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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Season 5, Episode 2.5
Neither the prosecution nor the defense is ready, so the judge calls off the trial date of Oct. 30.
14 min
127
S05, Ep2: The courtship of Tex and Diane McIver
A $60,000 ring, a romantic proposal on the ranch, a storybook wedding. How did all that come to this?
37 min
128
S05, Ep1: The McIver Murder Case
Wealthy and politically connected, Tex McIver and his wife, Diane, had it all. Until he shot her in the back.
41 min
129
Coming soon: The next season of Breakdown
Coming soon: Atlanta lawyer Tex McIver says his wife's death was a tragic accident. The district attorney says it was murder.
3 min
130
S04, Ep6: The murdered woman
Murder Below the Gnat Line
40 min
131
S04, Ep5: Yet another bombshell
Murder Below the Gnat Line
38 min
132
S04, Ep4: Burying the lede?
Below the Gnat Line
37 min
133
S04, Ep3: The mask
Murder Below the Gnat Line
39 min
134
S04, Ep2: The prosecution
Murder Below the Gnat Line
39 min
135
S04, Ep1: The crime
Murder Below the Gnat Line
32 min
136
Coming Soon: A New Season of Breakdown
Murder Below The Gnat Line
2 min
137
S03, Episode 6: Banishment
A judge in Georgia signs off on a plea deal for Dr. Narendra K. Gupta.
30 min
138
S03, Episode 5: Punishment
Predator, M.D.
33 min
139
S03, Episode 4: Arrested
Predator, M.D.
34 min
140
S03, Episode 3: Compulsion
Predator, M.D.
37 min
141
S03, Episode 2: Prey
Predator, M.D.
41 min
142
S03 Episode 1: Predator, M.D.
Breakdown: Predator, M.D.
33 min
143
S02, Episode 17: Postscript
Death in a hot car
31 min
144
S02, Episode 16: We have a verdict
Death in a hot car
40 min
145
S02, Episode 15: The jury gets the case
Death in a hot car
54 min
146
S02, Episode 14: Leanna Taylor takes the stand
Death in a hot car
57 min
147
S02, Episode 13: The State Rests
Death in a hot car
52 min
148
S02, Episode 12: From the gutter to the homicid...
Death in a hot car
45 min
149
S02, Episode 11: Shelter from the storm
Death in a hot car
22 min
150
S02, Episode 10: Game on
Death in a hot car
35 min