Breakdown
True crime investigations from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Veteran legal affairs journalist Bill Rankin takes you inside the courtroom to break down the story and the criminal justice system. This award-winning series investigates Georgia’s most important cases with fact-based reporting. Season 10 will focus on the historic indictment of former President Donald Trump in Fulton County, Georgia, led by District Attorney Fani Willis. Co-hosted by senior reporter Tamar Hallerman and editor Shannon McCaffrey. Learn more about our reporting at ajc.com/breakdown.
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S9, Ep. 2: A force of nature
The spotlight falls on Fulton County DA Fani Willis, who is overseeing the investigation of former President Donald Trump and his allies. Plus, we explain what a special purpose grand jury does and doesn't do.
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S9, Ep. 1: The January 2nd phone call
AJC journalists Bill Rankin and Tamar Hallerman start Season 9 by digging into former President Donald Trump's phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and told him to "find" 11,800 votes to overturn the 2020 election results.
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S9, Ep. 0: Breakdown Season 9 - Coming June 20th
The Trump Grand Jury: Hosted by Bill Rankin and Tamar Hallerman from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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S08, Ep. 19: Life in prison
Bill Rankin and Asia Burns of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution look at the emotional sentencing hearing for the men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery.
57 min
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S04, Ep 7: Devonia Inman is a free man
Here are the improbable events that led to his release, and what Inman has to say about his experience.after 23 years in prison
43 min
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S08, Ep. 18: 'We have a verdict'
The 18th episode of Season 8 of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Breakdown podcast covers the verdict’s outcome and its aftermath.
72 min
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S08, Ep. 17: Ahmaud Arbery's killer takes the w...
80 min
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S08, Ep. 16: 'We don't want any more Black past...
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution's Bill Rankin, Asia Burns and Shaddi Abusaid follow detail-by-detail, the first week of testimony in the case of the three men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick
57 min
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S08, Ep. 15: 11 white jurors, one Black juror
58 min
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SO8, Ep. 14, We’re almost there
38 min
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SO8, Ep. 13, Jurors express some strong opinions
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SO8, Ep. 12, The Ahmaud Arbery murder trial begins
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SO8, Ep. 11, A fourth defendant is indicted
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SO8, Ep.10: The defense makes its case
47 min
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S08, Ep. 9: Is Ahmaud's imperfect past relevant?
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SO8, Ep.8: He ran. And ran. And ran.
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S08, Ep. 7: The immediate aftermath
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S08, Ep. 6: The McMichaels plead for bond
49 min
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SO8, Ep5: The Elephant in the Room
35 min
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SO8, Ep.4: Father and Son
42 min
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S08, Ep3: How Georgia lets citizens arrest fell...
41 min
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S08, Ep2: Preliminary Hearing
35 min
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S08, Ep1: The Ahmaud Arbery case
46 min
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Bonus: The Imperfect Alibi
58 min
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S07, Ep9: The verdict
52 min