Hi listeners, so many people have reached out regarding the Korematsu episode commenting about how much they enjoyed having a co-host on to discuss the episode that we've done it again!  Forensic death investigator Joseph Scott Morgan joins Paul to discuss the California trial of Robert Durst.  Durst, a member of one of the richest New…

We typically think of Central and South American cartel leaders as men.  We're familiar with such infamous characters as El Chapo, Pablo Escobar, and more recently, El Mencho.  But if we take a serious look through history, we would see that it wasn't always a man's world.  While we tend to believe that the world…

In 2018 Bill Cosby was convicted of sexual assault for drugging and molesting Andrea Constand in 2004.  In the summer of 2021, the Pennsylvania Court of Appeals not only reversed the conviction, but instructed the trial court and the Montgomery County DA that they were barred from brining this case to trial again. Typically, when…

Hello friends of the show! One my earliest and most consistent listeners, Yossi, has asked for a show on organized crime.  So naturally I dropped all the research I was doing on very interesting topics and decided to dedicate an episode to what he wanted to hear about. I can think of no better prototype…

Political assassinations are an unfortunately  frequent occurrence in American history.  Fanatics and ideologues have felt compelled to kill public servants based on what they believed was required by their personal philosophical views at an alarming rate. In this episode, we examine the strange trial of Sirhan Sirhan, the man who murdered Senator Robert Kennedy at…

Listener Feedback Episode! In this episode, Paul responds to a request from a listener who requested an analysis of a commerce clause case.  After giving the idea some thought, Paul began researching the curious case of Alfonso Lopez. Many of the Supreme Court cases which concern the commerce clause are civil in nature, but there…

If you are new to the program, please go listen to Episode 11 before playing this one.  This is Part 2 of the saga of Steven Donziger. For those of you who already listened to Episode 11/Part 1 and need a quick refresher: Donziger is the human rights attorney who sued Texaco/Chevron Oil on behalf…

America has a fascination with serial killers, and Ted Bundy is perhaps the most famous in American history.  Before his execution, he confessed to the murder of 30 women, all women, almost all attractive and college-aged.  Many true crime historians estimate the number to be several times higher. While we may  never know if Bundy…

Listeners and followers of the show, I have heard your repeated attempts to spice up the In Summation library by bringing on a co-host to discuss legal issues and topics, and I am giving you what you want.  In this episode I brought on Robert Gottlieb of Robert C. Gottlieb and Associates, my law firm,…

Aaron Hernandez had a difficult upbringing.  He has a strained family life combined with losing his father at an early age which set him on a path of rebellion.  He was brash, quick-tempered and took offense at even the most benign gestures.  He was also a very talented football player, the one aspect of his…