Dear Sugars introduces Violation, a new podcast about who pulls the levers of power in the justice system

Dear Sugars

WBUR

Boston, Wbur, Sugar, Cheryl Strayed, Society & Culture, Dear, Relationships, Advice, Steve Almond

4.6 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Dear Sugars fans: We wanted to share with you a new podcast we're working on at WBUR.

Violation tells the story of two families bound together by an unthinkable crime. It explores America's opaque parole system and asks: How much time in prison is enough? Who gets to decide? And, when someone commits a terrible crime, what does redemption look like?

Listen to the trailer and if you like what you hear, head over to the Violation feed wherever you get your podcasts and hit subscribe so you'll get new episodes when they drop, beginning March 22.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Ben Brock Johnson, executive producer of podcasts at WBUR.
0:05.2	We've been working really hard on a new podcast called Violation.
0:09.9	It's a show about a famous writer, a murder, and who pulls the levers of power in the justice
0:14.9	system.
0:15.9	I'm really excited to give you a sneak preview of the show with our new trailer made
0:20.4	in partnership with the Marshall Project.
0:23.1	And I love for you to find Violation and follow or subscribe to the show wherever you
0:27.7	got this podcast.
0:30.0	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:34.0	In 1986, as a teen at Summer Camp, Jacob Weimann murdered fellow camper Eric K.
0:48.6	As Eric slept, Weimann stamped him twice in the chest.
0:52.4	One sixteen year old, stabbing another to death in his sleep, while on a trip to the Grand
0:56.9	Canyon.
0:57.9	I woke up and saw those things and you know, did what I did.
1:07.2	In 2016, after decades behind bars, Jacob Weimann had a shot at Freedom.
1:13.6	I believe it's time for mercy and clemency.
1:17.8	At 46, Jacob took his first steps into the free world as an adult.
1:24.2	But his victim's family was outraged.
1:27.8	I was devastated.
1:29.8	I think the case felt different from the start.
1:33.2	Nine months after his release, Jacob Weimann was back in prison.
1:38.2	Was it a slip up or something else?
	...

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