TSFU INTERVIEWS: Ep. 4- McCracken Poston Jr., Author of "Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom"

That's So Fcked Up

Ashley Love Richards

Comedy, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.5 • 541 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

One of Ash's amazing and incredibily varied co-hosts, Fallon Morey sits down with criminal defense attorney McCracken Poston Jr., who represented Alvin Ridley—a reclusive man at the center of a gripping murder trial. Alvin, often misunderstood due to his eccentricities and autism, was accused of killing his wife, though the story turned out to be far more complex. McCracken shares the wild twists of the case, the challenges of defending a misunderstood client, and the importance of autism awareness in navigating the legal system.

McCracken King Poston Jr. is an American criminal defense attorney and part-time juvenile court judge. He gained national attention for several notable cases which were featured on TV series specials such as CNN Presents, Dateline NBC, A&E's American Justice and Forensic Files!

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0:00.0	Part of his somatization and just, you know,
0:05.0	wearing this ridiculous neck brace that he wore
0:08.0	was this theory that the Constitution said,
0:10.0	you didn't have to go to court if you're not feeling well.
0:13.0	That would be the most abused article of the Constitution.
0:17.0	I'd file that on all of my clients.
0:19.0	And of course it does not exist.
0:21.9	But Alvin is so convincing, I had to take a look through just to see I'm thinking like
0:26.4	Eighth Amendment cruel and unusual punishment.
0:28.7	No, that's for post-conviction.
0:30.7	I just had to give it a scan.
0:33.1	That is so fucked up.
0:35.8	It's fucked up.
0:51.4	So fucked up it's fucked up so fucked up it is just so damn fucked up that's fucked up right hey everybody welcome back to the podcast this is is That's So Fucked Up, a podcast about
0:56.4	cults, crime, and other things that make you say, ugh, that's so fucked up. Today is not that
1:02.7	kind of day. We have the privilege, or I have the privilege of interviewing McCracken, Poston,
1:08.1	Jr. He is successful criminal defense attorney who defended a gentleman
1:14.2	that we'll be talking about today by the name of Alvin Ridley in a 1999 murder trial. This trial
1:19.7	gained international attention, and we're going to get a chance to talk about it a little bit today.
1:24.2	Parts of this of the story have been covered on Dateline, NBC, A&E's American Justice
1:30.1	and Forensic Files, but we're going to save the details from when we jump into it. For today,
1:34.6	I'm your host, Fallon, Morey, and again, we're talking to McCracken Poston. Do you have anything
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