7/1/2025.

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0:00.0	The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are simply that.
0:04.8	Opinions.
0:05.7	All are presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law.
0:09.7	Sensitive topics are discussed.
0:11.8	Discretion is advised.
0:13.7	Good afternoon, Mr. Valley.
0:15.8	You're going to need to keep your voice up.
0:18.0	We are competing with the fan in the back.
0:20.7	And I see the court reporter nodding.
0:22.7	She's not able to hear you.
0:24.3	So you need to stay close to the microphone.
0:26.5	Speak loud enough to be heard over the fan.
0:28.9	And you've got to give a verbal response of some form,
0:32.9	yes, no, or whatever the answer may be.
0:34.7	But it has to be loud enough to be heard okay yes there we go um you and i have met before yes and can you tell us how old you are now i'm sorry i'm going to have to ask you one more time to keep your voice up. I'm having trouble hearing you. I'm sure the jurors are having trouble hearing you. I'm 20 years old. You're 20 years old now. Did you recently turn 20 years old? Yes, no. And are you in school now? I'm not. Are you working now? I'm not. Did you complete high school?
1:12.6	Where did you complete high school?
1:14.6	I finished online at Fulun Hall School.
1:17.8	And when did you finish online?
1:20.3	2023.
1:22.4	Where did you go to school for high school before that?
1:25.6	St. Joseph High School in Trumbull.
1:32.3	And were you at St. Joseph's High School from the time you were a freshman? Yes. Where were you before that? Is that
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