Breakdown

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's award-winning podcast "Breakdown," tells deeply human stories about the Georgia justice system. Season 11 explores how a young military couple found themselves at the center of something neither expected. Something terrible. Something… criminal.

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Coming Soon: A New Season of Breakdown
Murder Below The Gnat Line
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SO8, Ep.8: He ran. And ran. And ran.
39 min
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SO8, Ep.10: The defense makes its case
47 min
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SO8, Ep. 12, The Ahmaud Arbery murder trial begins
33 min
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SO8, Ep5: The Elephant in the Room
35 min
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SO8, Ep. 11, A fourth defendant is indicted
46 min
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SO8, Ep.4: Father and Son
42 min
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SO8, Ep. 13, Jurors express some strong opinions
34 min
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SO8, Ep. 14, We’re almost there
38 min
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S5, Ep. 12 The Tex McIver Case: Georgia Supreme...
Tex McIver’s murder conviction is overturned. Atlanta Journal-Constitution legal affairs reporter Bill Rankin uses this special episode to explain how, why, and what happens next?
35 min
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S2 Ep. 18: A Momentous Decision
The AJC's Bill Rankin follows up on the appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court about the murder conviction of Justin Ross Harris.
39 min
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S01, Episode 8 - After a year’s wait, a conclud...
Railroad justice in a rail road town
36 min
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S01 Episode 6: Could Justin Chapman Be Guilty?
Railroad Justice in a Railroad Town
35 min
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S01 Episode 7: A New Trial or a New Life?
Railroad Justice in a Railroad Town
34 min
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S01 Episode 0: Before You Listen
Railroad Justice in a Railroad Town
2 min
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S01 Episode 2: She Lost, but She Never Gave Up
Railroad Justice in a Railroad Town
39 min
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S01 Episode 3: Let’s Test the Evidence
Railroad Justice in a Railroad Town
43 min
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S01 Episode 4: The New Team Goes to Work
Railroad Justice in a Railroad Town
35 min
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S01 Episode 5: Young Lawyers and Old Hands
Railroad Justice in a Railroad Town
38 min
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S01 Episode 1: Railroad Justice in a Railroad Town
Follow the twists and turns of a case in rural Ge…
31 min
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S02, Episode 17: Postscript
Death in a hot car
31 min
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S02, Episode 16: We have a verdict
Death in a hot car
40 min
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S02, Episode 15: The jury gets the case
Death in a hot car
54 min
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S02, Episode 14: Leanna Taylor takes the stand
Death in a hot car
57 min
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S02, Episode 9: It’s time to go to trial: Will ...
Death in a hot car
28 min