Unintended Consequences

Small Town Dicks

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True Crime, Paul Holes, History, Small Town, Yeardley Smith, Society & Culture, Police

4.7 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

A man viciously assaults his ex-girlfriend in a brutal, repeated act of violence. Determined to stop him for good, Prosecutor Kristin pours everything into building an airtight case. But once inside the courtroom, the proceedings take an unexpected turn, unraveling in ways she never could have predicted.

With years of experience, Kristin knows how to prepare for trial—but this case proves that even the most dedicated prosecutors are sometimes at the mercy of the very people they’re fighting to protect: the victims.

Kristin began her legal career in 1992 working as a deputy prosecuting attorney for King County, WA. In her ten years as a criminal prosecutor, Kristin conducted over 50 jury trials while working in several different divisions. Her caseload ranged from property crime to homicide, but she spent the majority of her time prosecuting domestic violence. Kristin attended the National Advocacy Center (NAC) in Columbia, SC and became a trial advocacy instructor at the NAC before leaving King County to take a position with the Vermont Department of Public Safety.

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0:00.0	Hey, Smalltown fam, it's Yardley.
0:04.5	I want to remind you that if you want access to bonus episodes and regular episodes a day early and ad-free,
0:11.5	and our community forum and other behind-the-scenes goodies, you got to go to smalltowndicks.com
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0:25.9	join and then listen to the end of today's episode for a sneak peek at today's new bonus episode
0:33.8	hey small town fam. It's Yardley. How are you guys? I hope all is well in your world.
0:45.3	You know, we cover a lot of horrible crimes on this podcast, but a few are what I call worst nightmare crimes.
0:54.4	Though honestly, I guess a lot of what we cover on this podcast could certainly fall under that category.
1:00.7	The ones I'm referring to, though, the ones I find especially terrifying are the cases where the
1:07.1	offender has already been caught at least once and has been ordered by the courts to stay away from the victim.
1:14.8	And yet, instead of abiding by that agreement,
1:17.6	they stalk their prey,
1:19.5	an attacker in the one place we all hope and need to feel safe,
1:24.2	in our own home.
1:25.9	The case you're going to hear today is one of those worst nightmare cases.
1:31.4	It comes to us from prosecutor Kristen, who gave us a case last season we called Snake Bit
1:37.1	about a kid murdering another kid.
1:40.3	Kristen doesn't shy away from the hard ones.
1:42.9	And this case is no exception.
1:45.9	It's about a sexual assault and domestic violence, and I want to warn you that some of the
1:52.0	details are difficult to hear. Still, it's a fascinating case from the point of view of a prosecutor
1:59.5	who is dedicated to pulling out all the stops
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