Jury Duty

Jury Duty  host Kary Antholis continues his interviews with Durst jurors  Carmen Kletecka  and  John Okanishi . In  Durst Trial Podcast: Juror Interviews – Part 8 , they offer their memories of the witness testimonies that they consider particularly damaging to the defense case. At the end of the episode, we will relive some of the key moments that they mention by playing...

Jury Duty host Kary Antholis continues his interviews with Durst jurors Carmen Kletecka and John Okanishi . In Durst Trial Podcast: Juror Interviews - Part 7 , we hear from Carmen and John about their memories of the testimonies of witnesses who were especially close to Susan Berman. We will also hear their reflections on the verdict of a jury in Galveston, Texas that Robert Durst was not guilty o...

Jury Duty host Kary Antholis continues his interviews with Durst jurors Carmen Kletecka and John Okanishi . In Durst Trial Podcast: Juror Interviews - Part 6 , In this episode, we hear from Carmen and John as they recall the testimonies of witnesses who offered evidence that Robert Durst was involved in Kathie’s death and that Susan Berman helped him cover it up. At the end of the episode, we will...

This groundbreaking podcast created, hosted and produced by Oscar and Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Kary Antholis tells the story of a high-profile criminal trial. Jury Duty is back with a new season and a new case: The Kenosha, WI trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the confirmed shooter of Joseph Rosenbaum, Anthony Huber, and Gaige Grosskreutz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

Jury Duty host Kary Antholis continues his interviews with Durst jurors Carmen Kletecka and John Okanishi . In Durst Trial Podcast: Juror Interviews - Part 5 , we hear from Carmen and John as they recall the testimonies of key figures in the investigation of Kathie Durst’s disappearance. At the end of the episode, we will relive some of the key moments that they mention by playing excerpts of the...

Jury Duty host Kary Antholis continues his interviews with Durst jurors Carmen Kletecka and John Okanishi . In Durst Trial Podcast: Juror Interviews - Part 4 , we hear their memories of the testimonies of the prosecution witnesses who took the stand just after the trial resumed in May of 2021. At the end of the episode, we will relive some of the key moments that they mention by playing excerpts o...

Jury Duty host Kary Antholis continues his interviews with Durst jurors Carmen Kletecka and John Okanishi . In Durst Trial Podcast: Juror Interviews - Part 3 , they tell us about their experiences during the two days of witness testimony in March of 2020 before the trial was suspended. We also hear about how they spent the 15-month hiatus in the trial. At the end of the episode, we relive some of...

Jury Duty host Kary Antholis continues his interviews with Durst jurors Carmen Kletecka and John Okanishi . In Durst Trial Podcast: Juror Interviews - Part 2 , John and Carmen discuss their memories of the first set of opening statements in the trial back in March of 2020. At the end of the episode, we will relive some of the key moments that they mention by playing excerpts of the trial audio tha...

Jury Duty has secured exclusive interviews with two of the jurors who were part of the Los Angeles panel that convicted Robert Durst of the murder of his good friend Susan Berman. We also will have other exclusive interviews with key participants in the trial. Jury Duty host Kary Antholis interviews Durst jurors Carmen Kletecka and John Okanishi . We will present the conversations with these two D...

Jury Duty  host Kary Antholis brings to a close his gavel to gavel examination of the trial of Travis and Greg McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan. In The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery: The Sentencing Hearing — Part 5 we conclude our look at the sentencing hearing and our coverage of this trial with Judge Timothy Walmsley’s announcement of the sentences for each of the three men as well as the Ju...

Jury Duty  host Kary Antholis continues his gavel to gavel examination of the trial of Travis and Greg McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan. On January 7 of this year, Judge Timothy Walmsley heard the sentencing recommendation from Prosecutor Linda Dunikoski, victim impact statements from members of Ahmaud Arbery’s family, and arguments from lawyers for each of the now convicted men. Judge Wa...

Jury Duty  host Kary Antholis continues his gavel to gavel examination of the trial of Travis and Greg McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan. On January 7 of this year, Judge Timothy Walmsley heard the sentencing recommendation from Prosecutor Linda Dunikoski, victim impact statements from members of Ahmaud Arbery’s family, and arguments from lawyers for each of the now convicted men. Judge Wa...

This is a special breaking news episode of Jury Duty: The Killing Ahmaud Arbery . A United States Federal Judge has rejected a plea agreement that would have allowed Ahmaud Arbery’s killer, Travis McMichael to spend the first thirty years of his life sentence in a federal prison in return for pleading guilty to federal hate crimes charges. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

Jury Duty  host Kary Antholis continues his gavel to gavel examination of the trial of Travis and Greg McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan. On January 7 of this year, Judge Timothy Walmsley heard the sentencing recommendation from Prosecutor Linda Dunikoski, victim impact statements from members of Ahmaud Arbery’s family, and arguments from lawyers for each of the now convicted men. Judge Wa...

Jury Duty  host Kary Antholis continues his gavel to gavel examination of the trial of Travis and Greg McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan. On January 7 of this year, Judge Timothy Walmsley heard the sentencing recommendation from Prosecutor Linda Dunikoski, victim impact statements from members of Ahmaud Arbery’s family, and arguments from lawyers for each of the now convicted men. Judge Wa...

In The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery: Paul Butler on Closing Arguments - Part 2 , Antholis is once again joined by Georgetown Law Professor, MSNBC analyst and one of the nation’s most frequently consulted scholars on issues of race and criminal justice, Paul Butler. Together, they continue their assessment of the subtext and efficacy of the closing arguments presented in the trial, including the contro...

Jury Duty host Kary Antholis continues his gavel to gavel examination of the trial of Travis and Greg McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan. In The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery: Paul Butler on Closing Arguments - Part 1 , Antholis discusses the subtext and efficacy of the closings with Georgetown Law Professor, MSNBC analyst and one of the nation’s most frequently consulted scholars on issues of race a...

Jury Duty host Kary Antholis continues his gavel to gavel examination of the trial of Travis and Greg McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan. In The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery: Prosecutor's Rebuttal Closing — Part 4 , Antholis continues our examination of Prosecutor Linda Dunikoski’s rebuttal closing argument, as she moves on to an assessment of the evidence against William Bryan and then wraps up wit...

Jury Duty host Kary Antholis continues his gavel to gavel examination of the trial of Travis and Greg McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan. In The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery: Prosecutor's Rebuttal Closing — Part 3 , Antholis continues our examination of Prosecutor Linda Dunikoski’s rebuttal closing argument as she steps back from the details of the facts and the law and offers the jurors a proposal...

Jury Duty host Kary Antholis continues his gavel to gavel examination of the trial of Travis and Greg McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan. In The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery: Prosecutor's Rebuttal Closing — Part 2 , Antholis continues our examination of Prosecutor Linda Dunikoski’s rebuttal closing argument as she dissects the defenses' arguments that their clients were engaged in attempting a lawfu...

Jury Duty host Kary Antholis continues his gavel to gavel examination of the trial of Travis and Greg McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan. In The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery: Prosecutor's Rebuttal Closing — Part 1 , Antholis examines the rebuttal closing argument of Prosecutor Linda Dunikoski. The host observes that while Dunikowski rehashes many of the legal concepts that she laid out in her openin...

Jury Duty host Kary Antholis continues his gavel to gavel examination of the trial of Travis and Greg McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan. In The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery: Defense Closing - Part 6 , Antholis continues his exploration into Kevin Gough's argument in defense of William Bryan, beginning with what Bryan was doing and thinking during the moments leading up to Travis McMichael's shootin...

Jury Duty host Kary Antholis continues his gavel to gavel examination of the trial of Travis and Greg McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan. In The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery: Defense Closing - Part 5 , Antholis examines Kevin Gough’s closing argument on behalf of William “Roddie” Bryan, during which he seeks to establish for the jury who his client is and who he is not, seeking to plant a seed of do...

Jury Duty host Kary Antholis continues his gavel to gavel examination of the trial of Travis and Greg McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan. In our last episode, we examined the first half of Lara Hogue’s closing argument on behalf of Greg McMichael, including a review of the fall-out from her controversial reference to Ahmaud Arbery’s “long dirty toenails.” In The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery: Defense...

Jury Duty host Kary Antholis continues his gavel to gavel examination of the trial of Travis and Greg McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan. In our last episode, we concluded our examination of Jason Sheffield’s closing on behalf of Travis McMichael. In The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery: Defense Closing - Part 3 , Antholis takes a look at the first half of Lara Hogue’s closing argument on behalf of Greg...